Trier20 - Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA

[Discus-Hans]

Brandon,

I use normal Morton salt in 2 liter bottle = 1 ~ 1.5 TEA spoon eggs + 1 TABLE spoon of salt, 24 hour on air and done,

I hatch them in buckets lol lol

Hans

[Keith Perkins]

I buy the cheapest store brand salt on the shelf that doesn't have iodine. Then when I run out of that I steal my wife's salt out of the kitchen cupboard.

[Trier20]

Thank you Keith and Hans!

[nc0gnet0]

Any Canning Salt will do and is the cheapest. If you have extremely soft water you might have a problem with hatch rates of the BBS, in which case you need to raise the ph. This can be accomplished by using Aquarium/Reef Salt.

Rick

[Trier20]

Thanks Rick! Definitely don't have a low ph problem. API high range kit is maxed out

[Trier20]

Thank you Keith and Hans again! They hatched this time and they took them first feeding. I told them good job!

[Trier20]

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Here they are tonight. When do you know it's time to seperate? Parents are starting to get a little feisty and doing the dance again.

[Keith Perkins]

I don't have a magic number of days, it varies with every batch. Parents not tolerating the fry or looking chewed up, I pull the parents. Spawn size, tank space, desire for the parents to spawn again, etc. all go into the equation. You could throw in how well the babies are eating bbs or other food other than the parents as well. Your at about 3 weeks and that's a pretty common time to start thinking about separating them.

[Trier20]

We played musical tanks in the fish room. Fry are now in their own pad moved the blue grow outsntontheir new tank and breeding come went back in with the parents. Fry were eating bbs like its their jobs today after their move so that is good! Here is tonight's pic.
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[Trier20]

Here they are munching on some grindage.
http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/...6A453AE622.mp4

[Trier20]

Tonight's update
http://s1051.photobucket.com/albums/...E09EB47DB2.mp4

[Trier20]

As said on my video last night I tried the ground FDBW today. They loved them! So thank you both Al and Dan for the yummy treats. My batch of bbs didn't hatch last night so thank god they liked them! As anticipated the pair decided to spawn again today. I had filter and air stone turned almost off to ensure fertilization. Mandi got to treat with meth blue this time and must have been pretty good at it as I see no new blue patches in the fish room or on her. Looks to be a decent number in the clutch. At what size do people normally start to cull? I noticed one with a funky gill flap but lost him in the mix.

[DiscusDrew]

I dont pull anything until at least 4 weeks and quarter size usually, let them develop a little, if they are breathing and doing ok (no signs of illness or anything like that) then they arent hurting anything.... Not to mention its easier to spot them and catch them when they get bigger haha. You dont want to be culling stuff that shouldnt be.... better to wait and see, dont throw money down the drain.

[Trier20]

I dont pull anything until at least 4 weeks and quarter size usually, let them develop a little, if they are breathing and doing ok (no signs of illness or anything like that) then they arent hurting anything.... Not to mention its easier to spot them and catch them when they get bigger haha. You dont want to be culling stuff that shouldnt be.... better to wait and see, dont throw money down the drain.

Holy cow someone does visit the homestead! Lol thanks Drew! I was thinking of having a tank for culls to see how well I'm culling and what they might turn out to look like if they live. Idk call me crazy

[Trier20]

Here is a terrible picture to give an idea of their size now. I think they are on track. Planning on getting an actual camera here in the future. All of these photo buffs on here has sparked it up for me again.

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