Platy baby's,Need help quik!!!!

[shumway]

Just picked up some platy's today for my 55g community tank and now i have baby's already 8O

Is there anything i can do to help protect them? My girlfriend is going nut's thinking they are all going to be ate up.

I don't have to much cover for them to hide in,I just have a couple fake plant's and 2 pile's of rock's.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

 

[hashbaz]

LFS will usually sell some little plastic breeder tanks that sit inside your aquarium and protect the babies - but catching the babies is a pain. Otherwise they will most likely be eaten unless you have TONS of cover.

 

[Fishyfanatic]

Moved to the breeding forum.

If you want to keep the fry you may want to invest in another tank. Preferably a 10 gal. We had several of our Africans that were holding fry on a regular basis. It got to the point that we had two 10 gal tanks and a 29 full of fry. Eventually we just had to let nature take it's course in survival of the fittest. It's cute looking into the tank and seeing 20 big fish and 6 small fry.

 

[shumway]

I know about breeder trap's but the problem is i just spent the last of my money on a bunch of fish today

Anyone have idea's for a DIY ?

I was thinking maybe pulling a couple of the plant's and bunching them up for now,Think that would work?

I have no other tank's to use or i would set one up,Just sold my 20g yesterday to get money for my fish.