Help - How do I rescue my fry

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UnexpectedFry

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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
 
Ah! I think I am OK - Turkey baster seems to be doing the job - though I do now have a definite 5 new fry, one of whom will not be caught and will have to continue fending for itself for now :)
 
Welcome to Aquarium Advice! That's great to hear :) My advice if you get more fry from now on would be getting a breeding box - And let them grow up there until they can defend themselves from other platys.
 
Welcome to Aquarium Advice! That's great to hear :) My advice if you get more fry from now on would be getting a breeding box - And let them grow up there until they can defend themselves from other platys.
Thank you! I just hadn't thought about it - I kept coldwater fish years ago and never had any breeding so was taken by surprise :) I'm going to separate out the males and females into 2 tanks, but think you are right. I'll get a breeding box in case we have any more in the meantime...
 
I dont know anything to really help you....
But...
Congrats on the new babies!!!! :)
 
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