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A fry is born
Hi everyone,
I can home from work the other night to find a few fish eggs stuck to the side of my tank & one egg stuck to the back of a yabby (fresh water crayfish) in my tank. I thought it was strange its the middle of winter here in Australia I didnt think it was fish breading time. Then again what else can you do in the middle of winter ;) The fry have hatched I so far have pulled 3 out of the tank into a spare tank. I have never raised fry. (first time dad ;) )At the moment I have them in water from my main tank. I will be doing some research on the net as well but I thought I would get some opinions as well Questions. 1 Do I filter? 2 I have a small Resun Magi 200 it moves about 200L per hour. Will it suck them up? 3 Do I do my usual water changes to the fry tank as well? 4 What do I feed them? they seemed to be happy consuming a very sparce amount of fungus (I missed a spot when I cleaned the tank) on the glass of the tank when i caught them. anything I missed? |
A fry is born
Scott,
Dont use a filter. Do 50% water changes daily. Get a lettuce leaf and put it in the window with tank water (and sealed) for two days - the water will go green, feed this water sparingly. You could also raise some baby brine shrimp, fry love this. Feed sparingly but often (3 times a day). Whilst they are clinging to the sides no need to feed. Most important factor is feeding and keeping water very very clean. |
A fry is born
Ahh too easy here I was thinking it would be hard work :)
thanks for the info cheers Scott "Geezer From The Freezer" wrote in message ... Scott, Dont use a filter. Do 50% water changes daily. Get a lettuce leaf and put it in the window with tank water (and sealed) for two days - the water will go green, feed this water sparingly. You could also raise some baby brine shrimp, fry love this. Feed sparingly but often (3 times a day). Whilst they are clinging to the sides no need to feed. Most important factor is feeding and keeping water very very clean. |
A fry is born
a sponge filter is what I seen other breeders use.
more water changes, but use aged water. you can take high quality regular fish food and grind it up very small and give them a pinch, but green water is best. Ingrid "_Scott_" wrote: 1 Do I filter? 2 I have a small Resun Magi 200 it moves about 200L per hour. Will it suck them up? 3 Do I do my usual water changes to the fry tank as well? 4 What do I feed them? they seemed to be happy consuming a very sparce amount of fungus (I missed a spot when I cleaned the tank) on the glass of the tank when i caught them. anything I missed? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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