I now have eleven molly fry - pet store gave me more- and I have two pregnant fish. I think all these babies will need a fry grow out tank. I have a five gallon tank that has had a single betta living in it for a month and a half. I want to move the betta and use it as a fry tank.
I have two questions.
1. Cycling the tank. When I put the betta in I used gravel from the established 29 gallon in an attempt to cycle. How can I tell if I need to further cycle the tank? I just bought an ammonia and nitrite test kit. What should my readings be? If I do need to further cycle the tank, would putting in the filter elements from my established tank do it? Can I just put it in the tank? (I don't have the same kind of filter in the little one)
2. The filter in the five gallon is a submersible one. How do I prevent fry from being sucked up into it? If it were a box filter I'd just put netting over the intake, but I don't know how to do it with this one. Do the fry have to be a certain size before I put them in the tank to avoid a filter accident?
I have two questions.
1. Cycling the tank. When I put the betta in I used gravel from the established 29 gallon in an attempt to cycle. How can I tell if I need to further cycle the tank? I just bought an ammonia and nitrite test kit. What should my readings be? If I do need to further cycle the tank, would putting in the filter elements from my established tank do it? Can I just put it in the tank? (I don't have the same kind of filter in the little one)
2. The filter in the five gallon is a submersible one. How do I prevent fry from being sucked up into it? If it were a box filter I'd just put netting over the intake, but I don't know how to do it with this one. Do the fry have to be a certain size before I put them in the tank to avoid a filter accident?