tomm10
01-06-2004, 7:58 AM
A little over a week ago I was doing a weekly vacuuming/water change on my 10g when I noticed, or more to the point my fiance noticed, I had sucked a small snail into the water change bucket. Normally I would just dump in with the rest of the water since m tank is over run with pond snails but my animal loving fiance insisted we save him.
This prompted a thorough search of the rest of the bucket. I was looking for snails but low and behold, I found two little fry! I knew my danios (two male and two female) get pregnant just about every week but I had never seen fry. Truth be told, I guess the fry could be from my pygmy cories in the same tank or even my panda cories in the 8g since I changed the water in that at the same time but I think the odds are with the danios.
So, a trip to Petsmart yields a breeder net, some fry food, and half a dozen ghost shrimp! (I haven't been able to find ghost shrimp for months around here, not sure why)
I set up the fry in a breeder net in my ten gallon and have been trying to feed them as often as I can. During the week its generally only twice a day but on the weekends its 3-4 times a day. I have been feeding Wardley's Small Fry at one drop but since I added four more fry (only two of whom I see regularly) after a water change this weekend I've been feeding two drops.
The two first fry definitely seem bigger but I never see them eat. That may be because they're so smail. I also bought some Hikari First Bites which I guess should be fed when they're bigger.
Does anyone know how long it will be before they're big enough to take out of the breeder net? When should I start feeding the first bites instead of the drops? Any help from someone who's been there woould be much appreciated.
This prompted a thorough search of the rest of the bucket. I was looking for snails but low and behold, I found two little fry! I knew my danios (two male and two female) get pregnant just about every week but I had never seen fry. Truth be told, I guess the fry could be from my pygmy cories in the same tank or even my panda cories in the 8g since I changed the water in that at the same time but I think the odds are with the danios.
So, a trip to Petsmart yields a breeder net, some fry food, and half a dozen ghost shrimp! (I haven't been able to find ghost shrimp for months around here, not sure why)
I set up the fry in a breeder net in my ten gallon and have been trying to feed them as often as I can. During the week its generally only twice a day but on the weekends its 3-4 times a day. I have been feeding Wardley's Small Fry at one drop but since I added four more fry (only two of whom I see regularly) after a water change this weekend I've been feeding two drops.
The two first fry definitely seem bigger but I never see them eat. That may be because they're so smail. I also bought some Hikari First Bites which I guess should be fed when they're bigger.
Does anyone know how long it will be before they're big enough to take out of the breeder net? When should I start feeding the first bites instead of the drops? Any help from someone who's been there woould be much appreciated.