Spawning of and growing out fry in a 90 gallon

[danotaylor]

Re: Spawning of and growing out fry in a 90 gallon

Did you get your precious fry removed Liz? How did the parents handle the move? Are they settled again now the fry are out of their tank? Pics?

[LizStreithorst]

Re: Spawning of and growing out fry in a 90 gallon

I moved the parents so that I can document the babies as they mature. I'll snap a pic soon. They're swimming happily back and forth the length of the tank.

[danotaylor]

Re: Spawning of and growing out fry in a 90 gallon

whoop whoop

[Second Hand Pat]

Re: Spawning of and growing out fry in a 90 gallon

Great news Liz, looking forward on seeing how these guys do in a larger space
Pat

[LizStreithorst]

Re: Spawning of and growing out fry in a 90 gallon

Time to come back and fess up. Forgive me for not posting for so long. I have no idea while once in a while I just feel like I have nothing of interest to say and have no interest in saying anything. You may have noticed that I have hardly had anything to say on the entire forum. It's not like me, but it happens.

At any rate, the kids did just fine for the longest time after I moved the parents out. Then a couple of weeks ago a couple started looking off. I was concerned because I didn't clean these guys up starting at 3 weeks as I'd done with my last two spawns. I should have jumped on treating then, but I waited until a little fish was dead on the bottom one morning. By Rid Ich Plus 8 days of metro plus most were looking better and a couple looked like nothing had ever happened. Still, later that evening I decided that the next morning I would cull them all. Nobody likes having to do that. But the next morning I woke up with a hardened heart. I gave everyone a last feed, did a WC, and scooped up all the babies and tossed them outside the fish room door on the frozen ground.

So now that's done and I've confessed I will move on. I'll put the parents back in the 90 and start cleaning them up after WC this afternoon. Pics coming.

[Second Hand Pat]

Re: Spawning of and growing out fry in a 90 gallon

Aw Liz, still tough to do but I have culled the batch before especially when things go off with the batch.
Pat

[GlennR]

Re: Spawning of and growing out fry in a 90 gallon

What a shock. They looked so good. I was expecting to see you feeding them white worms soon.

Hopefully, the next batch will be a huge & healthy one.

[LizStreithorst]

Re: Spawning of and growing out fry in a 90 gallon

Yeah, I didn't want to believe what my eyes were telling me. I shouldn't have to treat the next batch at 5 weeks.