BlennyBabe
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Ok so we just recieved 8 beautiful erectus from Draco Marine. One of them is pregnant. Not sure how prego, but he is definately going to pop soon. Its likely his first brood, so Im not expecting hundreds, but I do want to be prepared. I have raised dwarf fry before, but nothing else. I have several different tanks on hand to use for this, but unfortunately no round ones to create a kriesle. Im pretty sure that erectus fry hitch from birth so I dont need to keep them off the surface anyway. So are bigger or smaller tanks better for the initial brood? I have 2 1/2 gallons on up to 55 gallons. I would prefer to keep it smaller because Im working in a cramped area, but if they need the extra room I can provide it. I can also modify tanks, make dividers out of mesh or acrylic, add sumps
I have an unlimited supply of filtered seawater that I use for water changes. I was thinking of taking water from the adults tank and using that for the fry. That way the water is always aged, and the parents get a daily water change as well. I have rotifers, greenwater, live mysis, and brine nauplii on hand at all times.
So here is what I think would be ideal. I have a 10 gallon tank with a sponge filter and airstone, plastic grating and plants to hitch to, and rots, bbs and greenwater in circulation. I can feed every hour or two to replace whats eaten and filtered out. Ill do 5-10% waterchanges with water from the parents tank daily.
The other slightly more complicated alternative is to hook up another tank to the parent tank and have them flow into a common sump. I would have a filter bag on the output from the fry tank to keep all the extra naups and rotifers from circulating in their tank and I can change the bag daily or as needed. The parents tank is about 75 gallons total volume. I like this idea because aside from the intital setup, there is little maintenance to this system except water changes.
Plus the extra water volume would keep things stable.
Ok if you were able to get through all that, tell me what you think.
Thanks in advance!
I have an unlimited supply of filtered seawater that I use for water changes. I was thinking of taking water from the adults tank and using that for the fry. That way the water is always aged, and the parents get a daily water change as well. I have rotifers, greenwater, live mysis, and brine nauplii on hand at all times.
So here is what I think would be ideal. I have a 10 gallon tank with a sponge filter and airstone, plastic grating and plants to hitch to, and rots, bbs and greenwater in circulation. I can feed every hour or two to replace whats eaten and filtered out. Ill do 5-10% waterchanges with water from the parents tank daily.
The other slightly more complicated alternative is to hook up another tank to the parent tank and have them flow into a common sump. I would have a filter bag on the output from the fry tank to keep all the extra naups and rotifers from circulating in their tank and I can change the bag daily or as needed. The parents tank is about 75 gallons total volume. I like this idea because aside from the intital setup, there is little maintenance to this system except water changes.
Plus the extra water volume would keep things stable.
Ok if you were able to get through all that, tell me what you think.
Thanks in advance!
