Sam Livingston

The water is getting pretty murky in the fry tank, would it be safe to use crystal clear chemical drops? I would think it'd be fine but having hard time putting anything with them without advice since their so fragile. If not the crystal clear, what else could I use to clear the water up? Other fish such as algae eaters are out of the question.

Chief_waterchanger

I would try basic 20-50% water changing daily, until it clears up. Any ideas as to what you did differently to cause the murky conditions? Add any fresh food (cucumber, zucchini, etc?) or is the tank cycling, or perhaps fallen behind on water changing?

Sam Livingston

Tank was just set up about 40 hours ago when the fry dropped, so must be tank cycling. I have only fed them crushed flakes, brine shrimp, and mosquito larvae. So should I just leave out the crystal clear and do daily water changes then?

Chief_waterchanger

I would stick with the water changing daily for now, yeah. Overfeeding is a good possibility, depending on what kinda fry you are feeding. Overfeeding can cause a bacterial bloom. You mentioned the fry dropping, so it is a species of livebearer? Unless its a godiad I doubt if it is quite big enough to take mosquito larvae in its first week or two.

Sam Livingston

Theres 68 platy fry in their, and they have been intaking most of what I feed them since their so much. All the foods have been crushed with rolling pin into powder so that they can eat the foods.

Chief_waterchanger

okay, yeah with that many fish daily waterchanges should be done. It will help with the murky water, and with removing the growth inhibiting hormones most fish produce. That'll in turn let them show growth quicker, which is all around good.

Good luck.

Sam Livingston

K awesome working on it now, thanks a lot

COBettaCouple

yea, even with much fewer fry, our fry tank would need daily water changes and cleaning. they're tiny, cute and messy.

Tom

What are the fry?
Tom

Sam Livingston

haha yea their little piggies.

Sam Livingston

Fry are baby fish, in this case platy's.

COBettaCouple

Isn't it disturbing that fish fry are babies but you go to a fish fry to eat fish?

missjerm

I have been using a turkey baster to suck out some of the waste in my breeding net where my fry are.