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Daily Quarantine tank care | 9 comments (8 topical, 1 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Daily Quarantine tank care (none / 0) (#3)
by miskairal on Sat Jul 03, 2004 at 07:42:00 PM PST

Thanks guppies,

Can you use fry to cycle a tank?

I never thought of that and there are always plenty of available fry here. Ahhh, just had an even better thought. I could start "sexing" the fry a bit younger and put the females in there. I have nightmares that one day I'll accidentally put a very small male in the female tank and not notice until the damage is done.

Thanks too uncle scott

miskairal
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Re: Daily Quarantine tank care (none / 0) (#7)
by maggie1270 on Fri Jul 09, 2004 at 08:34:46 AM PST

When I got my WAAAAYYYYY overbundance of fry, as 1 female dropped and then it seemed every week after that I was finding some here & there, I had to add them to my 2 week old new 5 gal tank. I was extremely nervous about it, but they all survived and are still thriving. I can't even tell you how old they are, as they are all at different stages.

Good luck!
Maggie
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Re: Daily Quarantine tank care (none / 0) (#5)
by gupppies on Wed Jul 07, 2004 at 01:56:47 AM PST

I guess I don't use fry to actually cycle the tank. I put them in when the tank has already been cycled, but without any fish and fish waste, the nitrogen cycle doesn't work. That's where the fry come in.

I keep two tanks with small fry all mixed. I keep two other tanks, one with males, one with females. I think sexing out males is safer than sexing out females, and I'd rather have a female that slips through in a male tank than the other way round. I have had several slow developing males which looked like females for some time, and as a result have ended up in my female tank. Luckily I managed to pick them in time. If you pick out the males when you are sure they are males, there's a much better chance you keep any undesirables out of the female tank.

Unless the males have developed a gonopodium, you are pretty safe. That's my humble opinion anyway.

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Re: Slow developing males (none / 0) (#6)
by miskairal on Wed Jul 07, 2004 at 08:24:57 PM PST

Thanks again gupppies!

Did those slow developing males have gravid spots? I only put fry in the female tank if I see a gravid spot (with magnifying glasses on) but I still get nervous that I might make a mistake so I stare at the female tank at feed time. Doesn't mean I see them all but I'm in with a chance.

miskairal
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Re: Slow developing males (none / 0) (#8)
by gupppies on Sat Jul 10, 2004 at 02:22:33 AM PST

At the time I thought they did have a gravid spot, that's why they ended up in the female tank, but later I found it wasn't there anymore. Maybe I just need to get my eyes checked again.

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Re: Slow developing males (none / 0) (#9)
by miskairal on Sat Jul 10, 2004 at 03:18:22 AM PST

hahaha

I was hoping you wouldn't say that!
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