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joe kool · 01-24-2005, 11:11 PM

I've had real good luck raising fry BUT it was within my own systems so the water was at least "similar". Unless you are lucky or have a lot of experience with it I'd recommend at least waiting until their "free swimming" (lose the egg sack totally and swimming about the tank like any other fish ... just scared as heck!! ****

) In my fry tanks I have a bright light ****(65 watt cf on a 20L tank) that grows a ton of algae and java moss with a few other misc. plants that helps them feel "safe" as well as the algae providing very nutritious (FREE!) food for the youngins.

too many variable when adding fry that young to a totally new ecosystem ... it's hard enough on a sub-adult with the temp -ph-kh-ni-na changes from their system to yours much less a 3 week old fry that can't even stay off the bottom for more than 20 min at a time without resting ****

good luck

l8ter ****

01-24-2005, 11:11 PM	#12
joe kool Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Age: 36 Posts: 578	Re: New Fish! I've had real good luck raising fry BUT it was within my own systems so the water was at least "similar". Unless you are lucky or have a lot of experience with it I'd recommend at least waiting until their "free swimming" (lose the egg sack totally and swimming about the tank like any other fish ... just scared as heck!! ** ) In my fry tanks I have a bright light (65 watt cf on a 20L tank) that grows a ton of algae and java moss with a few other misc. plants that helps them feel "safe" as well as the algae providing very nutritious (FREE!) food for the youngins. too many variable when adding fry that young to a totally new ecosystem ... it's hard enough on a sub-adult with the temp -ph-kh-ni-na changes from their system to yours much less a 3 week old fry that can't even stay off the bottom for more than 20 min at a time without resting good luck l8ter ** __________________ A conglomeration of cichlids from all over living happily in my "melting pot" of tanks. Breeding: currently nothing ... I've just been released from my one year sentence in Korea I'm back in the states!!!! Florida to be exact, so if your in the pan handle area hit me up current Fry: see above tanks: Just set up my first "fish" tank, cichlids of course 100 gal and still have the 20L planted with CRS although most of my plants didn't survive the wife's care.