Found some babies, shall i catch them ?

[fishy business]

and put them down the toilet ?



ha ha, only joking.

Shall i catch them and put them in my breeding trap holder, its one of them plastic things that goes in the tank?

My tank is quite heavly planted so i was thinking they would be alright just on their own ?

 

[parker313]

What kind of babies are they? Some egg layer fry can be too small and fragile to make it in a breeding net...

 

[canarsie11]

Let nature take its course.... does not sounds like you care either way

 

[fishy business]

Dont know what fish they are from, may be a guppy.

i think ill just let them rome free, they look alright.

 

[ajhainey]

I had the same dilemma with my mollies...

My first set I left and all got eaten
My second I siphoned out into a fry tank after some got eaten (saved 5 fry) - all survived the process and currently an inch long.
The third and fourth I left in and so far been fine (15&8 fry respectively ~ 1 week old now)
My tank is heavily planted in one corner, and very big for number of fish it in, which I guess helps.

If you want to leave them, leave them. If they do seem to be getting eaten then you can always net the survivors later - or net the next set & there will be a next set - trust me! Livebearer fry need a little erm, 'natural selection', or you soon have more fry than you can possibly cope with anyway!

aj xx
p.s canarsie - is there any need to be so harsh? Of course he/she cares! Otherwise they wouldn't even bother asking!

 

[canarsie11]

Yea they might suprise you and survive!

 

[Paul_MTS]

I recently found platty fry in my tank and was thinking of getting a breeding net for them but i spoke to my LFS and he said he just leaves his for natural selection. so i kind of did that.

I caught them and moved them into my crab tank which are less active than the munching parents!!!

although when doing a water change today i saw another 3 in the main tank, i caught and moved 1 of them in with the other 4.

where abouts are you in Essex?

 

[SailfinGirl]

My beautiful silver mollies all got eaten except for one of them. My black molly gave birth in the net and all survived. I gave them to my local pets at home.

 

[fishy business]

thanks guys, i think there is 7 so ill keep an eye and if they start to go missing ill net the remains for a week.

From near southend, you, i see its says kirby, wheres that ?

 

[Tropjunky]

if u let nature to the work then u have some decent fishy DNA to pass on.