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Old June 12th 04, 03:48 AM
CheezWiz
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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


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Old June 12th 04, 07:15 AM
Richard Reynolds
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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.

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Richard Reynolds



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Old June 12th 04, 06:43 PM
CheezWiz
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Default Unknown Fry Appearance...

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.

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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





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Old June 12th 04, 08:02 PM
Richard Reynolds
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Default Unknown Fry Appearance...

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

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Richard Reynolds



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Old June 13th 04, 03:28 AM
CheezWiz
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Default Unknown Fry Appearance...

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

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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





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Old June 13th 04, 06:11 AM
Pszemol
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Default Unknown Fry Appearance...

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




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