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I Found Platty Fry In My Gravel Now I Am Worried If They Is More That I Cant Find And They Will Die. Should I Take Out The Gravel? If So What Should I Put To Replace It? Or Is That Regular?

NO!!!!!! don't move the gravel in fear that the fry will get cruched. ur best bet is to take out the other fish and move them into another tank. now either raise the fry in that tank, or wait until the fry come out, and gently scoop them up with ur net, but don't chjase them into the gravel.

BettaChrist has a good idea, but this is my theory:

If they are small enough to get in between the gravel then they are small enough to get out of the gravel. Don't go moving the gravel though...The fry may be using it as a place to hide. Make sure you tank is well planted, and if it is a small tank, make sure at least one corner is well planted. I like to use Anarcharis planting some and then letting about one bundle of it float loosely about the planted...this will give the fry a place to hide, and still be able to swim about freely, and able to get more food. Just watch when you are doing the water changes, it can be tricky, but it can be done...take you time, and I try not to do a gravel vac anywhere near my plants when I know the fry are fairly newborns...Let us know...Heiid

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Just leave everything as it is. Don't move the gravel. The fry will hide in the gravel & as soon as they are a bit bigger, they will come out. Do you have any hiding places, such as Plants?.



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It is in my experience that they go into the gravel to hide when they are being chased/terrorized by larger fish in the tank. Usually they make it out okay, but some may very well get stuck and die. I've only lost a few in the gravel out of hundreds but there is not too much you can do. If you do find one down in the gravel I would gently move the gravel from around it if it appears to be trapped so that it can get out but other than that I would leave things be as they are. Good luck!