Help With Fry I've Found

[Craig89]

Hi all earlier today I found two small fry in my tank I'm guessing they have come from my platies I've moved them to my spare 15l tank. Do I just care for them like I do my older fish ?

 

[Curiosity101]

Pretty much yes.

Is the 15l cycled? If not then the ammonia will build up surprisingly fast and fry are particularly suceptible to ammonia poisoning. You'll need to grab a bit of filter media out of your main tank to boost the filter in the 15l to avoid this.

They only have little stomachs, chances are the 15l is quite clean? Ie. no build up of algae, micro organisms etc like in a mature running tank..? If so you're best feeding them a few times a day to avoid them starving. However don't feed them too much at a time.

 

[Craig89]

Yea I always keep a liitle bit of spare media tht fits in the 15l tanks filter in my main filter just incase so I transfers the water and some gravel from the main tank and I've put the two fry in there they seem quite happy I've fed them once so will feed them again shortly

 

[AstonN24vantage]

and water should be very clean (low nitrate, no nitrite, ammonia ect.)