Zissou
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
I'm very new at this. Been keeping fish for about 2 weeks now. We've got babies!
We were out all day yesterday but last night when I was changing water I noticed a tiny fish dart across the tank! I spotted at least two last night and one this morning before work.
I picked up a breeder net today and am hoping the fry have survived. I plan to net them and get them into the breeder net when I get home in a few hours.
Any tips on netting them. Also what should I feed them? Any other advice would be greatly appreciated. I selected all female platies and didn't anticipate babies but one must have already been carrying fry when I got her.
I've been testing my water parameters and ammonia and nitrite have been at zero. Ph is about 8.2. Temp is 78. Should I adjust temp for the fry at all? Didn't want to mess with the ph if I can avoid it.
Any special treatment needed for the mother? She seemed fine this morning. Hung at the bottom of the tank most of last night but I think she had very recently birthed.
Thanks!
We were out all day yesterday but last night when I was changing water I noticed a tiny fish dart across the tank! I spotted at least two last night and one this morning before work.
I picked up a breeder net today and am hoping the fry have survived. I plan to net them and get them into the breeder net when I get home in a few hours.
Any tips on netting them. Also what should I feed them? Any other advice would be greatly appreciated. I selected all female platies and didn't anticipate babies but one must have already been carrying fry when I got her.
I've been testing my water parameters and ammonia and nitrite have been at zero. Ph is about 8.2. Temp is 78. Should I adjust temp for the fry at all? Didn't want to mess with the ph if I can avoid it.
Any special treatment needed for the mother? She seemed fine this morning. Hung at the bottom of the tank most of last night but I think she had very recently birthed.
Thanks!