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ok, i have 4 two week old guppy fry, 3 five hour old guppy fry, 9 4 day old cory fry and 20+ 4 week old betta fry, i have set up another 10 gallon with white gravel, a heater and a filter, the water is crystal clear, and has some dwarf grass and another dwarf plant, i have a cave also, it looks realy good, and at the moment is floating the corys, and the bettas are in a diffrent 10 gallon as of now, one fry is quite large and has a little bit of coloration, others are still pretty small, and i think its because i cant maintain it very well seeing how it is a bare bottom tank, i dont have to feed them often because their tummys are always red with the food they pick off of the filter (still not sure what it is) so i feed them twice a day, or when i notice that more than one fry's tummy is empty, so vcan i put all those fry in the nicely set up 10 gallon? they can all eat the same powdered food and the nitrates could be maintained when the bacteria have somewheres to live other than the little sponge filter thing

I'd be careful, white rocks change the pH, and the rocks can sometimes trap small fry under them, you can do it, but I'd try to wait til the fry are about 2 week old guppy fry size

For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett

ok after consulting the chat people
i have come to the conclusion, that the 2 week old guppies are going t othe main tank, the 3 newborns are going into a net, the bettas are being moved to the graveled 10 gallon, and the corys are going into the betta tank and the gravel is painted and i still am cleaning up the dust im getting natural gravel next time no paint specks to constantly clean up, and one betta is geting more color currently all his fins show hinta of red, but his tail and pectorals are the brightest, i can see him growing much more quickly now, and i have seen 5 others showing hints of color too pretty soon it will be jaring time!!

Last edited by fishyhelper288 at 07-Mar-2005 12:24

well the move was success! the bettas are loving their new tank, the corys are moving more than usual, and i kept the newborn guppies in with them, and the other fry were accepted into the 29 just fine, i will pot pics when i deside to upload