This is my first baby experience In my tank are 3 balloon molly and 2 cory
My 29G is still cycling. Ammonia is 0, Nitrites are 1 and Nitrates are 10. And my mollies are having babies.
Can anyone answer some questions?
1. Is it better to keep them in the 29 tank in a breeder trap or move them to a 1.5 G tank that would be fresh water, not cycled at all.
2. How do you tell if they are eating?
3. Is it better to have a bare bottom tank? Maybe with some plants?
4. If I put them in the new tank, how often would I change the water?
5. Is it ok if they don't have a light?
6. The 1.5 has a small inside box filter driven by an air pump. Could they be sucked into it?
7. Should I add Prime or cycle to the new tank?
8. would they eat off an algae wafer if I put that in, or maybe half of one?
9. Should I put salt into the fry tank?
One molly had 8 babies Saturday, kept them in the 29G for a few hours in a breeder box, then moved them to the 1.5 that had gravel from the big tank(probably made a mistake there since the big tank was not cycled) They swam around, but by the next day they all died.
I could not tell if they were eating the Hikari First bites that I put in there several times. How do you know?
Some seemed to be under a piece of gravel. I don't know if they were sucked down by the under gravel filter after they died or before and that is why they died. Anyway, I have a new 1.5 g tank with the small filter powered by an air pump.
I have 2 more molly that will drop within a week any day (I think) Should I put the one that is acting like she is closest into the new tank and keep regular water changes going since it, nor the big tank have finished cycling?
I don't have an option for a bigger fry tank, so plan on moving them back into the 29g. after they have doubled in size.
I plan on keeping the small filter from the 1.5 g tank in the big one after it has cycled, that is, in between fry batches. Does that sound reasonable. Will it help when in the future I have more baby and have to start up the 1.5 again?
a side question... Could I use the 1.5 for a medical tank, quarantine tank, when fry are not in it?
Thank you for any help you offer. I read the sticky posts and learned a lot, but mostly am trying to figure out the best way to go about this with a tank that is still cycling.
My 29G is still cycling. Ammonia is 0, Nitrites are 1 and Nitrates are 10. And my mollies are having babies.
Can anyone answer some questions?
1. Is it better to keep them in the 29 tank in a breeder trap or move them to a 1.5 G tank that would be fresh water, not cycled at all.
2. How do you tell if they are eating?
3. Is it better to have a bare bottom tank? Maybe with some plants?
4. If I put them in the new tank, how often would I change the water?
5. Is it ok if they don't have a light?
6. The 1.5 has a small inside box filter driven by an air pump. Could they be sucked into it?
7. Should I add Prime or cycle to the new tank?
8. would they eat off an algae wafer if I put that in, or maybe half of one?
9. Should I put salt into the fry tank?
One molly had 8 babies Saturday, kept them in the 29G for a few hours in a breeder box, then moved them to the 1.5 that had gravel from the big tank(probably made a mistake there since the big tank was not cycled) They swam around, but by the next day they all died.
I could not tell if they were eating the Hikari First bites that I put in there several times. How do you know?
Some seemed to be under a piece of gravel. I don't know if they were sucked down by the under gravel filter after they died or before and that is why they died. Anyway, I have a new 1.5 g tank with the small filter powered by an air pump.
I have 2 more molly that will drop within a week any day (I think) Should I put the one that is acting like she is closest into the new tank and keep regular water changes going since it, nor the big tank have finished cycling?
I don't have an option for a bigger fry tank, so plan on moving them back into the 29g. after they have doubled in size.
I plan on keeping the small filter from the 1.5 g tank in the big one after it has cycled, that is, in between fry batches. Does that sound reasonable. Will it help when in the future I have more baby and have to start up the 1.5 again?
a side question... Could I use the 1.5 for a medical tank, quarantine tank, when fry are not in it?
Thank you for any help you offer. I read the sticky posts and learned a lot, but mostly am trying to figure out the best way to go about this with a tank that is still cycling.