Daydre Posted May 8, 2023 Author Share Posted May 8, 2023 (edited) On 5/8/2023 at 6:55 PM, Patrick_G said: Four days isn’t generally long enough to cycle a pond. You can test it by adding some ammonia, if it’s fully cycled your test will show the ammonia dropping to zero and nitrates rising. If your ammonia isn’t zero or you’re seeing nitrites then you still have some time to go. Since you’re just adding a few small fish to a relatively large amount of water you’ll probably be fine doing a fish in cycle because by the time the toxins build up to harmful levels the pond will be cycled. Oh! I said this bc I tested already, it's showing 0/0/20ppm for ammonia/nitrites/nitrates. Also I forgot to mention that I'd pre-seeded my filter for like a month beforehand, so it didn't totally come out of nowhere but I was still surprised how fast it happened That and there's an ammonia source in there already. Edited May 8, 2023 by Daydre 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted May 8, 2023 Share Posted May 8, 2023 On 5/8/2023 at 4:43 PM, Daydre said: Oh! I said this bc I tested already, it's showing 0/0/20ppm for ammonia/nitrites/nitrates. Also I forgot to mention that I'd pre-seeded my filter for like a month beforehand, so it didn't totally come out of nowhere but I was still surprised how fast it happened Oh then that makes tons of sense! I keep a few pre-seeded filters bubbling away for the same purpose. This’ll be heaven for those Rice fish. 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted May 8, 2023 Share Posted May 8, 2023 On 3/13/2023 at 9:50 AM, Daydre said: I'm super excited because the lotus I want to put in the pond germinated properly- I was worried at first that I messed up scarrifying them but nope most of them sprouted just fine! Thanks for sharing this. I have been using stratification with limited success. I will switch to scarification. Did you use any stratification as well? If so can you share your method please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daydre Posted May 9, 2023 Author Share Posted May 9, 2023 On 5/8/2023 at 7:58 PM, Guppysnail said: Thanks for sharing this. I have been using stratification with limited success. I will switch to scarification. Did you use any stratification as well? If so can you share your method please. I haven't used stratification, just scarification. Unfortunately while I have been able to get them to sprout offshoots they haven't been growing leaves? Some of them are indoors and some outdoors, so I'm wondering if I haven't hit the right combination of warmth+sunlight yet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schuyler Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 On 5/4/2023 at 8:51 AM, Daydre said: It begins......... It's like a fish alert lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daydre Posted May 12, 2023 Author Share Posted May 12, 2023 Ordered some fish eggs, they'll be here Saturday! Also gonna get some adults later so the pond isn't empty while those guys grow out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daydre Posted May 16, 2023 Author Share Posted May 16, 2023 The fish eggs got here, they've been set up in a sterilite shoebox for the past two days and one of them already hatched! I tried to get a pic of the baby but it was too hard so here's one of their siblings instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daydre Posted May 16, 2023 Author Share Posted May 16, 2023 Okay I lied, here's an incredibly crappy photo of the baby 😭 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cmike15 Posted May 16, 2023 Share Posted May 16, 2023 What are your plans to feed them if I may ask? I’m interested as I plan to raise up fry but I have little experience besides piling in the plants! I just started up my microworm colony again trying out vinegar eels too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daydre Posted May 16, 2023 Author Share Posted May 16, 2023 (edited) I'm also very new to this, admittedly- I was planning on feeding Hikari First Bites since I think that's small enough? I need to look into other food sources for variety, though. Edit: Oh, right! And I have frozen baby brine- so I'm going to be feeding that as well. Edited May 16, 2023 by Daydre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cmike15 Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 I ordered some Rice fish eggs too, I hope all is well with yours. Any tips on feeding them? I'm curious, how did/are you hatching the eggs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daydre Posted May 21, 2023 Author Share Posted May 21, 2023 I'd read that medaka eggs are super low maintenance so I've just got them in a sterilite shoebox full of dechlorinated water and some floating plants from established tanks. I don't have air running or anything and about 10 have hatched already. For feeding I've just been tapping a paintbrush loaded with Hikari First Bites on the rim of the box to get the powder to settle on the water's surface. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabokovfan87 Posted May 21, 2023 Share Posted May 21, 2023 On 5/19/2023 at 10:08 PM, Cmike15 said: I ordered some Rice fish eggs too, Do they come dried and you hatch them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cmike15 Posted May 22, 2023 Share Posted May 22, 2023 On 5/21/2023 at 7:28 PM, nabokovfan87 said: Do they come dried and you hatch them? They come in water wet and fertilized from the parent fish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daydre Posted May 23, 2023 Author Share Posted May 23, 2023 Realized I haven't posted an update on the actual pond in a while, here's the most recent pic I've taken of it- I added more plants and the pickerelweed has grown, but it's still far from what I hope it'll be. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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