What can I do with unwanted fish fry?

How do you get rid of unwanted fish babies?

Sell or give away extra fish.

Also consider selling or giving away unwanted fry to people with other pets that may use the fish for food, or else contact a local nature center, elementary school or similar organization about free fish for educational purposes.

What should I do with my Molly fry?

Feed your fry small amounts of food, about a pinch at a time, several times a day. To make it easy, feed the fry immediately before or after you eat. Clean any uneaten food from the tank. Use a net or a skimmer to get powdered food off of the surface of the water.

When should I release platy fry?

Therefore, it is best to remove the breeding box, move into a larger tank, and release the platy fry after the 2-week mark. Around these two weeks, the Platies are to be removed and placed in their tanks.

Will my platy fry survive?

Many (but probably not all) of your platy fry will survive in a community tank if it contains enough plants for them to hide in. A breeding trap is a plastic box with small holes that goes inside a fish tank.

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When can I put fry into main tank?

Raising Fry

Using water from your established aquarium is a great way to acclimate the fry to water conditions of their future home. In about 4 to 6 weeks, the babies should be large enough to release into the main aquarium. But be sure the babies have grown larger than the mouths of adult fish.

What do you do with a molly baby?

Keep the babies' habitat clean. The breeder box or tank will need to be cleaned and its water changed. In a breeding net, the fry are exposed to the same water conditions the rest of the tank is experiencing. Cannibalism is normal with mollies and other livebearers like guppies and platys.

Will my fish fry survive in a community tank?

Parents may also eat unhealthy fish or cull the fry when there are too many. Cannibalism is a common occurrence in community tanks, and it is highly unlikely that you will be able to safely maintain guppy fry in a tank without at least a few fish succumbing to cannibalism.

Should you remove guppy fry?

Baby guppies are in danger as soon as their born, so it's important to keep them safe. Keep them separated from the adult guppies, or at least give them hiding spots in the tank to avoid being eaten. Feed them often, keep them in warm water, and give them live food to allow them to grow quickly.

Do the Rspca take fish?

As with other exotic pets, we are opposed to the transport of wild caught fish or farmed fish over long distances due to the welfare issues involved, so ask your retailer about the sources of their fish. We do not condone the winning of fish as prizes.

Can baby fish survive in a tank with other fish?

If you find baby fish in your tank, don't panic! The first thing you should do is remove any adult fish so they do not eat the babies or move the baby fish to a separate tank where they can grow in safe environment.

Can you flush fish down the toilet UK?

Don't flush it down the toilet as toilets aren't meant for fish disposal and if you block a drain down the road you'll look stupid when the drain people pull out one of your fish. Especially if your tank is visible through the curtains! Tie it up in a bin bag and place it in the waste.

When can fry go with adults?

Adult guppies are also less likely to hunt the fry if they're already full and happy with their diets. Otherwise, separate the pregnant female from the main tank, grow the fry until they're 3-4 weeks old, and gradually acclimate to the main tank.

How long do you keep fry in breeder box?

How long do you keep fry in the breeder box? In general, the babies should be large enough to not fit in mouths of the adult fish before you add them back into your main tank. For livebearer fry, this may be as soon as 4 to 5 weeks.

What color will my Molly fry be?

Molly fries can be any color they want to be. Normally, they are close to the colors of the parents. Fries are dark grey but as they are growing and getting older, they will start changing color. And, before you know it, you have a colorful tank full of mollies.

Can baby guppies live in tank with other fish?

Size. Before you can move your baby guppies into your big tank, they need to be large enough that the other fish won't eat them. Exactly how large depends on the size of the fish in the main tank, but the minimum size the babies should be before you move them is about an inch long.

Will guppies eat platy fry?

Omnia mutantur nihil interit. Fish are opportunistic eaters so the answer to your question is: Yes. But no worries, If your tank has good cover some of the guppy fry [& There WILL be more guppy fry lol] will survive. Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.

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