Holy crap... furcata rainbow fry! What do I do?

CaysE · 04-05-2008, 12:24 PM

I wasn't trying to breed them or anything, but apparently they did... I just spotted a fry in my tank! Help! What do I feed it? I have a very dense portion of the tank full of java moss and other plants (where it is now) so I don't think it will be eaten by other fish.

CaysE · 04-05-2008, 12:28 PM

I just saw another!

JustOneMore20 · 04-05-2008, 02:40 PM

You'd probably have to feed them some baby brine shrimp or maybe some liquid fry food.

I think if there is enough cover, that you could leave them in the tank. I'm sure there are micro organisms in there that they could eat on. If you get some baby brine shrimp you could toss those in as well.

I don't have experience with egg layers fry, so I'm sorry I can't give you a ton of info.

I did find a Celestial Pearl Danio fry once and moved it to another tank and wished I had left it alone.

I think it would have lived longer in the tank.

CaysE · 04-05-2008, 03:17 PM

I got some powder fry food and a quarantine net.

JustOneMore20 · 04-05-2008, 05:15 PM

Wow...awesome pic! You could try to feed the fry in the main tank....put the liquid food in. Or you could put it in a QT net if you wanted.

Congrats on the baby Furcatas! I've heard those are pretty easy to breed.

oliesminis · 04-06-2008, 09:46 AM

very nice picture, well done on the fry.

just out of interest, what camera and lense did you use?

fishboy · 04-06-2008, 09:55 AM

great picture and good luck. I've never tried breeding anything but I would imagine accidental breeding is good, lets you know your doing something right

CaysE · 04-06-2008, 11:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oliesminis

very nice picture, well done on the fry.

just out of interest, what camera and lense did you use?

It's a Canon Powershot G9... awesome for macros.

Here is the proud father:

CaysE · 04-08-2008, 09:47 AM

I ended up putting two in a quarantine net in the tank, but only found one in there yesterday.

On the plus side, there is another swimming around where I found the first two. I'm going ot try just leaving that one in the tank.

CaysE · 04-08-2008, 07:52 PM

It looks like I'm back down to 1... I guess my tank isn't as overgrown as I thought.

CaysE · 04-09-2008, 12:52 PM

LOL found another! I put it in the QT net this time... might as well not take chances.

CaysE · 04-10-2008, 04:12 PM

4 in the net now!

CaysE · 04-13-2008, 12:04 PM

Now there are 8! :O

**TheOldSalt** · 04-13-2008, 02:13 PM

You might also want to put a bit of that moss in the net. It'll give them some cover and something to nibble on between feedings. ( not the moss itself, but the stuff growing on it )

CaysE · 04-13-2008, 05:34 PM

I have all kinds of plants in that net. LOL

I felt bad taking them away from all the cover they had.

CaysE · 04-14-2008, 04:24 PM

Now I'm at 9. LOL

trashion · 04-14-2008, 05:24 PM

Cute! Are they growing?

CaysE · 04-14-2008, 06:12 PM

Yeah, the first one I found is definitely bigger than the rest.

Ichthius · 04-14-2008, 08:12 PM

Wow, congrats, Cayse!

Good luck with the little guys! They're gorgeous fish. Awesome photos too.

gil_ong · 04-14-2008, 10:18 PM

wow! how exciting. pics of the net with the fries?

04-05-2008, 12:24 PM	#1
CaysE Stowaway Winner Join Date: May 2006 Location: Bloomfield, NJ Age: 29 Posts: 316	Holy crap... furcata rainbow fry! What do I do? I wasn't trying to breed them or anything, but apparently they did... I just spotted a fry in my tank! Help! What do I feed it? I have a very dense portion of the tank full of java moss and other plants (where it is now) so I don't think it will be eaten by other fish. __________________ 20gal tall! The display tank. Flourite substrate, Nutrafin CO2 system, Aquaclear 50, 55W 6.5k bulb @ 10hrs, 65W 10k bulb @ 2hrs, 100W Visi-Therm 4 furcata rainbows (and 8 fry!), 1 albino longfin bristlenose pleco, 6 crystal red shrimp, ramshorn & physa snails 5gal hex! Mini planted tank Eclipse Hex5 with Eco-Complete substrate, 25W heater, 1 male crowntail betta, some ramshorn and physa snails. Last edited by CaysE; 04-05-2008 at 12:36 PM.

04-05-2008, 12:28 PM	#2
CaysE Stowaway Winner Join Date: May 2006 Location: Bloomfield, NJ Age: 29 Posts: 316	I just saw another! __________________ 20gal tall! The display tank. Flourite substrate, Nutrafin CO2 system, Aquaclear 50, 55W 6.5k bulb @ 10hrs, 65W 10k bulb @ 2hrs, 100W Visi-Therm 4 furcata rainbows (and 8 fry!), 1 albino longfin bristlenose pleco, 6 crystal red shrimp, ramshorn & physa snails 5gal hex! Mini planted tank Eclipse Hex5 with Eco-Complete substrate, 25W heater, 1 male crowntail betta, some ramshorn and physa snails.

04-05-2008, 03:17 PM	#4
CaysE Stowaway Winner Join Date: May 2006 Location: Bloomfield, NJ Age: 29 Posts: 316	I got some powder fry food and a quarantine net. __________________ 20gal tall! The display tank. Flourite substrate, Nutrafin CO2 system, Aquaclear 50, 55W 6.5k bulb @ 10hrs, 65W 10k bulb @ 2hrs, 100W Visi-Therm 4 furcata rainbows (and 8 fry!), 1 albino longfin bristlenose pleco, 6 crystal red shrimp, ramshorn & physa snails 5gal hex! Mini planted tank Eclipse Hex5 with Eco-Complete substrate, 25W heater, 1 male crowntail betta, some ramshorn and physa snails.

04-06-2008, 09:46 AM	#6
oliesminis FISH ARE FREINDS NOT FOOD Join Date: May 2007 Location: England, Milton Keynes Age: 16 Posts: 497	very nice picture, well done on the fry. just out of interest, what camera and lense did you use? __________________ OllieCoxPhotography

04-06-2008, 09:55 AM	#7
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04-05-2008, 02:40 PM	#3
JustOneMore20 Banned Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Birmingham, AL Age: 22 Posts: 3,654	You'd probably have to feed them some baby brine shrimp or maybe some liquid fry food. I think if there is enough cover, that you could leave them in the tank. I'm sure there are micro organisms in there that they could eat on. If you get some baby brine shrimp you could toss those in as well. I don't have experience with egg layers fry, so I'm sorry I can't give you a ton of info. I did find a Celestial Pearl Danio fry once and moved it to another tank and wished I had left it alone. I think it would have lived longer in the tank.

04-05-2008, 05:15 PM	#5
JustOneMore20 Banned Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Birmingham, AL Age: 22 Posts: 3,654	Wow...awesome pic! You could try to feed the fry in the main tank....put the liquid food in. Or you could put it in a QT net if you wanted. Congrats on the baby Furcatas! I've heard those are pretty easy to breed.

04-08-2008, 09:47 AM	#9
CaysE Stowaway Winner Join Date: May 2006 Location: Bloomfield, NJ Age: 29 Posts: 316	I ended up putting two in a quarantine net in the tank, but only found one in there yesterday. On the plus side, there is another swimming around where I found the first two. I'm going ot try just leaving that one in the tank. __________________ 20gal tall! The display tank. Flourite substrate, Nutrafin CO2 system, Aquaclear 50, 55W 6.5k bulb @ 10hrs, 65W 10k bulb @ 2hrs, 100W Visi-Therm 4 furcata rainbows (and 8 fry!), 1 albino longfin bristlenose pleco, 6 crystal red shrimp, ramshorn & physa snails 5gal hex! Mini planted tank Eclipse Hex5 with Eco-Complete substrate, 25W heater, 1 male crowntail betta, some ramshorn and physa snails.

04-08-2008, 07:52 PM	#10
CaysE Stowaway Winner Join Date: May 2006 Location: Bloomfield, NJ Age: 29 Posts: 316	It looks like I'm back down to 1... I guess my tank isn't as overgrown as I thought. __________________ 20gal tall! The display tank. Flourite substrate, Nutrafin CO2 system, Aquaclear 50, 55W 6.5k bulb @ 10hrs, 65W 10k bulb @ 2hrs, 100W Visi-Therm 4 furcata rainbows (and 8 fry!), 1 albino longfin bristlenose pleco, 6 crystal red shrimp, ramshorn & physa snails 5gal hex! Mini planted tank Eclipse Hex5 with Eco-Complete substrate, 25W heater, 1 male crowntail betta, some ramshorn and physa snails.

04-09-2008, 12:52 PM	#11
CaysE Stowaway Winner Join Date: May 2006 Location: Bloomfield, NJ Age: 29 Posts: 316	LOL found another! I put it in the QT net this time... might as well not take chances. __________________ 20gal tall! The display tank. Flourite substrate, Nutrafin CO2 system, Aquaclear 50, 55W 6.5k bulb @ 10hrs, 65W 10k bulb @ 2hrs, 100W Visi-Therm 4 furcata rainbows (and 8 fry!), 1 albino longfin bristlenose pleco, 6 crystal red shrimp, ramshorn & physa snails 5gal hex! Mini planted tank Eclipse Hex5 with Eco-Complete substrate, 25W heater, 1 male crowntail betta, some ramshorn and physa snails.

04-10-2008, 04:12 PM	#12
CaysE Stowaway Winner Join Date: May 2006 Location: Bloomfield, NJ Age: 29 Posts: 316	4 in the net now! __________________ 20gal tall! The display tank. Flourite substrate, Nutrafin CO2 system, Aquaclear 50, 55W 6.5k bulb @ 10hrs, 65W 10k bulb @ 2hrs, 100W Visi-Therm 4 furcata rainbows (and 8 fry!), 1 albino longfin bristlenose pleco, 6 crystal red shrimp, ramshorn & physa snails 5gal hex! Mini planted tank Eclipse Hex5 with Eco-Complete substrate, 25W heater, 1 male crowntail betta, some ramshorn and physa snails.

04-13-2008, 12:04 PM	#13
CaysE Stowaway Winner Join Date: May 2006 Location: Bloomfield, NJ Age: 29 Posts: 316	Now there are 8! :O __________________ 20gal tall! The display tank. Flourite substrate, Nutrafin CO2 system, Aquaclear 50, 55W 6.5k bulb @ 10hrs, 65W 10k bulb @ 2hrs, 100W Visi-Therm 4 furcata rainbows (and 8 fry!), 1 albino longfin bristlenose pleco, 6 crystal red shrimp, ramshorn & physa snails 5gal hex! Mini planted tank Eclipse Hex5 with Eco-Complete substrate, 25W heater, 1 male crowntail betta, some ramshorn and physa snails.

04-13-2008, 02:13 PM	#14
TheOldSalt Darth Ichthyos Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,476	You might also want to put a bit of that moss in the net. It'll give them some cover and something to nibble on between feedings. ( not the moss itself, but the stuff growing on it )

04-13-2008, 05:34 PM	#15
CaysE Stowaway Winner Join Date: May 2006 Location: Bloomfield, NJ Age: 29 Posts: 316	I have all kinds of plants in that net. LOL I felt bad taking them away from all the cover they had. __________________ 20gal tall! The display tank. Flourite substrate, Nutrafin CO2 system, Aquaclear 50, 55W 6.5k bulb @ 10hrs, 65W 10k bulb @ 2hrs, 100W Visi-Therm 4 furcata rainbows (and 8 fry!), 1 albino longfin bristlenose pleco, 6 crystal red shrimp, ramshorn & physa snails 5gal hex! Mini planted tank Eclipse Hex5 with Eco-Complete substrate, 25W heater, 1 male crowntail betta, some ramshorn and physa snails.

04-14-2008, 04:24 PM	#16
CaysE Stowaway Winner Join Date: May 2006 Location: Bloomfield, NJ Age: 29 Posts: 316	Now I'm at 9. LOL __________________ 20gal tall! The display tank. Flourite substrate, Nutrafin CO2 system, Aquaclear 50, 55W 6.5k bulb @ 10hrs, 65W 10k bulb @ 2hrs, 100W Visi-Therm 4 furcata rainbows (and 8 fry!), 1 albino longfin bristlenose pleco, 6 crystal red shrimp, ramshorn & physa snails 5gal hex! Mini planted tank Eclipse Hex5 with Eco-Complete substrate, 25W heater, 1 male crowntail betta, some ramshorn and physa snails.

04-14-2008, 05:24 PM	#17
trashion girl anachronism Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,408	Cute! Are they growing? __________________ current setup: 5.5 gallon low-light planted tank -nothing....thinking a mini-community. for reference: my name is Julie

04-14-2008, 06:12 PM	#18
CaysE Stowaway Winner Join Date: May 2006 Location: Bloomfield, NJ Age: 29 Posts: 316	Yeah, the first one I found is definitely bigger than the rest. __________________ 20gal tall! The display tank. Flourite substrate, Nutrafin CO2 system, Aquaclear 50, 55W 6.5k bulb @ 10hrs, 65W 10k bulb @ 2hrs, 100W Visi-Therm 4 furcata rainbows (and 8 fry!), 1 albino longfin bristlenose pleco, 6 crystal red shrimp, ramshorn & physa snails 5gal hex! Mini planted tank Eclipse Hex5 with Eco-Complete substrate, 25W heater, 1 male crowntail betta, some ramshorn and physa snails.

04-14-2008, 08:12 PM	#19
Ichthius Banned Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: London Age: 18 Posts: 995	Wow, congrats, Cayse! Good luck with the little guys! They're gorgeous fish. Awesome photos too.

04-14-2008, 10:18 PM	#20
gil_ong Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Rochester, NY Age: 35 Posts: 427	wow! how exciting. pics of the net with the fries?

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