Tramac
03-05-2013, 08:28 PM
Hello Guys
Have not posted in a long time but busy busy and did not really have anything to post.
At the moment though I am in a pickle.
I have two separate breeding pairs in my 4ft Community Tank. 260lt - 7 Discus, 5 Clown Loach, 3 Corys, 2 Whiptail Cats and 2 Peppermint Bristlenose (Everyone is happy)
Had not been too fused as the larger more mature pair have never managed to get past the Egg stage and I put it down to practice makes perfect.
However, I purchased a new female to calm my boys down as I had aggression issues in the tank. Within a week of her going in the tank she had paired up with one of the boys and already laid eggs.
Again I was not worried having seen the problems the other two had.
WELL how wrong I was, out of her first batch of eggs I got 25 Wrigglers. They died overnight Day 2/3.
Within a week she had laid again and this time got 45 wrigglers which again all died day 2/3.
Now at first I thought getting eaten by the other fish but the 2nd lot I actually watched getting weaker and dropping off themselves with no help from other fish.
I have tested my water this morning with the following parameters
KH:1
GH:6
Temp:29.4 Degress
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 10
PH: 6.4
Now my water changes per week can vary depending on my work as I do shift work and pretty long hours BUT most of the time they get a 50% water change 2/3 times a week.
I don't age my water overnight.
This first batch I did a 20% water change the afternoon after they hatched.
2nd lot I had done a water change the morning that she laid and did not do one till after they had died.
My issue is I did a 50% WC yesterday morning and by the afternoon she had laid again.
My WC consists of tap water with prime, salt and a discus mineral. After advise on here when I had sick fish I don't use any buffers at all to lower the PH which comes out of my tap in the high 7's.
If there is anything I can do to help these guys please let me know.
My plan is to separate them into a 160lt tank on their own.
Have added some pics.
Have not posted in a long time but busy busy and did not really have anything to post.
At the moment though I am in a pickle.
I have two separate breeding pairs in my 4ft Community Tank. 260lt - 7 Discus, 5 Clown Loach, 3 Corys, 2 Whiptail Cats and 2 Peppermint Bristlenose (Everyone is happy)
Had not been too fused as the larger more mature pair have never managed to get past the Egg stage and I put it down to practice makes perfect.
However, I purchased a new female to calm my boys down as I had aggression issues in the tank. Within a week of her going in the tank she had paired up with one of the boys and already laid eggs.
Again I was not worried having seen the problems the other two had.
WELL how wrong I was, out of her first batch of eggs I got 25 Wrigglers. They died overnight Day 2/3.
Within a week she had laid again and this time got 45 wrigglers which again all died day 2/3.
Now at first I thought getting eaten by the other fish but the 2nd lot I actually watched getting weaker and dropping off themselves with no help from other fish.
I have tested my water this morning with the following parameters
KH:1
GH:6
Temp:29.4 Degress
Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 10
PH: 6.4
Now my water changes per week can vary depending on my work as I do shift work and pretty long hours BUT most of the time they get a 50% water change 2/3 times a week.
I don't age my water overnight.
This first batch I did a 20% water change the afternoon after they hatched.
2nd lot I had done a water change the morning that she laid and did not do one till after they had died.
My issue is I did a 50% WC yesterday morning and by the afternoon she had laid again.
My WC consists of tap water with prime, salt and a discus mineral. After advise on here when I had sick fish I don't use any buffers at all to lower the PH which comes out of my tap in the high 7's.
If there is anything I can do to help these guys please let me know.
My plan is to separate them into a 160lt tank on their own.
Have added some pics.