glcrumpacker
Aquarium Advice Newbie
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I've been mostly a casual keeper of tropical fish and have a 10-gallon mixed tropical tank including a female betta, three cory catfish, two glass catfish, a couple of neon tetra and a few snails. Yesterday I looked into the tank and noticed tiny baby fish, maybe 1/8" in length, and managed to scoop out 10-11 of them before the female betta finished eating them. Visually they appear to definitely be baby glass cats, and my understanding is that these fish seldom breed in captivity. So there's not much out there on keeping my babies.
At the moment I have them in a small temporary container and am feeding them powered TetraMin tropical flakes, which I can see them eating. I plopped one of my tiny snails in there to clean up debris, since it would be problematic to clean their water at this point in their growth; I'd almost certainly throw out some of the babies with the bathwater.
I'd welcome any input, advice or experience on rearing baby glass cats. So far my plan is to keep them in their current environment until they get big enough to not be eaten -- maybe about as big as a neon tetra, then introduce some of them into the main tank. If all the babies survive I'm going to have too many, but I'll jump off that bridge when I get to it.
Looking forward to sharing experience and gaining advice.
At the moment I have them in a small temporary container and am feeding them powered TetraMin tropical flakes, which I can see them eating. I plopped one of my tiny snails in there to clean up debris, since it would be problematic to clean their water at this point in their growth; I'd almost certainly throw out some of the babies with the bathwater.
I'd welcome any input, advice or experience on rearing baby glass cats. So far my plan is to keep them in their current environment until they get big enough to not be eaten -- maybe about as big as a neon tetra, then introduce some of them into the main tank. If all the babies survive I'm going to have too many, but I'll jump off that bridge when I get to it.
Looking forward to sharing experience and gaining advice.