Unknown Fry Appearance...

[CheezWiz]

Hi All,

I just discovered an unknown fry floating around the tank. I have contained
it in a net at the top of the tank. It appears to be in good health and
appeared out of no where. I only just started putting fish in this tank and
do not have a pair of anything that could mate.

Is there any chance of rearing it on Kent Micro-Vert food?

CW

[Richard Reynolds]

> I just discovered an unknown fry floating around the tank. I have contained
> it in a net at the top of the tank. It appears to be in good health and
> appeared out of no where. I only just started putting fish in this tank and
> do not have a pair of anything that could mate.
>
> Is there any chance of rearing it on Kent Micro-Vert food?

whats it look like??

if its actually a "fry" then no kent micro-vert is the wrong type of food

if however you have mis-identified it then chances are good it could eat kent micro-vert,

as a side note stop buying kent micro-vert, and use something real. mixed phyto is cheap
and rotifers are easy to either culture or purchase.

--
Richard Reynolds

[CheezWiz]

It looks like a 1 CM transparent neon goby...
Its eyes are huge in relation to its body.

I will try to get a photo of it up somewhere.

"Richard Reynolds" > wrote in message
news:6cxyc.29314$1c4.13125@fed1read06...
> > I just discovered an unknown fry floating around the tank. I have
contained
> > it in a net at the top of the tank. It appears to be in good health and
> > appeared out of no where. I only just started putting fish in this tank
and
> > do not have a pair of anything that could mate.
> >
> > Is there any chance of rearing it on Kent Micro-Vert food?
>
> whats it look like??
>
> if its actually a "fry" then no kent micro-vert is the wrong type of food
>
> if however you have mis-identified it then chances are good it could eat
kent micro-vert,
>
> as a side note stop buying kent micro-vert, and use something real. mixed
phyto is cheap
> and rotifers are easy to either culture or purchase.
>
> --
> Richard Reynolds
>
>
>

[Richard Reynolds]

> It looks like a 1 CM transparent neon goby...
> Its eyes are huge in relation to its body.

do you have ocean access???
where about do you live ???

if it is fish fry, it will need food, and you will need to get some ASAP. or it wont
survive, freshly hatched brine shrimp could work, but dont get your hopes up, generally a
strain of rotifers or smaller zooplankton is required

> I will try to get a photo of it up somewhere.

that would be best

--
Richard Reynolds

[CheezWiz]

Oh well...

Went down to get a photo and it was gone from the net. It must have been
able to fit through the mesh.
I will keep an eye out for it. I had recently added some hermit crab shells
from Live Aquaria (Shipped just like live critters, two shells ended up
being red reef hermits), and figure it or an egg must have been in a
shell...

CW

"Richard Reynolds" > wrote in message
news:lqIyc.30249$1c4.2456@fed1read06...
> > It looks like a 1 CM transparent neon goby...
> > Its eyes are huge in relation to its body.
>
> do you have ocean access???
> where about do you live ???
>
> if it is fish fry, it will need food, and you will need to get some ASAP.
or it wont
> survive, freshly hatched brine shrimp could work, but dont get your hopes
up, generally a
> strain of rotifers or smaller zooplankton is required
>
> > I will try to get a photo of it up somewhere.
>
> that would be best
>
> --
> Richard Reynolds
>
>
>

[Pszemol]

It could be also crabs larvae. Quite common in tanks with hermits.