UnexpectedFry
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- Jul 9, 2021
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Hi everyone - need some advice please! 8 weeks ago we unexpectedly grew our platy family by 7. It was a surprise but no problem. Pretty quickly and relatively easily managed to set up a small nursery tank and move all 7 over. We checked, double checked and have done a number of water changes in the main tank since then, so imagine my surprise last night to find two pretty large fry (not as big as the others so I think they are perhaps about 6 weeks old), swimming happily in the main tank.
Here's my problem! I would probably just have left them there as they have survived OK until now, but this morning I looked for them and realized they somehow have managed to get into the very narrow section of the tank that has the pump and water pipe. I have no idea how they got there, but is clearly where they have been living. It is too narrow for a net of any kind and I am worried they might be loo large for a turkey baster - would it hurt them if I tried? I cant encourage them out because I don't know what the route would be... I dont want to leave them there because at some stage the will get too big to get out - and I will still have the problem of how to rescue them without a net
Here's my problem! I would probably just have left them there as they have survived OK until now, but this morning I looked for them and realized they somehow have managed to get into the very narrow section of the tank that has the pump and water pipe. I have no idea how they got there, but is clearly where they have been living. It is too narrow for a net of any kind and I am worried they might be loo large for a turkey baster - would it hurt them if I tried? I cant encourage them out because I don't know what the route would be... I dont want to leave them there because at some stage the will get too big to get out - and I will still have the problem of how to rescue them without a net