Advice require on how to look after my alien fry (Platys) :o)?
Having asked for advice previously re: my 2 very pregnant platys, One of them has finally given birth. I own between 20 and 40 little ones :o) Along with another Platy that is still very pregnant within a second hatchery.
Struggling to count them at present cause they are so very small and I don't want to disturb them much. they've have a very busy evening. I am now calling on anyone who can confer me advice on how to look after my new little ones.
I have removed the mother from the hatchery that be situated in the main tank and she seem fairly content swimming in the main reservoir. I did place some stress reliever in the water as advised by a local pet shop in advance this evening about 4pm and she had the fry at appox 8pm. I now want warning on how to look after my fry... the Do's and Dont's. I have found small platy's in the tank until that time... not many though... I think 8 in times gone by year. often because I didn't realise my platy's were pregnant and so didn't place them in the hatchery. However lone 1 of these has ever survived. I was talking to a man surrounded by a fish shop about this and he mentioned that the water flow in the hatchery is poor and so you must nurture them only small amounts. I was also told not to feed them at adjectives for 2 days as they feed off their 'egg sack'? and don't require extra food.
Any insist on at all would be greatly appreciated. Many Thanks xx
Answers: its good that your platy's are baring fry theres not much have need of to look after them exept to keep a consistency in the water conditions you could use plants rocks ect for the fry to escape aggressive attacks even from the parents.. you could use a devider or a totaly seperate cistern to keep more of the newbies alive. but changing tanks is a hugely delicate business as the water temp ph set off ect needs to be almost exact not to mention the bacteriea situation . i would advise a begginer to use a devider roughly one third of the tank for fry to grow in the same enviroment as they are going to live within. if you let them swim in indistinguishable area as grown fish then not as many will build it . the first week at leastis probably cruetial to keeping most of them to adulthood under feeding within the tank could cause more aggression from fish so keep it regular not too much or little. the less they get though the less waist here is to contribute to acidity wich is the ph balence you need to keep it as even as possible not too much tamper in nall wait 2 weeks now in the past you remove an inch or two of water from the tank and gradualy add a pre stored 1.5 ltrs near just a spot of conditioner. when you cyphen water off agree to the tube settle before you take it out or the waist will float arround. any changes surrounded by water conditions should be extremely gradual as not to stress or harm the fish or the enviroment. maybe hold on to the fry in the nursery just a few days if you resembling. then just lift bthe hedge to let them out when you feel they are big enough to manage. keep the filter strength down as the little ones might get pulled towards it. when you know that the fish are ready to endow with birth soon then trap them behind the divider or put them in the nursery reservoir whichever method you choose you will improve once you start keeping notes read some books from the fish shop if you want to save and breed more succesfully. feed them normaly monce you release them they can manage on flakes they'll get what they requirement! but they would thank you for some baby brine shrimp or micro worms at first. try to do water changes and cleaning every 2 weeks after birth so that you dont necessitate to bother them too much when the fry are just born. because livebaring platies and guppies ect give birth every 3/4 weeks
Petsmart has food for fry. I give mine some liquid stuff that was in a touch tube like hand cream. Then they have ground flakes call first bites.
