RE: [Killietalk] Was finding eggs in peat, now finding (catching) fry in peat

["Mark Pearlscott" <mark at pearlscott_com>]

Jim,

Just like you I am searching for better, faster, more efficient ways to do
just these kinds of things (finding eggs, and hatching fry).  I am going to
experiment with a bunch of different things, so at some point I should
strike upon the best way to do things.  Hopefully, when that day comes, I'll
write you (or the list, or write an article) all about it.  If you stumble
upon the fast way to do this kind of thing... let me know.

Cheers,

Mark
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: killietalk-bounces+mark=pearlscott_com at aka.org [mailto:killietalk-
> bounces+mark=pearlscott_com at aka.org] On Behalf Of Jim Rae
> Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 8:45 PM
> To: killietalk at aka_org
> Subject: [Killietalk] Was finding eggs in peat,now finding (catching) fry
> in peat
> 
> Hi everyone on the list!  Question:
> 
> Heck with finding the eggs in peat, how do you remove the fry when they
> hatch out?
> 
> I had hatched some F. fallax earlier this summer and found it somewhat
> difficult to remove them. With a strong flashlight I could see them fine,
> but it took me forever sucking them up with a baster and transfering them
> to
> a growout container.  But that was nothing to what I have now.  I
> experimented with some coco peat as substrate for some of my tanks - F.
> gardneri Misaje and F. spoorenbergi - and removed it in late July.  A week
> and a half ago I wet the peat and many hatched but I find it many times
> more
> dificult to get these fry than fallax since they are much smaller, and
> they
> dart into the peat when I approach them with the baster while the fallax
> fry
> tended to remain still for longer allowing me to slowly suck them up in
> the
> baster without getting all kinds of peat in the baster.  I've heard people
> say just skim them up at the surface with a spoon or the like but they
> stay
> down on the deck for the most part.
> 
> I am using shoe boxes for wetting the peat, filling them about to about an
> inch below the top.  The peat is probably a half inch or so in depth.
> 
> Any suggestions for giving my back and neck a break?  i.e. are there more
> effective ways?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Jim Rae
> 
> 
> 
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