[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
perpendicularis
Hi Mike,
I stored the perpendicularis eggs for 3 months. I was planning on 2
and 1/2 months but life delayed me a couple of weeks. The peat was about as
moist as good chocolate cake -- you could squeeze out a tiny bit of water if
you pressed a small portion between two fingers. The water droplet was not so
much as to be able to run down your finger, only bead up a bit. I stored the
peat in a regular fish bag between 72-76 F in a big commercial fish shipping
box. I hatched in well aged and oxygenated aquarium water that was mildly
soft and acid. The fry will eat baby brine upon hatching. Once hatched and
fed a couple of days and I can see they are eating well, then I add to their
hatching container a quart of my normal moderately hard, alkaline water --
taken from a planted, healthy, big, well filtered "nezzie" swordtail tank --
once or twice a day. They were hatched in probably two gallons of water -- 3
inches or so. In a week there is enough water to allow me to siphon off the
peat for re-drying and then to gently net the fry and transfer them to a
rearing tank. I use a very soft Hagen net and drain the water down to about
an inch. There is usually some peat left but it is still easy to get the fry.
Use a nice desk lamp and go slowly. I put them in an old cottage cheese tub
and then float that in the new tank. I use tank water and mix my soft and
hard water tank sources to get the correct chemistry. There are snails in all
the tanks and either java moss or najas. Once the little guys are in a
rearing tank, I do small changes twice a week with conditioned tap water. I
like to raise fry in moderately hard, alkaline water and then spawn, when
necessary, in soft acid water. Just makes my life easier and cuts down on
disease.
Regards,
Robert E.
---------------
See http://www.aka.org/AKA/subkillietalk.html to unsubscribe
Join the AKA at http://www.aka.org/AKA/Applic.htm