Cheryl P. Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 I have a 20L tank on the bottom of a rack that has been largely empty for at least a couple of weeks. There's a BN pleco in there and a couple baby mystery snails. The tank is basically green water now and I haven't really messed with it in awhile. I'm considering just leaving it alone for a future fry food supply. Anyway, I was mucking around and doing water changes today and I found tiny fry in the tank! I used to have a couple of pairs of neon tetras and a group of long fin zebra danios in there a couple weeks ago. There's also a clump of java moss that I bought from a fish club member about a month ago. I'm assuming these are zebra danio fry but they are so tiny! I would have thought they would be bigger since the eggs would have had to been laid a couple of weeks ago. Either that or some mystery eggs that came in on the java moss? I'm not sure but I'm excited to find out! 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CKetchum Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 Its Christmas in July! 🎅 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryanisag Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 Wow fun!! Is the green water enough to raise them? Or do you have to now feed them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheryl P. Posted July 21, 2022 Author Share Posted July 21, 2022 On 7/20/2022 at 11:36 PM, bryanisag said: Wow fun!! Is the green water enough to raise them? Or do you have to now feed them? I sure hope so! I'm going away for a few days this weekend and wasn't planning to have babies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick-In-Of-TheSea Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 An autofeeder could be an idea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince C Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 Definitely update us when you get back - interested to see if they survive on the moss/green water - and if they do...what they turn out being. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PineSong Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 How exciting. I'm always jealous of people's mystery fry. Good luck with those tinies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon p Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 Moss is an egg magnet. Fish love to put eggs in it. Doubt it came with the moss though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sumplkrum Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 Probably the danios. If there's nothing to eat the eggs, they breed like crazy. ... And it's good that you have green water for them to feed on because they do hatch tiny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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