How many fry can you safely keep in a 2.5 gallon tank? Please help!
2007-01-11 01:10:42 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
Zoe correct you can have many. I remove gravel and filter as they can become trapped. Air stone about 1/4 way from top so debris settle to bottom. I change 1/3 water every other day using air tubing to siphon and place the outlet low in the container, sometimes you may suck one up and it gently flow with the water and then you put it back. I made a small net for this from pantie hose OR if you get good you just siphon it back into the brooding tank. The small air line keeps water slow and gentle and not harm the fish or traumatize it like the net may. Put a long Ridged tube on the hose like that it connect to on a filter. Then you can hold and work across the bottom to pick up trash that settles. Remember the key to good health will be clean water and air. I have had a good success rate doing this. They can be fragile at first but gain stamina quickly. AND, as said you need to move to a large tank as needed. Remember fish eat fish, even a tank with a community fish will eat the fry if they small enough. I do turn off the air when I feed 3-4 times a day, it better to feed small amounts often than too much 1-2 times. Many ways of doing this, this how I do it and it works. Good Luck!
2007-01-11 01:46:33 · answer #1 · answered by Snaglefritz 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All pretty good advice,one thing to add,instead of just an air stone use an air powered sponge filter,one that has been "seasoned"(operating in a well established tank for 5-6 weeks).It will help with the nitrogen cycle in the fry tank and will probably provide microscopic stuff for the fry to pick at.The regular water changes are necessary to insure a good growth rate,and clean water is just nice. Rinse the sponge about once a week,in water that you have siphoned from the tank,it doesn't have to be spotlessly clean,just sort of freshened up,doing it this way helps to maintain a healthy colony of beneficial bacteria.Newly hatched brine shrimp(or frozen ones) will help with the growth rate too.Be sure to siphon leftovers out of the tank ASAP. It's really fun to raise the fry,enjoy! PeeTee
2007-01-11 02:58:43 · answer #2 · answered by PeeTee 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm guessing like guppies or mollies, right?
Well, you could keep 20 or 30 of them for a 2-3 weeks. After 3-4 weeks, you'd have to start removing 10 of them per week to raise in bigger tanks. Once they hit about 1/2 inch, they need to be moved to something bigger, otherwise it takes them forever to grow.
2007-01-11 01:28:48 · answer #3 · answered by Zoe 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
in a 2.5 gallon tank you can keep about three one inch fish
2007-01-11 05:44:42 · answer #4 · answered by Mikael 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
One inch of fish full grown to a gal. of water is standard. Make sure you take out for decorations
2007-01-11 01:22:47 · answer #5 · answered by Larry m 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋