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I've been feeding the fry live baby brine shrimp and microworms for the last couple of days to keep it healthy. The adult tetras also prefer live foods as it sometimes trigger the breeding process (it has happened before with live blackworms) more frequently than dry foods (flakes and pellets).

Got a pic of the fry.

Just discovered that another tiny fry was in the silvertip tank. The silvertips bred again with the new fluffy ambulia and the fry is a few days old. The problem is I'm using the fry saver to quaratine the female silvertip with dropsy/eggbound as she isn't recovering well as of last week. I...

Sad update: I had to put the female tetra with the swim bladder issue out of her misery. In other words, I had to euthanaise her via putting her in the freezer. She had a slight curve on her spine and was lying down on the floor and breathing heavily, so I didn't want her to suffer in pain...

Finally quaratined the female silvertip with the swim bladder issue today. She's not doing too well; she might be on her last legs and lying on the ground with heavy breathing. She wasn't like that for many months since I introduced her into the tank. What can I do during this period? I also...

Unfortunately, I have to quaratine both female tetras to see if they recover from their symptoms (swim bladder issue on one and possibly dropsy on the other).

Two female silvertip tetras in my 3ft long 39.2 gallon aquarium are having some problems that they've had for a few days. One female looks like she's overweight and the other isn't swimming well and only swims in an upward angle. The tank is a year old and it only had one fish death so far. What...