Zuzkots
Aquarium Advice Regular
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Help! I found platy babies in my tank! I have no idea how this happened, I must have bought a pregnant platy (I did think she was a bit fat lol).
My son's been in hospital in ICU for 3 weeks and will be for another 7 wks at least, so my mother in law has been feeding my fish and doing water changes and bringing me water samples to the hospital where I test them. I came home for some stuff yesterday and noticed a baby platy in the tank. Before I managed to take a picture of it, it got eaten by its mum in front of my eyes! I later found another two but I guess there will be more.
My questions:
Do I need to set up a new tank for the fry so they don't get eaten? (I have some good hiding places and plants in the tank.)
Will the filter suck the babies up?
How do I feed them without overfeeding the adult fish?
I'm very new to this, my tank only just finished its cycle and I definitely wasn't ready for babies yet lol!
Any advice much appreciated, thanks!
My son's been in hospital in ICU for 3 weeks and will be for another 7 wks at least, so my mother in law has been feeding my fish and doing water changes and bringing me water samples to the hospital where I test them. I came home for some stuff yesterday and noticed a baby platy in the tank. Before I managed to take a picture of it, it got eaten by its mum in front of my eyes! I later found another two but I guess there will be more.
My questions:
Do I need to set up a new tank for the fry so they don't get eaten? (I have some good hiding places and plants in the tank.)
Will the filter suck the babies up?
How do I feed them without overfeeding the adult fish?
I'm very new to this, my tank only just finished its cycle and I definitely wasn't ready for babies yet lol!
Any advice much appreciated, thanks!