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ImRandy85 Enthusiast Bleeding Blue Posts: 254 Kudos: 137 Votes: 75 Registered: 19-Dec-2006	I am thinking of setting up a little tank to raise platy fry in. I know a store that will buy them from me when they're big enough. My idea was just a little 2.5 gallon rectangular tank but I'm not sure what to do about the rest of the equipment. Obviously I'll need a heater but what about everything else? Filter: HOB or under gravel? If I get a HOB I'll have to get some old stockings to stick over it so the fry don't get stuck up in there. Gravel: do I need it? Plants: do I need them?
Posted 01-Jan-2007 20:11
RNJ_Punk Big Fish Cory Fanatic Posts: 395 Kudos: 114 Votes: 137 Registered: 12-Nov-2006	First off, congrats on the fry!!! You will definately need a heater ecspecially if you want to see fast growth and pretty colors from your fry. Plants I would suggest but they are not need. Some do produce yummies such as infusoria wich the fry LOVE to feed on. Your filter plan with the old stockign sounds good you could also try fabric from a fish net. Good Luck!!!
Posted 01-Jan-2007 22:51
ImRandy85 Enthusiast Bleeding Blue Posts: 254 Kudos: 137 Votes: 75 Registered: 19-Dec-2006	Well no fry yet but I'm suspecting one of my girls. I've got 4 platies and they're all female (only had them a couple weeks). But if this plan sounds like a good one I might throw in a male to get things going.
Posted 01-Jan-2007 22:56
RNJ_Punk Big Fish Cory Fanatic Posts: 395 Kudos: 114 Votes: 137 Registered: 12-Nov-2006	Edited by Platy_Punk Ahhh I see Ok well if you got the females from a tank with males they are most likely pregnant. So watch for fry. Also what size is your main tank, not the fry tank? I would also get a male too.
Posted 02-Jan-2007 00:57
ImRandy85 Enthusiast Bleeding Blue Posts: 254 Kudos: 137 Votes: 75 Registered: 19-Dec-2006	The main tank is 10 gallons. if i do get a male the only other fish i would ever get for this tank would be a couple of otos if g needed them and maybe one of the fry that i liked
Posted 02-Jan-2007 04:35
sham Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3369 Kudos: 2782 Votes: 98 Registered: 21-Apr-2004	Sponge filter. Even covering the intake you'll lose a few to any hob and I've seen fry sucked into undergravel systems. Whether to do a planted tank with substrate or bare bottom is a matter of opinion. Many like to do a mostly empty tank with just a few plastic decorations for hiding so that the waste and excess food can easily be siphoned out. It requires frequent work but is probably the best way to keep ammonia-nitrates down on a fry tank. 2nd way would be to do a thin layer of gravel with fast growing plants and let them clean the ammonia-nitrate out of the water column while you do weekly or twice weekly gravel vacs instead of siphoning it nearly daily. Both are good ways to go about it so it's your personal choice.
Posted 02-Jan-2007 21:52
RNJ_Punk Big Fish Cory Fanatic Posts: 395 Kudos: 114 Votes: 137 Registered: 12-Nov-2006	Also, another thing about the gravel I have had platy fry get stuck in it and die ..... Just a comment. i dont use it when I have fry tanks.
Posted 02-Jan-2007 22:07
ImRandy85 Enthusiast Bleeding Blue Posts: 254 Kudos: 137 Votes: 75 Registered: 19-Dec-2006	Could you recommend a good sponge filter that I could buy? How big should it be for a 2.5-3 gallon tank? OR maybe you know a good way to make one that you could recommend. Another route I've been looking at is the little 'goldfish' kits that come with everything that are around the size I want. Know of any good ones of those? I'm having a hard time finding one with a filter that I want.
Posted 03-Jan-2007 20:21


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