Cleaning A Tank With Fry.

[lildavpot]

ok my molly gave birth last night, ive left them in the tank and they seem ok, im jst slightly confused about how to go about water changes, i use a gravel vac but i dont want to suck any babies up, sounds daft but their tiny. and suggestions or do you think their likely to stay away from it?

 

[clinton ><>]

they should stay away from the vac i have to do the same but mine just swim away once i start it

 

[theotheragentm]

They should stay away from you if you're moving around. Just do a water change and not a gravel vac for the time being. After a couple weeks the fry should be strong enough to swim away from the suction.

 

[lildavpot]

they should stay away from the vac i have to do the same but mine just swim away once i start it

thanks! you dont by any chance know wheather i can put treatments in the water with them, as the dad keeps rolling sideways , not sure whether hes just showing off the the female or hes starting up with a swimbladder problem.

 

[Sapphelah]

I gravel vacc'd with fry on Sunday. All I did is have my fiance watch the bucket for fry (I really stir the gravel when I vacc, so it gets too cloudy to see them on the outside) None came through and all are happy as can be.

 

[ayasmansury]

Hi,

I also have fry in my tank and I move the gravels a lot making the water cloudy, what I do is I syphon the water into a Bucket, my wife holds a net at the other end of the pipe which is partially submerged in the water, if any fry do get sucked in it is very easy to get them out.