Kj299

I’ll keep this in mind! I have one if the nano pumps so I’ll test it out, no harm In trying something new, my hatches can’t get any worse lol

Interesting I’ve never heard of that 🤔 I’m in the process of trying what OP said and letting the hatchery sit before putting in the eggs but if that doesn’t work I’ll try adjusting air flow as well. I normally use a ziss airstone and tetra air pump, I’ve also tried no air stone.

That makes sense. I normally do a 24 hour hatch time. I’ve tried 36 hours but even still they’re all dead. The hatch rate itself is great but the BBS just aren’t surviving like they should. As mentioned before I had months of success with Fritz salt and a 1:1 ratio salt to eggs but over the last month I just can’t seem to get a hatch to survive. Recently I did have one singular good hatch using marine salt and a 2:1 ratio 24 hr hatch time but that doesn’t seem to be working now either. I’m stumped honestly. After scouring the internet I’ve read tales of people with the same issue some get a fix some don’t. At this point I have to assume there’s something in my water that I can’t test for that’s causing this to happen. Parameters out of my tap are ph 6.8, ammonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate 0 kh 3° gh 6° (which of course these change with the added marine salt). I don’t assume it’s copper because all of my tanks have snails in them that are thriving. I’m not sure what else I can even test for at this point. Hoping to get a lucky break somewhere and have my hatches return to normal

I’m glad I found this thread because I’m going through the exact same thing. I went months and months hatching with great success and then all of a sudden boom, hatching rate is great but the BBS die very quickly and fall to the bottom of the hatchery. I have tried all sorts of things, baking soda for ph easy brine shrimp salt instead of fritz salt. Heater, no heater, new eggs, longer and shorter amounts of time hatching and always the same, great hatch rate but they die so fast. I have a second hatchery so I’m going to try what worked for you and let the salinity and heat settle over night and put a batch in tomorrow! OP if you happen to see this please comment back if you’ve been having continued success with this method of waiting before putting in the eggs! I’m running out of patience and ideas of how to get a good supply of BBS for my apisto fry! thanks!