Chances Of Being Eaten?

[blueline-uk]

My first post so here goes...

I have found last night that my oldest guppy has given birth, I managed to put 2 of the fry in a breeding net as we suspected this was going to happen, my main question is will any of the following fish i have in my community tank eat them? i currently have

1 female guppy (mother)
1 male guppy
1 male endler
1male and 1 female mollie
3 glowlight tetras
3 neons
1 minnow
2 black phantom tetras
2 established older fry that i bought
2 zebra danios
thanks

 

[paul_219]

Welcome to fish forums. Well yeah the mother may eat the fry or other fish, because the fry are very small, it will be eaten easily. Good u where able to rescue few of them. What size of tank u have?

 

[helterskelter]

Also all the tetra's will eat anything to slow and so will the danio.. so left in the tank their is little chance of survival.

 

[blueline-uk]

whats the maximum time i can leave them in the net for? and can they survive on their own if i release them at that time?

 

[helterskelter]

you could keep several in a breeding net till they get to half an inch then they should be ok. but release one or two first to make sure

 

[theotheragentm]

Add a plant like Java Moss. The smaller fish will be able to hide in the tangles of plant.

 

[blueline-uk]

thanks for all your help

 

[paul_219]

You can add them in the tank after 2 or 3 weeks since they will be a bit bigger. Yeah and some plants may help also.