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Re: Re: Prematurely Hatched Australe Frys



Joe,

Hi! Thanks for sharing your experience and tips on
this issue with me. It only happened to my australe
gold too, no other species. I did change the water
every two days or so, now I'm going to let the water
sit there. I always put in acriflavine in my
incubation containers.

I also started to put some eggs in peat to incubate
them. Then I will wet them in 2 weeks time. I don't
know if this will eliminate the prob but it's worth a
try.

Thanks,
Kean Huat

Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 14:32:11 -0600
From: "Joseph Ponnath" <jponnath at hotmail_com>
Subject: Re: Prematurely Hatched Australe Frys

I have this problem also, only with orange australe.
No other species. 
I have found that it happens more often when you
change the water in 
the hatching container. I now put water in a hatching
container with 
a&nbsp;half drop of acriflavine and put in about 2
dozen eggs. I don't 
change any water in the hatching container nor do I
put in an airstone. 
Every few days I will pick up the hatching container
and very gently swirl 
the water. This has pretty much eliminated the
problem. I can change 
water on the fry as much as I want.
When the fry do hatch prematurely, I just leave them
in the hatching 
container and they continue to develop normally. I've
seen some develop 
that didn't even look like fish when they hatched,
just a clear ball 
with a hint of a tail. Maybe if you put acriflavine in
the water they will 
not die even if they hatch prematurely. I use half a
drop in 8 ounces 
of water.
I hope this helps you.
Take care,
Joe in St. Louis (AKA 05414)


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