Hatching timeline

[theholidayfarm]

okay... thanks! i'hv started a bbs hatchery ytd...

[SpideySteve]

Carol ... this is a great thread ... thanks! Just one question to add here ....

If/when eggs are fertilized, how long does it take to see some eyes of the developing fry inside the eggs?

[Carol_Roberts]

Depends on water temperature - 24 hours or so ;D

[SpideySteve]

Awesome! Thanks Carol.

Looks like I've got some babies growing! Crap ... in the community tank too, which I wasn't counting on. This is the pair's first spawn too, which is even more surprising to me. But they're guarding those eggs like crazy which is great to see. They're a great looking pair of Stendker Santarems.

Whatever happens with this batch of their eggs, I'll move this pair out into their own 29g afterwards.

[theholidayfarm]

HI... this pic is taken 2 days ago. i wanna take the babies out tml. izzit possible?

[theholidayfarm]

sorry.. this is the pic.

[Carol_Roberts]

Depends on how often you can feed the babies. They are pretty little - can you feed them every 2 hours say 8 - 10 times per day?

[theholidayfarm]

okay.. i'll try

[Geodiscus]

Great Thread I have finally had my pair of blue snakeskins pair and mate with my first fertilized batch of eggs! ;D The pair is only14 months old.I am a little dissapponted at the hatch rate. I have pretty optimal conditions RO/TAP-GH-3 PH-6.5 TEMP-82,Out of a few hundred eggs only 6 are wigglers,last night i counted 29 fertilized eggs,What happened in 7 hours?

[Carol_Roberts]

Breakfast

At least you know you have a breeding pair - next time you'll get more.

[theholidayfarm]

yup... i agree... i have a question here... my first batch of babies originally contain 29 fishes now left wif only bout 16... will they continue to die?

[Carol_Roberts]

Are the parents eating them? If not water quality may be the problem. BBS foul the water quickly. Do more water changes and squeeze out the filters in dechlorinated water.

[theholidayfarm]

I have alreadie seperated from the parents and the parents had it 2nd batch alr... i nv use filter too and i use dechlorinated water to change the water daily

[magic1980]

[quote author=Carol_Roberts link=board=6;threadid=7405;start=0#msg79421 date=1046131300]
Hi Shamsoo:
No offense taken. I thought it was a funny comment. I do keep a log and find it helpful

Hi Gnome:
I have posted pictures in this section showing my babies at various ages. Look in middle to last part of December and August for pictures of fry. Your sound very small :-\
[/quote]

hi carol, had search the dec to aug but cant seems to find the pic of fry. hmmm, can u help?

maybe can u help direct me to that thread.
wanna see the growth of my fries as compared to others.
thks a million.

[Carol_Roberts]

Here's freeswimming to 13 weeks
http://www.simplydiscus.com/library/...ng/pbxrt.shtml