Fry Tank Pics

[nikkifro8994]

Hello. I finally got my fry tank decorated today (had to wait on the paycheck). Do I need to add anything? More plants perhaps? Since I'm using live plants, do I need an airstone? My temp is at 75* F. Is this good or should I push it up a little? Also, when will my platy drop? Right now the tank (5 gallon) has 1 pregnant platy and 4 rasboras to give her some company. she was in with 1 male platy before I set up the tank. When the fry are born I will move the rasboras and either remove the mom or divide the tank with mom on one side and babies on the other.


Original tank

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Fully decorated tank[/size][/font]

This tank has:
1 HOB filter with a sponge covering the intake
1 DIY sponge filter
2 caves
3 plastic plants
1 small anubis
1 small moss ball

Sponge filter

Gravel on the bottom, carbon bag in the middle, sponge on top.

Taken December 26th

Taken December 29th

Taken January 2nd

Taken January 3rd

 

[clay]

it looks great to me but are their gonna be other fish with them? those rasboras would brobably eat them.

 

[nikkifro8994]

The rasboras are going back in with my gourami. They are only there to keep her company. She was in with 1 male before I moved her over today.

 

[clay]

oh i see. i would have her in there alone. back when i used to have freshwater tanks my livebearers always got pestered by other fish when giving birth.

 

[nikkifro8994]

When she gets closer to dropping I will move the rasboras

 

[clay]

cool. posr pics of the fry when she drops

 

[nikkifro8994]

will do. How far out do you think she is? the bottom pic was taken 30 minutes ago.

 

[clay]

hm she actually looks a bit stressed to me but otherwise i think she could drop within a week.

 

[nikkifro8994]

She may be stressed because I moved her this afternoon. She's only been in this tank for 6 hours. Also, she was in with 1 male platy who wasn't extremely active. The rasboras don't mess with her, but they do swim around a lot more. The lights are all off now which should help.

 

[clay]

yes it should every lady needs her beauty sleep

 

[nikkifro8994]

Could she really drop within the week? She hasn't squared off yet and she's still pretty active. I just switched the rasboras over to thier original home. That should help her relax some too.

 

[clay]

hm i neglected to look at the dates . maybe two weeks is more like it.

 

[nikkifro8994]

that seems more reasonable

 

[clay]

my bad

 

[nikkifro8994]

I made a sponge filter using a DIY post on here. I will post pics tomorrow and then again next week without the HOB. I'm going to let it sit in the tank for a week with the HOB filter so that I don't have to cycle again. Otherwise I might kill my mommy fish!