Maybe better luck here .. Anyone?

[Noviceafter2yea]

I have two batches of fry. One is maturing in my 5 gallon QT tank. They are about 10 weeks old and are still fairly small. There are 10 in this batch.

My second,batch of 13 are newborn around a week old. They are in a makeshift 1 gallon with an airstone, no,filter, and are fed 3 times daily. I do my best to siphon the debris and replace with primed water.

I am now needing to raise the temp in my 20 gallon out of concern for ich. To do so, I need to use the airstone device to keep,enough oxygen in the water.

Can I safely, temporarily, put all 24 fry in the 5 gallon so I can use the bubbler in the 20 gallon?

I am cycling a 14 gallon and will move many of the fry there once it is safe and allow the newborns to stay in the 5 gallon to grow a bit.

I want to,re home many of the fry, but it has proven difficult.

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[BLUEaquarium06]

I would say that you are probably fine, I dont have any personal experience. but i have been doing a lot of research on basically every type of fry recently and i would say that it is safe for a while depending on how small the 1 week old fry are, will they fit in the older frys mouth?

 

[Noviceafter2yea]

I would say that you are probably fine, I dont have any personal experience. but i have been doing a lot of research on basically every type of fry recently and i would say that it is safe for a while depending on how small the 1 week old fry are, will they fit in the older frys mouth?

Thanks for your reply. I really appreciate it. I took the risk and transferred them last night. The 1 gallon was too hard to clean. One died during the transfer, but wasn't eaten. Maybe I accidently hurt him with the net.

I didn't realize that the mouths on the older fry are as big as they are - they have chased a few while I tapped on the glass to get them to stop. The little guys are fast and I haven't witnessed any cannibalism. They hide in small spaces so it is hard to count. I've managed to track at least 7 of the now 12 - the others could very well be hiding. I will feel so sad if I put them in harms way.

Meanwhile my 14'gallon slowly cycling. The N2 is very high, but ammonia is at 0. I think that means it is cycling.

I've done a bunch of research on fry too, but it becomes overwhelming and then I feel more confused than when I began.

Thanks again!