goldfishie eggs question

[Jon Pike]

I noticed some eggs on my plants again, and I remember reading that they'll
get chewed up if you leave them in the tank. I certainly noticed that they
got splashed up on the side of the glass, and from the last batch only one
of the fry managed to survive.
So what I've done is taken the plants out with some of the tank water and
put them into a small rubbermaid container (~15g in an 18g container).
Do I need to run filtration or air on this tank as well? I've never done
this before, so any advice would be appreciated :)
TIA

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[Charles]

On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 02:05:26 GMT, Jon Pike
> wrote:

>I noticed some eggs on my plants again, and I remember reading that they'll
>get chewed up if you leave them in the tank. I certainly noticed that they
>got splashed up on the side of the glass, and from the last batch only one
>of the fry managed to survive.
>So what I've done is taken the plants out with some of the tank water and
>put them into a small rubbermaid container (~15g in an 18g container).
>Do I need to run filtration or air on this tank as well? I've never done
>this before, so any advice would be appreciated :)
>TIA


I like to run a sponge filter in the fry tank. It gives the fry
something to nibble on between feedings. An established filter would
be best, obviously. I think a regular power filter would be too
strong for the young fish.


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[Jon Pike]

Charles > wrote in
:

> On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 02:05:26 GMT, Jon Pike
> > wrote:
>
>>I noticed some eggs on my plants again, and I remember reading that
>>they'll get chewed up if you leave them in the tank. I certainly
>>noticed that they got splashed up on the side of the glass, and from
>>the last batch only one of the fry managed to survive.
>>So what I've done is taken the plants out with some of the tank water
>>and put them into a small rubbermaid container (~15g in an 18g
>>container). Do I need to run filtration or air on this tank as well?
>>I've never done this before, so any advice would be appreciated :)
>>TIA
>
>
> I like to run a sponge filter in the fry tank. It gives the fry
> something to nibble on between feedings. An established filter would
> be best, obviously. I think a regular power filter would be too
> strong for the young fish.
>
>

None of them have hatched yet though, but i should put a filter in to help
establish it until they do hatch?

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[Charles]

On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 02:21:35 GMT, Jon Pike
> wrote:

>Charles > wrote in
:
>
>> On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 02:05:26 GMT, Jon Pike
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>I noticed some eggs on my plants again, and I remember reading that
>>>they'll get chewed up if you leave them in the tank. I certainly
>>>noticed that they got splashed up on the side of the glass, and from
>>>the last batch only one of the fry managed to survive.
>>>So what I've done is taken the plants out with some of the tank water
>>>and put them into a small rubbermaid container (~15g in an 18g
>>>container). Do I need to run filtration or air on this tank as well?
>>>I've never done this before, so any advice would be appreciated :)
>>>TIA
>>
>>
>> I like to run a sponge filter in the fry tank. It gives the fry
>> something to nibble on between feedings. An established filter would
>> be best, obviously. I think a regular power filter would be too
>> strong for the young fish.
>>
>>
>
>None of them have hatched yet though, but i should put a filter in to help
>establish it until they do hatch?


Yes, I would. I would put some flake food in there as well, not a
lot, but some. It will start to break down, small bugs will eat it
and give the fish something to eat.

Have you decided on what you will feed them when they do hatch and are
ready to start eating?


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