help with golfish fry?

Question

My goldfish and black moor spawned and there was lots of eggs about the tank. I moved the two parent to another tank and noticed most of the eggs turned white, and that usually means unfertilised. I left all the eggs in the tank. However its been 1 week now and I have about fifty fry swimming about the tank. I have not touched the water only to add liquifry and put a sock over the filter. I have had no deaths yet but I read on lots of sites that the little guys keep dying. What should I do? Do I need to do anything? Will mine start dying and when? this is my first time with eggs

what goldfish stuff should i add, now im a little confused. I was just gonna leave them and see what happened. But after reading that so many peoples fry died I got a little worried. Should I change the water maybe as filter isint working as good with sock

Answer 1

I would suggest you do small (10% or so) daily water changes. Remove uneaten food and any dead babies that do occur and slow add the new water back a little at the time over the course of an hour or so. Once you have done that for a week you can just do a 20% change every few days, but they do need the water changes to stay healthy and continue growing.

Congrats on the babies!

MM

Answer 2

I'm no expert but i would put the parents back in the tank at this point. Let nature work it's magic through canibalism and natural selection.

Answer 3

jus let it be... but remember don add anything to it first untill the fish is about one month like that then u begin to add the aquarium stuff to maintain the fish but a little bit... don add too much u might kill the fish

Answer 4

congrats .....goodluck.....i have no idea what you should do