Help! I Have Cpd Babies! What Do I Do?

[214jay]

Hello.  Its all happening with me at the moment, as one tank is losing fish my 2nd tank is gaining.
 
I have some Celestial Pearl Danios in a tank on my office desk that is a couple of weeks old (plus 2 months fishless cycle).  I was looking into the tank and somehow noticed a fry on the glass at the back.  I counted three in total, have managed to scoop two up in a shot glass and put them in a plastic tub, bottom cut out with a fish net around - currently sitting in the tank.  THese fry are tiny, like 2mm long!!
 
What do I do?  Should I feed them? Should I move them somewhere else? Any help???
 

 

 

[ncguppy830]

barley see it, you sure there CPD fry? have any other fish in there?
Id get another tank and start feeding brine and other live foods, i also here hikari first bits are good aswell.

 

[fluttermoth]

CPD fry are too small for even newly hatched brine shrimps to start with.
 
Really you want infusoria/green water for them; putting some live plant in the net should be enough to get them going though.

 

[214jay]

They are the only fish in there (with the exception of some shrimp and snails). I have seen them rubbing themselves against each other but never expected fry yet!  I have some spirulina powder, can I soak that in tank water and inject?
 
The pot I have found is tiny, not sure I can fit much of a plant in there

 

[fluttermoth]

They are the only fish in there (with the exception of some shrimp and snails). I have seen them rubbing themselves against each other but never expected fry yet!  I have some spirulina powder, can I soak that in tank water and inject?

CPD aren't that hard to spawn; it's raising the fry that's the tricky bit! Try the spirulina powder, could do the job
 

The pot I have found is tiny, not sure I can fit much of a plant in there

Doesn't have to be a whole plant; clippings of stem plants would be great. Live plants are covered in microorganisms and algae.

 

[214jay]

Okay thanks for that!  I have put a clipping of Camboba and some Spriulina in there.  Not sure what to do next, may have to head to the LFS tomorrow and pick up a bigger pot for the tank.  I have no room for anymore tanks to seperate them.

 

[fluttermoth]

Luckily CPD aren't very predatory to fry, so they won't need to be kept separate for long; a couple of weeks, if you can get them feeding and do plenty of water changes

 

[214jay]

Thank you so much!! They appear to be shooting around with the spirulina (probably in shear panic!)
 
I will up the water changes, luckily very easy on such a small tank!  This learning curve gets greater by the day!

 

[bigcheed]

liquifry no2. by interpet. had lots of success with endler fry using it. drop a blob into a shot glass of tank water and stir it first though. sometimes it dosent disperse. after 10-14 days I fed tetra min baby powdered flake. java moss is also a good natural source of infusoria.