Raising Fry In Separate Tank

[julia298]

If confined to breeding traps for more than a couple of weeks, fish tend to become stressed. Bottom line, they can be an excellent stop-gap solution but you still want to invest in another tank to raise the fry. Bear in mind that it takes about 3 months for baby fish to get big enough to be combined with generic, non-predatory community fish.

I have only 4 guppy fry. At the mo they are in breeding net with other guppies in quarantine tank. When big guppies go in main tank would the 4 guupy fry be ok in the q. tank (25 litre). Would they produce enough ammonia to feed the bacteria?

 

[Ddraig Goch]

I should think they will be fine if the tank is cycled.

 

[guppymonkey]

It should be great for them, a lot better than a breeding net. I personally HATE breeding nets. They really are more destructive than helpful. As long as you change the water frequently the fry should do great in the quarantine tank.

 

[millym]

hi
we raised our first baby black mollie (only survivor from a batch born at night in with the cannibals in our community tank) in a breeder box (not a net) in the main tank. it wasnt ideal but she was born just before we went away on holidays she is now 10 months old & although small very happy & healthy. we got prepared for the next babies though & bought a little tank, a fluval 1 filter & fed a tube with an airstone from our airpump into it. it took me about a week & a half to cycle (used pure ammonia + some filter media from our main tank) & we now have 50+ orange swordie fry in there. i much prefer the babies having their own separate tank with lots of room to move & grow. it is important to cycle it first though and once cycled the babies & the leftover food you put in there for them should be enough to feed & keep the bacteria going.

 

[rrey82]

Thats good! I have a 30 gallon tank that is cycled. I usually kept all my adult livebearers in it. Now that I am into this hobby. I purchased one 20 gallon tank and two 10 gallon tanks. I put all my newborn fry in one of the ten gallon tanks. I also had some fry in with the adults. I noticed that the fry that were in with the adults grew faster than the ones in my new 10 gallon tank. Now I put all my adults in the new tanks and my fry in the 30 gallon tank and they are growing at a remarkable rate. I have some black mollies that I have had for six months and they are ready to be sold to my LFS...including plenty of guppies that I have raised also.