I really love this thread! So easy said:Thank you for the nice words and congrats on your picassos. My fry tank is only 2.5 gallons. I do this only because I prefer to no other reason. A 10 gallon would work fine but my logic is yes the 2.5 gallon water gets nasty faster but it is also easier to change 2.5 gallons in an emergency than 10 gallons. So if my ammonia levels start rising a 1 gallon water change is nearly 50 percent of the water where as in a 10 gallon it would only be 10 percent. The 2.5 is a double edged sword, yes its easier to change but it is also much less forgiving. To stay on top of ammonia before the HOB filter I did daily water changes. Sometimes two a day depending on how dirty it was. Like I said a 10 gallon would work fine it is just my preference to use 2.5 gallons. I have some amquel I think but I try not to use any water quality products unless it is an emergency. I find if you stay on top of the water changes from the begining you usually won't have trouble, and I would rather not use any products on fry especially when they are small and very fragile. Thanks and good luck.
Looking good............seem to have a few white ones in the batch said:Ya I must have got lucky and hatched the good 1/3 of the eggs haha. I havn't really done a tally of which is which as sometimes the ones that look solid white will actually fill in with some orange and those that look normal will fill in with more white you never really know until the colors come in completely. That is what makes it more exciting though never know what you're going to get.
Do you have any up for grabs? said:Not yet they are only about 1/4 of an inch long now but once they are an inch long or so they will be saleable size. I will let everyone know in here when they are ready to sale, but it will be several more months.
Ouch. Sorry to hear that. It's hard to beat the reliability of a sponge filter. Nice bonus that they are inexpensive too. I know of a couple of professional breeders that run their systems 100% on air. I'm personally too much of a fan of flow through systems said:Yes I will definately be using a sponge filter next time even if purely backup. I won't be leaving the tank without any air after that experience, but at least I was able to save most of them. It would have been tough to get them this far and then lose them to an equipment mishap.
@coralreefer wrote:Sorry your having trouble! How many fry would you estimate that you have as of right now? said:My last estimate was around 150 so after the 15 deaths I would say maybe 135ish. That is an extremely rough estimate. They move fast and like to swim in giant balls of fish so it is nearly impossible to establish a decent guess.
Thanks everyone for the concern and hopefully anyone thinking of doing this for themselves will learn from my mistakes and it will prevent them from having the same troubles. After all that is exactly what this was created for, to see what really happens good and bad.
You're doing great! Hopefully all goes well and you don't lose any more. said:Thanks, fingers crossed.
Ok I anr ready to buy a few of them now [smilie=smile.gif] said:Haha thanks
Sorry its been a few days since I posted anything, I was out of town.
Fry day 28:
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All the fry are doing great. I havn't lost anymore and havn't had anymore screw ups on my part (at least not with them). They are eating primarily on dry foods, but I will be introducing some frozen just to have a better variety and hopefully healthier fish. Still working on their new growout as I said I'm upgrading from the old tanks I used. I hope to put some pictures up when I finish but its been one of those projects where anything that can go wrong will go wrong. But I did get some things done last week and I think I will finish it this week.
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This one is pretty blurry and I just got done cleaning so that's what all the stuff floating around is in both pictures.