JoefishGofish Posted May 7, 2021 Author Share Posted May 7, 2021 Dreaming of many many fry..... currently in a blue bath of Methylene. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoefishGofish Posted May 7, 2021 Author Share Posted May 7, 2021 Water change #1. Bye bye blue. my guess is about 20% are not fertilized and went cloudy. The rest (approx 150) look good. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoefishGofish Posted May 8, 2021 Author Share Posted May 8, 2021 Rain water has some tannins in it. Good rough water changes. No clumping so far. Eggs look good. Some of the unfertilized ones have dissolved and the good ones have some wiggly fry inside. Either by end of day today or morning tomorrow I’ll add them to the grow out tank. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoefishGofish Posted May 9, 2021 Author Share Posted May 9, 2021 So they’re in the grow out tank. Lights are dimmed. Flow of sponge filter is reduced. A bunch hatched while dumping them in. There’s a lot. And there are no predators. Just a couple of small snails. Time will tell. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoefishGofish Posted May 10, 2021 Author Share Posted May 10, 2021 Still lots. Pretty dark in there. But lots of movement when I move a flashlight across the bottom of the tank. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoefishGofish Posted May 11, 2021 Author Share Posted May 11, 2021 Another night of growth behind. Another day of growth ahead. Activity levels are up. And there’s still a lot. Looking good. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoefishGofish Posted May 12, 2021 Author Share Posted May 12, 2021 What I need to do is go away for a week. All I want to do is shine a light, disturb the water, poke and bother these fry to check their progress. There’s a lot. I’m excited. Nicely spread out across the bottom of the tank. Incredibly evenly spaced. Likely from wiggling and creating space between. Still no eyes (I think). Hard to say without a bright light. Im trying to be patient...... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhitecloudDynasty Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 7 hours ago, JoefishGofish said: What I need to do is go away for a week. All I want to do is shine a light, disturb the water, poke and bother these fry to check their progress. There’s a lot. I’m excited. Nicely spread out across the bottom of the tank. Incredibly evenly spaced. Likely from wiggling and creating space between. Still no eyes (I think). Hard to say without a bright light. Im trying to be patient...... Don't stress them too much. You'll start seeing some free swimming then one day all of them free swimming lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoefishGofish Posted May 13, 2021 Author Share Posted May 13, 2021 Definitely trying not to stress them. I haven’t bothered them other than aging a light briefly a couple of times. They look good this morning too. There is a bit of detritus on the bottom of the tank from the water lettuce up top. The fry are hidden somewhat among it. I’m thinking tomorrow (day 8 or Saturday (day 9) there should be some swimming activity. Thanks for the tips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoefishGofish Posted May 14, 2021 Author Share Posted May 14, 2021 Woke up this morning excited to see what the activity would be in the fry tank......no fry anywhere. Got a light out and searched. The floor of the tank was bare. I have a mat sponge filter in this tank and it must not be seated tightly at the bottom. All the fry had scooted under it and were hiding on the filter side which is only 1” wide gap. They congregated in the absolute darkest place. So I raised the sponge mat up to have a better look. There’s still a lot. Many pairs of Black eyes against the silicone is neat to see. So far so great! I placed some subwassertang to provide some hiding places. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoefishGofish Posted May 14, 2021 Author Share Posted May 14, 2021 The pic doesn’t do it justice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoefishGofish Posted May 14, 2021 Author Share Posted May 14, 2021 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoefishGofish Posted May 14, 2021 Author Share Posted May 14, 2021 And my adults are spawning again. This time only 8 days apart. Awesome. Unexpected. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhitecloudDynasty Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 How many fry did you get? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoefishGofish Posted May 17, 2021 Author Share Posted May 17, 2021 Tough to count right now. There are a few groups of 20+ So I’m guessing close to 75 - 100? There’s quite a bit of plant matter detritus on the bottom so some are hidden. So far so great!! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoefishGofish Posted May 18, 2021 Author Share Posted May 18, 2021 This morning the fry are now up off the bottoms and swimming! This is Day #12 since the spawn. Easily 80-100. They look so good! Hanging out in a patch of light where there is a gap in the surface plants. not sure if they’ll eat powder yet but I’ll let you know Thanks for everyone’s help and support. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoefishGofish Posted May 18, 2021 Author Share Posted May 18, 2021 .....as you can imagine a photo does not do it justice. They are everywhere. not taking powder as of this morning but I’ll try again this evening. Just a dusting at a time..... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frogmouth Catfish Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 Very exciting to see rainbow shiners breeding in captivity for people 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhitecloudDynasty Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 10 hours ago, JoefishGofish said: .....as you can imagine a photo does not do it justice. They are everywhere. not taking powder as of this morning but I’ll try again this evening. Just a dusting at a time..... You gonna have too many to count soon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhitecloudDynasty Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 How many fry did you get? @JoefishGofish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoefishGofish Posted May 23, 2021 Author Share Posted May 23, 2021 Definitely over 100. All swimming. Eating powdered food. I’m going to put in some BBS this afternoon to see if they are interested. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbit Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 They will be interested. 😁 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoefishGofish Posted May 23, 2021 Author Share Posted May 23, 2021 And they were interested....looking good 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoefishGofish Posted May 23, 2021 Author Share Posted May 23, 2021 Wondering about growing out fry in the pond. How old should they be before putting them out? The only other fish in there are Gold White Clouds..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhitecloudDynasty Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 6 hours ago, JoefishGofish said: Wondering about growing out fry in the pond. How old should they be before putting them out? The only other fish in there are Gold White Clouds..... All of my 1 month old are in ponds right now, they will grow out and over winter in them till next year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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