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I have a 10 gallon fry tank that i have been doing daily water changes in with a airline tube. The issue with this i have to remove all decor to get the bare bottom clean as possible. Well as i am not able to see all angles at all times to avoid hurting any fry i was hoping to buy some rigid...

I used seeded media from my big tank for the 5 gallon. For the 10 gallon i just moved the filter over.

With just one fry i would just buy a net breeder and hang it in your 10 gallon until its big enough to swim with the other fish in your tank. Big enough meaning big enough it won't fit into the other fish's mouth :) If you plan on having more fry then yes another tank would be good :)

Well today i went out and got them a 10 gallon. Hope that helps:)

You could use seeded media from you aquarium you have now to give the new tank a BIG boost to being cycled faster.

So how long before they run out of room in the 5 gallon? 3- platy fry that are 1 month old and about 11 platy fry that are 6 days old.( i never did get an exact count on the 6 day old fry)

:sad: I am sorry to hear this...

:) Well i decided on day 3 of their lives to release them in my 5 gallon fry tank with the three- 1 month old fry. :D So far so good... B-) (The darker orange ones are the month old fry)

Can you see her gravid spot with little black dots? Or white tube by her anal fins?

O my... Well i was sitting here thinking...maybe i should leave them in the net breeder in the fry tank a week and a half then let them out. Not sure really what to do. The reason I'm so concerned is the net breeder is right under the light which is a 15 watt. So I decided to try putting just...

Thank You :) This is such an exciting experience...babies :)

I have a 5 gallon fry tank i set up for my unexpected Platy fry. I had 3 platy in a ten gallon until one of the females surprised me with fry. I decided to put my male up for adoption at my LFS. That left me with 2 female platy. Well I was able to rescue 3 of the fry which will be 1 month old...

New Platy Mom! I have three sunset juvenile platy's :)All girls...

New Platy Mom :D