DustinWozniak Posted February 6, 2013 Report Share Posted February 6, 2013 Hey y'all, So after struggling getting my Platys to give birth successfully in my community tank I have finally succeeded a couple weeks ago. By the time I got home from I noticed 5 fry swimming in the bottom of the breeding trap... My angelfish staring right at them (I'm sure he made a meal out of whichever found their way out) Anyways... So i moved them into a little two and a half gallon tank thAt I pulled water from my established tank for and placed filter media in it. They have been in there for roughly 3 weeks and have grown a considerable amount but are still small. I am wondering how big I should let them get before placing them in the community tank.? P.s. I have a fair bit of floating plants... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syno321 Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 How big are the angelfish? That will probably be the determining factor as to when you'll be able to put the fry into the community tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DustinWozniak Posted February 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 He's not fully grown but he's a fair sized juvenile. I just thought I might be okay in the next week or so since I have a lot of plants floating around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvision Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 I've seen young angels try to eat full grown cardinal tetras - looked like they were smoking a bright red and blue cigar! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DustinWozniak Posted February 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 Damn haha, that's what I was afraid of. Oh well I guess I'll be keeping em in the little tank for a while. Thanks for the input y'all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigs Posted February 7, 2013 Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 I'm with Jvision on this one. I made the mistake once of putting in some small angels (1inch on body, maybe 1.5") with my endlers. There were about 100+ endlers, ranging from full grown adults to fresh fry. After watching them get settled in all looked well, they didn't go chasing down the endlers or any such initially. Next morning was a different story. The four young angles had cleaned house, no fry were left, few males to be found with only the larger females relatively safe. After all that I thought the culprits would at least have bulging stomachs...nope, looked like they were half starved...crazy. Antonio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DustinWozniak Posted February 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2013 Haha yeah and my angel definitely bigger Than an inch n a half. Well it looks like Im keeping the little tank goin until them fry are about fully grown then. thanks for the heads up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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