Need Your Advice On Spare Tank For Cory Fry.

[Lynz781]

I have a small tank (<12 litres) that I would like to put cory fry in. Would it be ok to run a small filter in my main tank for a few days then place it in the small tank with main tank water and a heater (All I could do for light is place a desk lamp behind it) ? Then add cories? I would be grateful to hear views and experiences. Thanks.

 

[BWBettas]

12 liters hmmm well im not sure but i think that the light should be ok. dpends on how many cories in there

 

[grumpymole]

I have a small tank (<12 litres) that I would like to put cory fry in. Would it be ok to run a small filter in my main tank for a few days then place it in the small tank with main tank water and a heater (All I could do for light is place a desk lamp behind it) ? Then add cories? I would be grateful to hear views and experiences. Thanks.

the light seems in order and if there are not too many cories then it should be fine

 

[Lynz781]

I have about 50 cory fry about 6-7 week old. I get some dying every few days and this tank I want to put them in is alot bigger than where they are housed just now (suspended net over tank). THe tank is temporary til they get a bit bigger then I can give them to pet shop to rehome.

 

[grumpymole]

50 in a 12 litres kinda pushing it in my opinion

 

[kris-b-]

It's better than the net for now, but is there no way you can get a bigger tank at all?

 

[Lynz781]

They are tiny though and they are kind of cramped in the net they are just now (roughly <500ml) so a 12 litre tank will be better. It's what I'm going to do anyway. I was just asking if what I was going to do was ok for setting up an instant tank.

 

[kris-b-]

You really should find a bigger tank though, once they begin to grow there is no way the tank you have will be big enough, even if some don't survive.

 

[WILDER]

As long as you keep an eye on water quality to see if it's coping, you might have to maintain it twice a week, i would put a pair of tights over the filter to stop the fry geting into the filter.

 

[grumpymole]

As long as you keep an eye on water quality to see if it's coping, you might have to maintain it twice a week, i would put a pair of tight over the filter to stop the fry geting into the filter.

a pair of tight?

 

[WILDER]

Women stockings.

 

[Lynz781]

It's better than the net for now, but is there no way you can get a bigger tank at all?

Don't have room for a bigger tank I'm afraid. As I said this is just a temporary house for them until they get a little bigger to give to the pet shop. I really don't think I will have 50 for long as some croak, hopefully due to natural selection but I can always put some in my bigger tank. Just now they are bite sized.

 

[grumpymole]

Women stockings.

ah

 

[WILDER]

You cut a leg off them and chop it down abit, place over the filter and attach a rubber band, it stops the fry getting into the filter.
http/sockshop.co.uk/shop-hosiery/tights.html

 

[grumpymole]

You cut a leg off them and chop it down abit, place over the filter and attach a rubber band, it stops the fry getting into the filter.
http/sockshop.co.uk/shop-hosiery/tights.html

good idea actually
er...
was that link totaly necisary (i cant spell)