Black Neon Fry

[Ben]

I haven't been paying attention to my quarantine tank, since I haven't had
fish in it in several months. There has been no heater since the last time
I had fish in it, although there's a corner filter that's been running
continuously. I was quite surprised with today I noticed a <.5" neon tetra
in there. The water temp was around 65f so I turned on the heater to bring
it up to about 70f. I tested the water and ammonia and nitrates are zero,
pH is off the scale to the high side.

What do I need to do before I can put this little guy into my community
tank? It's heavily planted, but I'd still worry a bit about him getting
eaten. I also don't want him to just die of shock. Is .5" really small for
a fry that has to be at least 3 or 4 months old? Since I haven't been
feeding him I guess he's just been living off whatever was in the tank.
What should I start feeding him?

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[Craig Williams]

Sweet i've never heard of imaculate conseption in fish!

"Ben" > wrote in message
...
> I haven't been paying attention to my quarantine tank, since I haven't had
> fish in it in several months. There has been no heater since the last
time
> I had fish in it, although there's a corner filter that's been running
> continuously. I was quite surprised with today I noticed a <.5" neon
tetra
> in there. The water temp was around 65f so I turned on the heater to
bring
> it up to about 70f. I tested the water and ammonia and nitrates are zero,
> pH is off the scale to the high side.
>
> What do I need to do before I can put this little guy into my community
> tank? It's heavily planted, but I'd still worry a bit about him getting
> eaten. I also don't want him to just die of shock. Is .5" really small
for
> a fry that has to be at least 3 or 4 months old? Since I haven't been
> feeding him I guess he's just been living off whatever was in the tank.
> What should I start feeding him?
>
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[NetMax]

"Ben" > wrote in message
...
> I haven't been paying attention to my quarantine tank, since I haven't
had
> fish in it in several months. There has been no heater since the last
time
> I had fish in it, although there's a corner filter that's been running
> continuously. I was quite surprised with today I noticed a <.5" neon
tetra
> in there. The water temp was around 65f so I turned on the heater to
bring
> it up to about 70f. I tested the water and ammonia and nitrates are
zero,
> pH is off the scale to the high side.
>
> What do I need to do before I can put this little guy into my community
> tank? It's heavily planted, but I'd still worry a bit about him
getting
> eaten. I also don't want him to just die of shock. Is .5" really small
for
> a fry that has to be at least 3 or 4 months old? Since I haven't been
> feeding him I guess he's just been living off whatever was in the tank.
> What should I start feeding him?

Feed sparingly and experiment a bit. I like Sally's frozen baby brine
shrimp for small growing tetras, but there are many other options. Do
try to give him some food that he would eventually get in the community
tank. When you eventually set him loose, do it unobtrusively, though the
back of the tank, in the evening, with the lights off. Will he ever be
surprised by all the room :~)

NetMax

[Dinky]

"NetMax" > wrote in message
...
>
>
> Feed sparingly and experiment a bit. I like Sally's frozen baby brine
> shrimp for small growing tetras, but there are many other options. Do
> try to give him some food that he would eventually get in the community
> tank. When you eventually set him loose, do it unobtrusively, though the
> back of the tank, in the evening, with the lights off. Will he ever be
> surprised by all the room :~)
>


Since the main tank is "heavily planted" I'm going to assume that the PH is
7 or below. Wouldn't it be a good idea to slowly lower the PH in the Q-tank
to avoid shocking the little bugger?

[ben]

On Mon, 01 Mar 2004 05:26:21 GMT, Dinky
> wrote:

>
>
> "NetMax" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>>
>> Feed sparingly and experiment a bit. I like Sally's frozen baby
>> brine
>> shrimp for small growing tetras, but there are many other
>> options. Do
>> try to give him some food that he would eventually get in the
>> community
>> tank. When you eventually set him loose, do it unobtrusively,
>> though the
>> back of the tank, in the evening, with the lights off. Will he
>> ever be
>> surprised by all the room :~)
>>
>
>
> Since the main tank is "heavily planted" I'm going to assume that
> the PH is 7 or below. Wouldn't it be a good idea to slowly lower the
> PH in the Q-tank to avoid shocking the little bugger?

pH in my planted tank is right around 7. I have some pH down, but
doesn't that just eat up the hardness? Is there a better way to do it?



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[NetMax]

"ben" > wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 01 Mar 2004 05:26:21 GMT, Dinky
> > wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > "NetMax" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >>
> >>
> >> Feed sparingly and experiment a bit. I like Sally's frozen baby
> >> brine
> >> shrimp for small growing tetras, but there are many other
> >> options. Do
> >> try to give him some food that he would eventually get in the
> >> community
> >> tank. When you eventually set him loose, do it unobtrusively,
> >> though the
> >> back of the tank, in the evening, with the lights off. Will he
> >> ever be
> >> surprised by all the room :~)
> >>
> >
> >
> > Since the main tank is "heavily planted" I'm going to assume that
> > the PH is 7 or below. Wouldn't it be a good idea to slowly lower the
> > PH in the Q-tank to avoid shocking the little bugger?
>
> pH in my planted tank is right around 7. I have some pH down, but
> doesn't that just eat up the hardness? Is there a better way to do it?

Good point Dinky. Start pouring your main tank water into your q-tank to
acclimate him.

NetMax