HELP, there's a baby in my water change

[Amandap79]

Hi guys,
So i have a lovely cycled tank, added some fish a few days ago and thought id do a water change. I only syphoned out a baby platy. He was obviously hiding in the rocks, no more than a millimetre big.

So, it's 9pm, all the shops are shut and need some advice. Do I
1. Put him back in the tank (although know he will get eaten if he's not quick)
2. Keep him in the tank water which is in a bucket, likely to go cold though . . Could put him in then airing cupboard

If he does survive, what would I need to buy for the tank in the morning?

Help!

 

[FreshwaterTropical]

For the night you could put the fry in a plastic bag with clean tank water and float the bag in the tank. In the morning buy a net breeder and keep it in that till it is to big to fit in the other fishes mouths?

 

[Amandap79]

that sounds great, except I have a biorb which has a bubble tube up the middle so the poor thing would get shaken, rattled & rolled. any other ideas?

 

[redsea]

What if you get a plastic cup, poke a few holes in it and clip it to the side of the tank?

 

[Cichildlife]

You could lip the bag with a closepin nd see if it will stay or catch him nd keep him in your net for the net.

 

[FreshwaterTropical]

Clip the bag to the side of the tank.

 

[aqua_chem]

What else do you have in the tank? Is there a significant chance he's even going to be eaten?

 

[blert]

Do you have a net that is fine enough he can't get through? Balance the net at the top of the tank for the night.

 

[animalzrok2]

i keep some of my fry in large containers on my desk. works well

 

[Amandap79]

Thank you everyone, baby is now balanced in a Jaffa cake tub, with holes floating on top. I have a 30 litre tank with 3 platys, 3 guppies and six neons. Can I keep him, or is my tank going to have a fit?

 

[FreshwaterTropical]

Defiantly keep him. First buy a net breeder and keep him in there till he gets about an inch in length or big enough to not fit in the other fish mouths.