Cleaning a breeders net with fry in it?

Question

How do you clean a breeders net wit fry in it? I have about 20 molly fry that are 1 week old in a breeders net, and I wanted to use my gravel vacuum to clean the bottom of the net but I am scared of sucking a baby up. Is their a safe way to do this?

Answer 1

This is how i always do the cleaning of a net

Take a plactic container that is wide enough that you can move the netbreeder into it which should be washed clean with hot water and no chemicals (this means no soap or dish cleaner)

submerge container cup into your tank and move the net over it, then pull the container up just high enough that it floats. Dip over the net breeder that the babies can swim into the container, but watch that they don't get out of the water.

When all babies are transferred make sure that the container floats, take out the net and wash it off with warm water

put the net back into the tank and just pour your babies slowly back



Hope that helps
good luck


EB

Answer 2

Use an airline tubing as your siphon, this will allow you to remove the debris without risk of sucking the fry out.

Answer 3

well, you could just cover up the hole of the vacuum with cloth, that way, water can still be sucked, and the fries won't be able to enter the hole.