xxSarahxx
Fishaholic
I've googled this and have no idea!
I've just done my night inspection and seen tiny little 'things' that appear to be free swimming. They are about 1-2mm in length and stick to the glass of the tank.
I did a 40%water change yesterday (I changed my filter a week ago as the old one broke and although I put the old pads in the new filter it is a bigger filter and I was worried about the bacteria etc).
Now this tank was 'donated' as someone just gave up on fish. I have very little background info on it therefore. It is a 126 litre tank.
In the tank is -
CAME WITH THE TANK - 2 Platties, 4 Harlequins, 6 neons, 1 columbian tetra, 1 diamond tetra, (I know these last two are schooling and I don't have enough)
Brought in the last month or so - 6 Guppies, 2 female Bettas, 1 baby plec, 1 algae eating shrimp.
All the fish are perfectly happy and the water stats (at the last check two days ago) were amonia 0, pH 8, nitrite 0, nitrate 10 - normal for this tank.
Now....I am new to livebeareres and am going to kick myself if someone turns round to me and says they are fry as I know that the female platy and 4 of the guppies are pregnant and 2 of the guppies have had gravid spots for a while now.
However, as these are so tiny and appear to stick to the glass a bit I don't think they are fry.
I counted about 10, maybe 15. If I move my magfloat near them they swim and then attach back to the glass. The bigest one I saw up close looked as though it was a heart shape and so I said 'fry' as they were almost fish shaped but they are SO tiny. AS I said if you all turn round and say "Sarah they are fry" I am really sorry for wasting your time and I shall kick myself!! I did watch the heavily pregnant fish and there was no sign of any fry coming out of them.
I know about the worm/parasites that arise from over feeding and sometimes stick to the glass but I wouldn't say in any way they have been overfed as I have been underfeeding slightly due to the new filter. So...yes...help really!!
Thanks guys!
I've just done my night inspection and seen tiny little 'things' that appear to be free swimming. They are about 1-2mm in length and stick to the glass of the tank.
I did a 40%water change yesterday (I changed my filter a week ago as the old one broke and although I put the old pads in the new filter it is a bigger filter and I was worried about the bacteria etc).
Now this tank was 'donated' as someone just gave up on fish. I have very little background info on it therefore. It is a 126 litre tank.
In the tank is -
CAME WITH THE TANK - 2 Platties, 4 Harlequins, 6 neons, 1 columbian tetra, 1 diamond tetra, (I know these last two are schooling and I don't have enough)
Brought in the last month or so - 6 Guppies, 2 female Bettas, 1 baby plec, 1 algae eating shrimp.
All the fish are perfectly happy and the water stats (at the last check two days ago) were amonia 0, pH 8, nitrite 0, nitrate 10 - normal for this tank.
Now....I am new to livebeareres and am going to kick myself if someone turns round to me and says they are fry as I know that the female platy and 4 of the guppies are pregnant and 2 of the guppies have had gravid spots for a while now.
However, as these are so tiny and appear to stick to the glass a bit I don't think they are fry.
I counted about 10, maybe 15. If I move my magfloat near them they swim and then attach back to the glass. The bigest one I saw up close looked as though it was a heart shape and so I said 'fry' as they were almost fish shaped but they are SO tiny. AS I said if you all turn round and say "Sarah they are fry" I am really sorry for wasting your time and I shall kick myself!! I did watch the heavily pregnant fish and there was no sign of any fry coming out of them.
I know about the worm/parasites that arise from over feeding and sometimes stick to the glass but I wouldn't say in any way they have been overfed as I have been underfeeding slightly due to the new filter. So...yes...help really!!
Thanks guys!
