Is This Cruel?

[Spader]

Well my female platy looks ready to burst and she is so beautiful I want all her fry to live! So is it cruel to put her in a breeding net so she stresses out and has fry so i can save them all? I did that once with my molly though i didnt know she'd have fry, I just put her in there because i thought she was biting others.....

btw I have 2 actually that are ready to burst.....one sunset wag and one half sunset half silver wag

 

[Spader]

bump. I need help! im leaving soon and if she has fry during the week they're doomed as i go to school until 3!

 

[jonny-5]

i wouldnt put her in a breeding net/tank at this stage if shes "ready to burst" like you say,cos she may abort her fry,personally i would leave the tank in darkness and hope to save as many fry as possible on your return from school.If there anything like my guppys and platys i used to have there will be loads and loads of fry hanging in the plants and decor....hope this helps

 

[Spader]

ok thanks, ill try. tomarrow im going to buy some more all plants so they can hide better. its just my sunset fire/silver wag is so pretty :[ but i guess ill wait.

 

[dwarfgourami]

Another problem with the breeding net is it doesn't leave the fry anywhere to escape from her (unless it's one of those things where they fall through the bottom).

 

[TwoTankAmin]

Fill the tank with plants, fry are good hiders.

 

[Spader]

ok im buying lots of plants tomarrow, and will they stay on short ones on the bottom or should i get lots of talls ones ??? or floating ones?!??!

 

[dwarfgourami]

Mine have tended to hide under the floating ones. They don't sell them round my way, so what I did was to buy some ordinary plants (mainly java fern) and let it float. This time I've got cabomba for when my new guppies give birth.

 

[Spader]

i bought lots of tall pants today, and i have 2 small ones folating, and my fish are exploring, they love it!