wicca32 Posted June 24, 2014 Report Share Posted June 24, 2014 try green water too. take an old pickle jar and fill it with water from the guppies when you do a water change and stick it out side with an air stone in the sun. you can also boil a lettus leaf and stick in there. it will take no time to become green water in the sun and its full of great stuff to feed the fry. just suck some up in an eye dropper and add to tank close to fry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted June 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2014 Thanks guys. I can't do the airline because the fry are very tiny, and would be sucked up too. I *can* however do the green water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
countryboy12484 Posted June 24, 2014 Report Share Posted June 24, 2014 Shove a small pice of spong in the airline Derek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
countryboy12484 Posted June 24, 2014 Report Share Posted June 24, 2014 Lol that wouldn't work eather Derek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wicca32 Posted June 24, 2014 Report Share Posted June 24, 2014 ive grown many types of fry in green water. so worse comes to worse put a bit in the tank and let it get a bit green lol. just make sure it does not hit pea soup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted June 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 Well so far so good. The fry are still alive, as well as tons of BBS... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimpo Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 The BBS will loose their nutritional value after a while if they are not gut loaded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted June 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 Most BBS are dead today anyway... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted June 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 So woke up this morning and saw the BBS in the tank were dead and the water starting to cloud. Still can't suction up the debris on the bottom because the fry are waaaay to small, so I did a 70% water change. May do a 2nd one later today as well. I hate to do so many water changes, but it looks as if that will have to be my routine until they get large enough I can transfer them over to another tank and vacuum the bottom of this one. Gonna try making some green algae water conditions today so I can add that in the next day or two.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted June 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 The BBS will loose their nutritional value after a while if they are not gut loaded. How do you gut load brine shrimp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted June 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 What do you guys think of yolk water for fry food? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wicca32 Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 egg yoke fouls the water super fast. it couldnt hurt to play around with but you would be doing water changes more i think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimpo Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 How do you gut load brine shrimp? They eat Phytoplankton http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/general-reef-aquarium-discussion/83588-how-do-i-gut-load-brine-shrimp.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted June 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 Thanks- both of ya. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted June 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 Found I could use the turkey baster to gently remove floor debris into a clear container. Then search the clear container for little fry to move back over if needed. Floor isn't spotless, but much much better than it was! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LunarValkyrie Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 Good idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted June 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 Thanks. It was an idea out of desperation. heh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted June 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2014 Everything is going swimmingly. heh See what I did there? Anyway, I've got the hang of the hatching BBS, although I'm hatching too many and have to cut back since even all my var of fish can't eat 1 teaspoon's worth. Maybe try 1/4 teaspoon. Here's my recipe for hatching the BBS 1 to 1 1/2 liters RO water 2 tablespoons marine salt dash of baking soda Fry are a little larger- not large enough for my camera yet which is a bit frustrating, but nothing really to see anyway. Color is non-existant yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted June 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2014 Not much to report. Most fry are eating BBS now, which is nice. Haven't done a wc in a couple days. I'm sure Nit. is building up in there, so will have to do one soon. I have to say I'm sure this experience will be rewarding, but all this work with fry as big as a comma, has put me off from using this fish to selectively breed. My plan is to go to guppies to selectively breed- but still want to see this project through to completion. At some point I may try again, and just put the fry into a shrimp tank and see if I could do hands off. I still think that may work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimpo Posted July 1, 2014 Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 Are they big enough to eat water fleas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted July 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 Don't know. Don't think I'll be raising fleas. LOL Actually, I don't know. Now they may be, but not when firstborn. They are big enough to eat baby rotifiers, I'm sure. Which leads me to really want to try this shrimp tank raising. And if any survive my bumbling fry raising, I may try again with a special shrimp tank set up just for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OblongShrimp Posted July 1, 2014 Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 I have greenwater and some moina if you want to start a culture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted July 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 That would be appreciated. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrimpo Posted July 2, 2014 Report Share Posted July 2, 2014 I had million of these tiny critters that looks like Daphnia after adding a lot of dry leaves in my shrimp tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soothing Shrimp Posted July 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2014 I may try that next time, Shrimpo. --- Some fry are now almost as big as newborn guppies, while others are still small. No doubt some may get eaten as the others grow larger. Selection of the fittest, I'm sure. Some breeders just dump the fry in green water after hatching. Each water change the water gets lighter. I wanted to see the fry grow, so I didn't do this. BUT makes sense for a hands off approach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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