I'm Anxious About My Fry's Transition To A Bigger Tank

[NeonBlueLeon]

Hey forum folks,
 
My fry have outgrown the breeder net I have kept them in.  The net is hanging in a corner of my 20 gallon tank currently.  I am planning on moving them to a 5.5 gallon tank until they are big enough to donate/sell.  I have never reared fry before, and I am uneasy about this transition.
 
Currently in their net, the water is calm, and the food floats gently at the surface while they eat (Hikari First Bites).  In my 5.5 gallon, there is a HOB power filter and a bubbler that disturbs the surface.  If anything, I will swap the bubbler for a sponge filter.  The HOB is very calm, and has adjustable flow and the intake has a sponge I can place over to prevent any fry from getting sucked in.  At their current size, I don't think it's quite an issue though.  It's a Azoo Mignon 150.  I love that filter by the way.
 
This may sound rather stupid, but here it goes.  Will my fry have difficulties eating with the bubbles disturbing the surface?  Given so much more space to swim around, will they be able to find food during feeding time?
 
I know everyone here loves pictures, so here they are in my net.  As you can see, they are outgrowing it.

 
Orange fella was a stowaway from a live plant.  Here's my thread about it if you're interested. I have yet to ID him.

 
Here's their intended new home.  Guppies will be moved to a different tank, of course.

This tank has fake and live plants in it.  Can anyone ID the live plants?  They are the plants on the sides.

 

[snazy]

I wouldn't worry at all about the surface movement. They'll be perfect in the new tank providing it's cycled.  And you need surface movement in the tank for oxygen.
Normally they'll catch the food when it starts falling down because of the surface movement and even eat from the bottom. From the pictures I think they are big enough to accept slightly larger food than the first bites as well. Or you can move just the biggest ones to the tank and leave the smaller fry in the net until they fatten up.

 

[b1030420]

hello!
hope the move has gone alright.
 
the fry, will be hardy as hell.
i breed some (if i dont say so) some very pretty full red delta guppys and few types of swordtail guppys too, which are much more tempermental of water conditions than average lfs guppys ( require 7.6+ 0ppm across the board 24/7)
 
Ive never had issues with moving fry. My females live in line breeding tanks on there own, til i introduce a male for a few days, then a month later out they start coming. The female is in a trap but in her own tank and never leaves the water (reduces stress). As soon as my fry have all come out theyre netted up and put straight into my 50l nanoplanted fry tank - no water changing just net em and straight into new tank
 
I loose maybe 1 out of 100 average fry drop. Not that i see it cos theyres a breeding colony of sakura blood red cherry shrimp in there too ( UTILISE TANK SPACE! BREED $$$)
 
The younger the guppies the better they will adapt to change in water. As long as your tank in cylced properly it be fine.
As an experiment, i put 4 fry - on the day they were born into a marine tank. I KNOW CRAZY>?!?! Its been 18months now, and those fry now breed. In the salt water. I <3 Guppies. lol
 
Any queries just ask


And also. About feeding.
I feed mine from day 1 on crushed up flake. guppies bellys are as big as theyre eyes (litterally) so thats how much food they need. Dont worry on uber hi-q food for the first month. mine are fine on tetra flake. bear in mind a guppy fry and eat a flake and **** it out in 20-30mins. so if u wanna grow em up big, feed em little many times a day. a flake the size of your thumb nail crushed up will surfice 20-30 fry .
 
At about 1 month the colours should be out, tail definition coming thru etc and then they should be big enough to eat bloodworms and a varitey of adult foods.
I cant stress enough how important a good ph and a wide diet is tho. I'd say 50% of the final result is the fish you breed and 50% is how you grow em. Theres a reason why i sell a pair of guppies for £15-30  gl


+ get some live plants in. stop cheating
 
plus theres so much goodness the fry will eat from the plants = win

 

[NeonBlueLeon]

Thanks for the reply, it was really informative.
 
The fry moved smoothly into their new tank.  I herded them 2-3 at a time into a cup and lowered them into their new home.  Everything is going smoothly, the tank is cycled.  The two stemmed plants on the end are live, and I plan to ditch all the plastic in there eventually.  I have a limited selection of healthy plants here.
 
I made a thread with pictures of their new tank, but I'll post a few here too, just cause I love my fry!
 
FTS.  It's a 5.5 gallon aqueon.  Since this pic was taken, I've added a sponge filter right where the airstone is.

 
 
Here's a pic of an oddball (not a guppy fry, he/she is a stowaway from an anacharis bunch I bought).  General consensus seems to be that it's a molly fry.

 
 
Hungry fry!

 
 
I feed them Hikari First bites, but I believe they're getting big enough to have micro pellets!  I also supplement with baby brine shrimp.