My Swordtail had her babies She was spinning around the tank like crazy early this morning. I figured she was having them. I went out for a little bit and when I came home there were fry There are three that I can see at the moment. Please look at the following link and look at Swordtail tank. Thats what the fry and mom are in. Also I have an under gravel filter and a whisper filter at the top. Should both be ok to run or should I turn the wisper off? I don't want the babies to get sucked in to anything. Any advice would be great.
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/swordt...de3re2&.src=ph
2006-09-17 13:14:24 · 6 answers · asked by mollies1982 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
Wrap a bit of nylon mesh around the filter intake to keep fry from being sucked in.
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2006-09-17 13:52:22 · answer #1 · answered by iceni 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I couldn't see your tank but my guppy fry have been sucked up into my bio-wheel. You can cover part of your intake with an old fish net. Check your filter often I was able to save some of my fry that got caught!
2006-09-18 16:49:27 · answer #2 · answered by Lindsey J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldnt worry about turning them off. Just get a mesh and put it over the intake on the whisper. If you cant find one or dont have money, then take a pair of pany hose cut a lil section and rubberband it over the intake... Make sure you have lots of plants for them to hide. Because mom will munch on a few if she can.
2006-09-17 20:59:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would turn the whisper filter off because they will get sucked up.
2006-09-17 20:17:27 · answer #4 · answered by Someone 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I wouldn't think about turning it off, but you may try an internal mesh divider to block that possiblility.
2006-09-17 20:19:04 · answer #5 · answered by Cammi 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
the person next to me need to fry her feet
2006-09-17 20:17:42 · answer #6 · answered by smatie2222 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋