Filters And Livebearers

[KrystaK]

Because live breeders tend to go over the top with their offspring (Number of fry per drop, number of drop's in a given time period ect. ect) I thought it would be best to get my two platy's and molly a gentle filter.
But for my 10 gallon I got an aquatech power filter. It may just be me but the current it creates in the tank seems to strong.. The fishies love it - I discovered this when I introduced them, they love to sit right under the waterfall and basically surf it I guess, especially the molly .. Anywho, if they have fry will the current be to strong or are fry pretty good swimmers for their size when they're born?

Also, it's been really hot and humid around here for the last few months, the tank is at a temperature of about 82, is that to warm? It seems to hot if the best temp is 78ish...

 

[the_lock_man]

DO I read right that the tank in question is currently unfiltered?

 

[Blubble37]

no, it is filtered, looks like he just got a new one thats all

 

[KrystaK]

Yeah, I got the filter from my friend, and previously i had had an internal in the tank that was very gently, when i changed the filters the difference in power was very different and I was just wondering if it would affect or fry...

(The filter was from my friends old fry tank, The fry all grew and she sold them so she had no further use for the filter - we assumed it would be find to transfer the filter to my tank, her fry tank never had any problems, and that way I didn't have to cycle my tank. - yes we kept the filter wet so the bacteria wouldn't die, and it was only out of the tank for half an hour before it was in my tank)

 

[CrazyAirborne]

i have quite a powerful filter in my tank, and the fry have no issues. it seems platty fry ,at least, come out pretty large and smart and strong, compared to egg hatched fry in my experience, so i wouldnt worry about it. they figure out where to hide (very quickly) and im sure there are some calmer spots in your tank somewhere.

 

[OldMan47]

Your high temperature may be a small problem for your fish but will be fine when the temperature drops back down over winter.
Fry are fairly good swimmers if they an escape the filter inlet itself. I have sometimes found fry in a canister filter when I was cleaning it so I now use a sponge to cover the inlet of a filter this way.

 

[Caprichoso]

You can cut up an old aquarium net and attach it to the intake with a plastic zip tie. If the holes of the netting are very small, it will also prevent baby shrimp from getting sucked in as well. I like the netting because it doesn't take up much room, is less noticeable and will not restrict the flow of water. I just clean the debris off every couple of weeks. I had platy in my old 10g and had an aquaclear filter and the babies always got sucked in to the filter. Sometimes they got caught in the sponge and died too so I wanted to prevent that from happening.