Unexpected fry - no idea what to do with them!

[haddock]

Hi everyone,
I have recently set up a biorb tank 3 months ago (i know, i know, i'm getting a bigger non-biorb tank in 6 weeks time!) and cycled it with 4 zebra danios. 3 weeks ago I got 6 neon tetras and to my surprise they have survived and seem OK.
The other day I noticed about 20 tiny fry caught in the filter ( I presume they are neons because it didn;t happen before with the zebras). I thought they would all die but today whilst doing a water change I noticed that they were still alive and zipping around.
Anyway, this is going to sound stupid ) but I rigged up a net suspended in the water from the feeding hole and transferred as many as I could into it (five) and gave them some crushed flakes. So what do I do now?! Are they just going to die? Will I put them out of their misery now? For various reasons I can't get another tank just now so if they survive when can I release them into the main tank?

Any help appreciated thanks!

 

[Kerryk]

They must be some happy fish to give you babies so soon!

Since they would be way to small to take to your local fish store, I would pick up a cheap little plastic betta tank (maybe a gallon) with a foam filter to keep them in until they are big enough to keep in your main tank.

Good luck!

EDIT..

Or... get a tank divider!!! little plastic insert, they don't need a huge space!

 

[KerriPaul]

Almost certainly Zebra Danios.

Use fry powder food and they should survive

 

[Sanj]

I second Zebra danios...

Zebras are easy to breed and are used alot by evil scientists for genetic experiments.

 

[sylvia]

Egg-layer fry are realy small so they'll need tiny foods to survive. If your tank has plants they'd have a better chance of surviving free in the tank than starving. However, consider a small heated bowl of some sort and put them in there. Buy some liquid foods until they are a little older (a week or so) and then feed crushed or powdered flake (whatever they can take).