Fry

[Kizz]

I have my fry tank for them to grow out before i either keep them or sell them back to LFS Was browsing my main tank this morning and seen a wee fry next to one of my plants lifted it out and managed to get 3 fry altogether

My one and only question is can i put these in the tank beside my other guppy fry ? The older ones are around 6-8 weeks are just starting to get there colour ...Really don't want the new babies to get eaten and i know they're way to small to go in the breeding trap as they are lil houdini's

Will they be ok if i put them in i have 1 very large bushy plant in the tank which they could hide very well in ...When i first set up the tank i had all the first lot of fry and a 8 week old platty fry in there and i don't think she ate any of those fry

Help

xx

 

[OldMan47]

It will be close as at 8 weeks the old fry are almost big enough to go in with the adults. It would certainly be safer than the other option of not moving them.

 

[JenCliBee]

if the older fry can't fit the new fry in there mouths they should be fine adding a bit of moss to the fry tank will just give that little bit more cover just incase


jen

 

[Kizz]

cool i'll put them in just now . just wished i had listened to my instinct last night and put the mother in the breeding trap ! Hopefully the older fry will have more colour next week and i can get them into my tank then to the lfs once i manage to sex them ! the gonopodium (sp?) is so hard to spot against sand especially when they're nearly the same colour as it !

 

[Kizz]

Well they're still alive ! Put them and and they've hidden in the plant right next to the heater seen a few of the older ones go and inspect them but no munching !

Also found some snail eggs in the tank ! Eeeek ! So scraped them out hopefully i won't have an outbreak of pouch snails any time soon ! lol

 

[OldMan47]

I'm happy it worked out for you.