Finaly Got Fry :)

[fishy friends]

yesterday i noticed one of my orange baloon mollys hiding in the plants i didnt fink anything ov it, later in the day i noticed i little baby swimming in my tank. i managed to save 7 ov them. they are now in another tank and seem to be doing fine

i do have another 2 balloon mollys that are orange. one of them look like she is going to explode. i am new to this and dont kno when it is the best time to put her in the net? as i dont want to stress her out and the babys die.

 

[jameshughes1989]

Dont put her in the net. This will give her un-needed stress, which in turn can cause her to release more too early. Let nature take its course and if you want to save all the wee lil fry just try and catch them when and as you see them.
Thats what I've always done and I've never been short on numbers. You probably wont get all of them but there will still be alot

 

[fishy friends]

ok thanks. i will keep looking in the tank to see if i have any in there.

what is the common temp for these kind of fish?? at the moment mine is at 31.03 C is that ok for all my fish to liv in there

i have :

neon tetras
guppies
mollys
glass catfish
pleco
clown loach
skunk loach
freshwater srimp
black widow
silver tips tetra
2 other kind of loach
cherry barb


and is my male guppy in to other males?? he is very intrested in my male molly, he doesnt show any intrest in my female guppies.

 

[jameshughes1989]

Thats kinda high, especially for the shrimp (dont quote me on that) lol
I try and keep mine at 26C/27C. Do a quick search for care on the fish you got and try and work an average from that. Most have quite a varied temp so should be okay. Just do a quick check.
Hope that helped

 

[fishy friends]

i have tryed all sorts to keep temp down but my heater seams to b on the lowest it can be i hope all my fish are fine in that temp.
the temp in the fry tank is 30 ;/ is this also too high?

 

[Duck and Dive]

That is way too high! you would only want it at 24-26! Set the heater to 24, check if there is nothing wrong with it.

At that temperature the fish need a lot of oxygen in the water. To be quite straight with you, it is cooking the fish. Do they gulp at the surface of the tank?

 

[fishy friends]

no all my fish seam to be acting fine all swimming around not going up for air. i have turned them both down and will wiat for it to cool down. if that doesnt work a large water change could be done to change the temp.

 

[OldMan47]

For a broad community of different fish with different needs, I find that about 24C is somewhere within the acceptable range of the types of fish that we keep. By getting the tank to that temperature, some fish will feel too warm and some will want a sweater but all of them will survive.