I have fry!

[xxaquanutxx]

I have fry in my tank and I dont know who they came from...

Hubby brought in a few pieces of LR from our back yard last night. They are loaded with feather dusters, christmas tree worms and apparently fry!

When we were feeding the tank this evening I noticed a stream of small white transparent bellies with little transparent tails. The filters were off already because we were feeding the inverts, but I have a feeling when we turn it back on they will all go bye bye :0(

 

[yellowslayer13]

thats how it goes unless you have time hanging heavy on your hands

 

[billsreef]

Your only chances for rearing would be a seperate tank and lot of rotifers or wild plankton. I don't know if you have anyone locally raising rots', but you do have access to wild plankton if you want to spend the time

 

[xxaquanutxx]

Unfortunately we do not have the time right now, or even the money (tanks and supplies here have a 300% mark up compared to the states).

We just turned the filtration and pumps back on. Most of them left relatively quickly, but there are a few who have survived.

Maybe the next time.

 

[billsreef]

If want to give it go sometime in the future, you don't have to use fish tanks for larval rearing. Just think outside the glass box, things like 5 gallon plastic buckets, rubbermaid storage containers, etc. can be used easily

 

[Luis A M]

But were they fish larvae?