Grow out tank

[RyanU]

I have 12 or so Cory fry hatched 3 days ago in a 5 gallon grow out tank. How often should I feed and change the water?

 

Tia

[Colu]

To get the best growth I would feed 3times a day and do a small daily water 

[GameCzar]

From @Guppysnail's advice, I do twice daily water changes in my fry growout tank, and I feed them a small amount every 3 hours or so.   This is guppy fry, so cories might not be quite as ravenous.  Not sure about that!

[RyanU]

Should I remove any uneaten food or let it go and remove when I do the water change

[Guppysnail]

On 9/10/2021 at 6:55 PM, GameCzar said:

From @Guppysnail's advice, I do twice daily water changes in my fry growout tank, and I feed them a small amount every 3 hours or so.   This is guppy fry, so cories might not be quite as ravenous.  Not sure about that!

Works for me like clockwork…..send baby pics plz

edit I never raised cory fry 

Edited September 10, 2021 by Guppysnail

[GameCzar]

I just remove it during my water changes.   Occasionally we break out the turkey baster and suck up the excess mulm. 

[Guppysnail]

On 9/10/2021 at 7:01 PM, RyanU said:

Should I remove any uneaten food or let it go and remove when I do the water change

I remove guppies fry food after last meal each night. Keeps h2o from fouling 

[Struggle]

On 9/10/2021 at 5:54 PM, Colu said:

To get the best growth I would feed 3times a day and do a small daily water 

I do it the same as Colu. 

[RyanU]

@Guppysnail here is the best picture I could get. They are roughly a1/4 inch in length and my camera is zoomed in to the max to see it

[RyanU]

@Guppysnail @Colu @Struggle @GameCzar. What do you recommend for feeding. I was unable to find live bbs and I don't really have a setup to hatch myself. I was given hikari first bites and frozen daphnia. I also dropped an algea wafer gift to give them options. Any other suggestions. 

[Struggle]

You can try frozen bbs, golden pearls, coop fry food, repashy, powdered flake food, etc. Just be careful with how much you feed, it doesn’t take much to over feed and fowl the water. On the repashy you can try feeding it in the powder form if you like.

[Guppysnail]

North fin fry food frozen or instant bbs. If you have an airstone and soda bottle make your own hatchery nothing beats live bbs

my first I used a glass ice tea dispenser 

Edited September 10, 2021 by Guppysnail

[RyanU]

Oh OK. I didn't realize it was that easy. Does the air stone just circulate the baby brine eggs until they hatch? 

[ARMYVET]

These are my Cory fry…2 hours old.  These is also an egg ready to hatch. 

[Guppysnail]

On 9/10/2021 at 7:56 PM, RyanU said:

Oh OK. I didn't realize it was that easy. Does the air stone just circulate the baby brine eggs until they hatch? 

Yup with api salt

[RyanU]

@ARMYVETthat's awesome. Best of luck to you. 

[GameCzar]

On 9/10/2021 at 6:39 PM, RyanU said:

@Guppysnail @Colu @Struggle @GameCzar. What do you recommend for feeding. I was unable to find live bbs and I don't really have a setup to hatch myself. I was given hikari first bites and frozen daphnia. I also dropped an algea wafer gift to give them options. Any other suggestions. 

I'm using a mix of 
https://www.aquariumcoop.com/products/sera-micron-growth-food

https://www.aquariumcoop.com/products/easy-fry-and-small-fish-food

https://www.aquariumcoop.com/products/instant-baby-brine-shrimp

As they have gotten bigger Im mixing in ground micro-pellets and fancy guppy. 

[Torrey]

@RyanU see @GameCzar for feeding recommendations.

I try to have my fry tank growing daphnia and other infusoria while I float the "eyelash fry" in a Dean inspired set up.

Once fry are free swimming, I start feeding the tiniest powdered, high protein food I have. First week I feed every 2 hours, and WC 3x a day.

Week 2 - 3, depending on how they are growing, I start to spread out feeding to every 3 hours, and 3 WC a day. By week 4 I am feeding every 4 hours, and a WC 2x a day.

I feed tiny amounts at a time until I see there little bellies begin to round out. I remove any left over food before each feeding with an infant nasal syringe. Empty the syringe into a clear or white cup, to check for fry before tossing the water.

Same thing for the water changes: I put a coffee filter in a strainer, drain the water into the coffee filter, and rest the strainer on my 5 gallon bucket to collect the water. 

I use an air line tube attached to an infant medicine syringe as my "water vacuum" to drain the tank.

Don't let the coffee filter overflow, and any fry that gets sucked up will be saved by the filter.

[KentFishFanUK]

On 9/11/2021 at 12:39 AM, RyanU said:

@Guppysnail @Colu @Struggle @GameCzar. What do you recommend for feeding. I was unable to find live bbs and I don't really have a setup to hatch myself. I was given hikari first bites and frozen daphnia. I also dropped an algea wafer gift to give them options. Any other suggestions. 

Hope it's ok to recommend products that aren't from aquarium co-op? In the UK here so have to rely on other places! 

I'm planning on ordering the 'hobby artemia breeder' (that little black dish thing) and some salt and eggs on Amazon. Not as good as the proper set ups available from the coop but should be easy to hatch a small amount of baby brine shrimp for some fry until you get a proper set up one day. 

I'm assuming Aquarium Co-op don't sell them as I've never heard them mentioned but they are on Amazon prime for next day delivery here in the UK. 

[RyanU]

@GameCzar At what size can I move the Cory fry from the grow out tank back to my main tank? 

[Tihshho]

I'd wait for sure till they are large enough not to get eaten, but ideally move them when they are at least 3/4" to play it safe. Prior to moving them, also make sure they are eating the same thing that you feed the main tank.