Northwoods Discus
04-22-2010, 09:42 AM
I had my first batch of fry attach 5 days ago. They are growing rapidly. The fry are from the cobalt I had in the university and a blue diamond. They had wigglers in the community tank around 10 times. The first attempt in the breeding tank was not successful. The eggs developed fungus. The pair then began fighting and I put them back in the community tank ( luxuriously planted vs bb ) and they were happy again producing wigglers and eating well. I fattened them up in the community tank and then tried again. This time I used some methylene blue and it worked. The tank was clean and I use RODI water and add RO right to bring the degree of hardness up to 3-4. The tank was clean and used RO before. The change was the MB. I put the MB in a little soon while they were still spawning and I did not know if it would hurt the sperm and fertilization but I have 60 plus 5 day attached fry now growing like mad.
I see that the time to separate fry and parents is around 3 weeks. Is it best to move the fry or the parents? I have a 75 gal grow out cycled and ready. The breeding tank is a bb 29. The parents could go back to there luxury sweet for a while. What do most of you do?
I see that the time to separate fry and parents is around 3 weeks. Is it best to move the fry or the parents? I have a 75 gal grow out cycled and ready. The breeding tank is a bb 29. The parents could go back to there luxury sweet for a while. What do most of you do?