Questions

[fishluver]

I have about 150 fry all together, I have them in 3 seperate breeder nets... how many is to many to keep in there? I am scared to put them in the tank cause of the filter, very strong current. Also I have alot of molly's different kinds. If a gold lyre tail male molly breeds with a dalmation molly, does the fry look like a mixture of the 2, or do they look like the male...or the female?

 

[GuppyDude]

well i dont see why u cant put them all together in one big 20g tank so they can grow out. the fry shouldn't fight with each other. u can always go to ur lfs and buy a filter cover. if u keep then in breeders like that their growth will be stunt esspecially considering that there are so many. i keep my 20 remaining fry in a breeder box till they are big enogh to swim with the big boys. and then their on their own.

and u sound like u'v got an emence amount of fish, do u know how ur gunna get rid of all them? because theres no posible way to keep all of them

gl

 

[fishluver]

I keep saying thats it...I am going to let them have there fry in the big tank and what happens happens, but i can't bare it, when i see one all scared I get the net and scoop it out...I have several people that work for walmart that r waiting for these fry to get ready to be moved, so i know i am going to find good homes for them. As for the cover for my filter, I have went every where to try and find something, but noone has anything i can use. I read on her that a stocking will work fine. Also I don't want to put them in the tank, cause they will hide in the gravel...even tho there is alot of plants in the tank, and I want be able to see if there alright. I have learned from experance that if I keep them in a breeder net for a week of so, they get use to me, and want hids at all, so I am trying that on these new ones also. But I am going to have to do something soon...

 

[snowyangel]

I was the same way, I couldn't bare letting these new creatures only have 10 seconds of life before being eaten. But now i supply a lfs with gups so i save every last one.
I think keeping 50 or so fry in a breeding net/trap is way too cramped and will stunt they're growth. My setup is i have a bare 5 gallon with just a heater and java moss and all new borns live and grow in there. They get fed 4x a day and get a 30% water change every 3 days. When they reach 3months they're big enough to live with adults and not be sucked up the filter.

 

[fishluver]

ok...I am going to put all my babies in the tank, and shut off my filter for a few weeks...