how to take care of baby fish do i hv to separate them from there parents?

Question

my fish gave birth to 11 babies and i dont know what to do now?????

Answer 1

Yes, seperate them immediately.
The parents and any other fish you have will eat them. Chances are mama isn't done having them either, unless you just noticed and the rest are eaten.
You have to get baby fish food. It is in smaller pieces for little mouths. Other than that you just wait until they are a little bigger and call around to pet stores to sell them to. Unless you want to keep them, but that is sort of a lot of babies.
Good Luck and congratulations!!!

Answer 2

Yes - my cousin's fish had babies a month ago and he had to separate them from the mother. I think with some fish, the babies are at risk if the mother is present. Scoop the mother out and place her in another bowl. Don't scoop the babies out since they are used to the water temperature and they are still very fragile and vulnerable. Congrats on your new fish!

Answer 3

Whenever I used to breed fish I always had another tank available for the babies,the adults will eat them,you can count on that happening. If you haven't another tank you can get a small net like cage at your local fish or pet store to keep the little ones separate,it will also keep them in the water they're used too.
good luck!!

Answer 4

You should separate them. There is a floating baby fish cube you can get at the pet supply store, check with the pet store ASAP or your adult fish could eat the babies.

Answer 5

Keep the parents well fed and give the babies plenty of bushy plants to hide in and you should be OK. Most livebearers will not eat their babies if they are well fed. Other fish might make a meal of them, however.
John

Answer 6

if you have a lot of plants in your tank, you shouldn't have to worry so much...but if you don't want to risk anything there are small cubes to place the baby fish in till they grow a bit bigger
--good luck

Answer 7

seperate them