2007-02-01 18:37:27 · 13 answers · asked by ? 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
I personally think that they should be fine because half of my tank is different. I mean, on half i have lots of pants and pebbles on the bottom. The other have I have a rock and regular gravel. My filter is by the rocks and my heater is by the pants. My lighting is also different. A bright on by the rocks and a flourants by the plants. I was looking at them and i notice that they stay by the plants and are hiding really well. They also come out and eat.
2007-02-02 05:22:37 · update #1
go to your pet store and get one of these so they survive. Otherwise they will become an easy meal!
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2007-02-02 02:32:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most adult fish are omnivorous, meaning they eat veggies and meats, i.e., baby fish. You will need to separate them, unless, as stated before, there are ample hiding spots, such as cavernous areas that the bigger fish cant get into. Better to err on the side of a small tank. Depending on the breed, you may have to get a tank heater as well, although, I found a breed that likes to procreate (multiply) in warmer water. That was a problem.
Baby fishes biggest enemy is bad water, and other fish. Balance your water on being eco friendly to them, meaning, having microbes, and bacterias, but not filthy...not overdone with nitrates, nitrites and ammonias, but with the assumption that tap water, being cleaner also has less of the stuff they need, and more chlorine!
If the rest of the fish are ok, by all means, use the tank water you have.
Look up fresh tank syndrome, as a what NOT to do, and also investigate the problems of dirty water.
Somewhere in the middle will be great for your new little ones.
Good Luck!
2007-02-02 03:01:07 · answer #2 · answered by kevcop9617 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
hi, You will need to separate them into a different tank if there are larger fish and not much hiding space because the other fish will eat them for dinner, if you have a tank with plenty of hiding holes and plants for them to hid in then keep them in, You are doing something right because these 4 baby fish are alive and have been before you cleaned your tank, and they survived the other cannibalistic fish, they are in a obviously well established tank in order to have been born at all, If you move them into a new tank it is not going to be adjusted with the correct balance and this may kill them. my local dentist has a tank full of guppies and a large catfish, his guppies are always having lots of babies, but the bottom of the tank has lots of plants and algae he keeps all of the off spring in and when there are too many he gives them away to his patients!!!! good luck and well done on the babies,
2007-02-02 04:27:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
For some reason, the fish in my tank seem to spawn quickly and I always have a few babies in there. They seem to survive because there are a ton of hiding places - rocks, tunnels, and plant overhangs - that the bigger fish can't get to. The babies should be fine (a few dumb, slow ones that you don't want anyway might get picked off).
2007-02-03 05:05:19 · answer #4 · answered by steve v 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have other fish, they're a potential food source. If you don't really care either way leave them. Also if you have sufficient hiding places they should be fine, but if you're super worried it means setting up another tank. (small one) OR you can just squish the fish food flakes extra fine and more than likely they will find a way to safely get to some of it.
Hope that helps!
2007-02-02 02:43:10 · answer #5 · answered by Carrie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well they might look pretty fast but sooner they will be out of your sight. Big fish are much faster than fingerling... they will be taken as their snack.. so better transfer it to another tank of put protective net on them
2007-02-02 05:26:27 · answer #6 · answered by john 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My fiance puts her babies in a little baby tank taht sits inside her take, hangs off hte side in the water,
her fish eats babies, they even gather around the baby tank when they are hongry.
research your kind of fish, see if htye eat babies.
2007-02-02 02:49:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They will be eaten by the larger fish unless you get a netted cage to keep them protected.
2007-02-02 02:41:43 · answer #8 · answered by nan 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
what else is in the tank? sometimes its better to separate the babies cause the big fish will make them into snacks.
2007-02-02 02:42:38 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
no you should put them in to another tank. because they will take up the ecological system in the tank and could possibly get a disease like (ick) thats what killed my fresh water sharks.
2007-02-02 02:42:05 · answer #10 · answered by US SOLDIER 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋