platy fry HELP

russjet

russjet

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yesterday evening i spotted a white spot on one of my platy so being white spot phobic scooped out all platty and put them in sons five gallon to hopefully salvage the situation

have taken them back today for a store credit
however while scooping them out found a single fry
and while gravel vacing found another two

cant feed them to the betta i am a softie i know he already had some but
so they are in a jar on top of the tank with thermometer in to keep check on temperature

what are my options apart
from toilet (husband suggestion)
betta snack (eldest sons suggestion)
 
I'd raise them babies :P

Dunno why you had to get rid of them after you seen the white spot. If your afraid of ich its likely that your tank already has them without the fish now..
 
a little extreme maybe
however when my first neons came down with it every single one died
so despite everyone saying i solved this no problem i had a different experience this was a month ago and they were dead within ten days all of them and the tank was kept at high temp with salt added to kill any remaining tomites and only changed at the end of last week to add biospira and fish

i bought these fish on saturday and on sunday saw the spot,
so didnt want to end up losing whole tank of fish because of one white spot. so i removed them and have sent them back to shop and will return for more when they are not sick, i sent all the platys back as they were from the same tank therefore all likely infected. the shop has individual filters on each tank so not a global problem in the shop. i also did not add the water from the bags when bringing the fish home as this was advised against so any parasites would just be on fish and possibly on the net.

my understanding of the life cycle of ich is that the fish probably came in with the parasite under its skin and at this point it is not contagious it is only after the parasite has fallen to gravel multiplied and hatched into its tomite free swimming stage

therefore i am hoping that as this first spot was the only spot i saw that none fell to gravel

i have more neons now and also some cories so i think medicating is not a good idea and salt didnt work for me first time round

better to be a little paranoid than to decide that my first fishkeeping experience doesnt start and end in less than two months

i have got a fry tank and transferred the fry to that and also bought some powder food for them

with any luck they will survive and i will feel that at least i did something right.this time round

water parameters are still good and i am checking daily to be sure the biospira was fully active.

so maybe extreme but once bitten twice shy, i guess
 
Wow that same thing happened to me!! WEIRD lol good luck witht he babies-i found some molly fry in my tank about a month ago-extremely tiny-too hard to catch- there is lots of hiding places so i figured id let nature alone ( put a sponge on the filter intake tube so they wouldnt get sucked up, of course) and out of th e7 i saw 2 have survived, and are now over an inch long and REALLY cute. If u can get them past that one noticible therefore eatable by the other fish stage, they will grow like crazy and eat flakes 5X their size. Last week i saw a beutiful ,tiny orange platy baby.....ill keep my fingers crossed...

Good luck with ur fry!
 
i think they have grown

surely not in just over 24 hours

however the betta seems to have taken an interest and sometimes looks like he is just licking his lips and waiting hope they are aware of him

how long can they stay in the fry tank for it is one of those float at the top with a lid on it type things, with a thing you can stick in or take out if not needed for using with a pregnant fish.i have taken that out.

how big is safe for the other fish to not eat them
 
thank you swimfins
was wondering if you were gonna post for me today

will they be ok to get to that size in the fry tank attachment which is about three by five inches seems as if it will get a bit tight
 
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