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One of my Platies has had babies today. She had been in a breeding tank for three days. I took her out last night and noon today she starts popping little ones out into the main tank. I wan't home, but my wife captured her and put her back into the the breeding tank. She was birthing them one at a time which made them easy targets for mom and some become protien snacks some I sucked up with a turkey baster, and others made their way to safety on there own. It was all very very cool, but now I have 15 new fish to take care of.
All I have for tanks is a 16 gallon show tank and a 6 gallon Eclipse that I use as a QT that currently has a Guppy under observation. I dont have the money for the set up I want so we are going to make to best of it with an 10 gallon nursery tank. I should be able to cycle it quickly with seed gravel from the other tanks. What else do I need to do? What do they eat? how fast do they grow? I was planning to let nature take its course and let them be born into the main tank, but when the Mrs. found out a few days back that that was the plan it didn't fly, and now I have babies I dont know how to take care of. Help!!
One of my Platies has had babies today. She had been in a breeding tank for three days. I took her out last night and noon today she starts popping little ones out into the main tank. I wan't home, but my wife captured her and put her back into the the breeding tank. She was birthing them one at a time which made them easy targets for mom and some become protien snacks some I sucked up with a turkey baster, and others made their way to safety on there own. It was all very very cool, but now I have 15 new fish to take care of.
All I have for tanks is a 16 gallon show tank and a 6 gallon Eclipse that I use as a QT that currently has a Guppy under observation. I dont have the money for the set up I want so we are going to make to best of it with an 10 gallon nursery tank. I should be able to cycle it quickly with seed gravel from the other tanks. What else do I need to do? What do they eat? how fast do they grow? I was planning to let nature take its course and let them be born into the main tank, but when the Mrs. found out a few days back that that was the plan it didn't fly, and now I have babies I dont know how to take care of. Help!!