When do i take my fry out????

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hbluehunter

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My FH and my Texas laid eggs and now i have wrigglers. When do i need to suck the wrigglers out of the tank and put them in my 10 gallon baby tank? Sorry no pics until i get them out of my 100, my camera for some reason won't focus through the acrylic???
 
As long as there are no other fish that might eat the fry I would wait til they have been free swiming for a cpl of days. then move them to a fry tank and feed something like Hikari first bites.
 
Won't they be a lot easier to get out as wrigglers than chasing them all over a 100 gallon tank as free swimmers?
 
They dont swim fast at all for free swimmers, very slow. Take half out and put them in the 10G. That way you can see which way is better, if the parents were to eat the fry, you'd still have half.
 
just suck them out with a hose (like the one on your gravel vac) real easy on day 1 or 2 of free swimming phase.
 
Sounds good. Still trying to get the temp on the 10 gallon equal to the 100 so they don't get a temp shock. My cheap heater on my 10 is being a pain in the ass!!! I turn it down and it hits 75 move a hair up and way over 85. It's about to hit the wall!!!
 
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