milknhoney
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- Sep 22, 2016
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I've got about 30 black molly fry in my 10-gal tank. We didn't separate them or anything because it just isn't practical for us to try to keep 30 more fish, so we're just letting nature take its course. There's three adult fish in the tank - besides the mom, there's two male platys. Four days have gone by and the fry population is not dropping. So as disturbing as the thought is that they will be eaten by their tank mates, even more disturbing is the thought that they won't!! I don't know what on earth to do with them if they survive. My daughter (it's her tank) would NEVER forgive me if I just flushed them, and I don't really like the idea of doing that either. My husband suggested dumping them in one of our local lakes. What should we do?
Second problem is, they were born on water change day... before I changed the water. Never mind how contradictory this concern is since we're rooting for their demise anyway, but... I'm afraid to use the siphon and vacuum up all those little guys. We've been fighting brown algae/diatoms for quite a while, so letting it go isn't helping... not to mention the additional bioload the new fish are adding to the tank. How do I get it clean?
Second problem is, they were born on water change day... before I changed the water. Never mind how contradictory this concern is since we're rooting for their demise anyway, but... I'm afraid to use the siphon and vacuum up all those little guys. We've been fighting brown algae/diatoms for quite a while, so letting it go isn't helping... not to mention the additional bioload the new fish are adding to the tank. How do I get it clean?