My Rods Onyx Hatch

[kerusso316]

This is there 4th nest in my system.the first 3 nest I killed for various reasions.This is my first hatch from this pair.About 150 eggs were layed and about 90 hacthed.Now the hard Part.Pics are not worth it as the water is stained from Nano. Iso. and rotifers.I will start the pics after met......Witch will probley take a few more hacthes.I am learning. Here are pics of Mom and Dad...

 

[TomRep]

Good luck to ya! We all started out that way. You'll pick-up on it soon.
Tom

 

[kerusso316]

Day 5......The first 24 hours were pretty bad.I lost all but 4 fish.I did not have any light over the tank...I thought the ambiant light from the room was good enough for them to hunt.That may have been the problem.The other thing I did was,I raised the temp from 80.2 to 82 in the first 24 houres after hatch.I think that may have caused the die off.The other screw up was,I was low on roterfers due to a crash{rotifers dont like 1.035 salt level}So I was using BBS.I got alot of shells in the hacth tank that may have been a problem.Your comments as to whitch was the real problem are welcome...I need all the help I can get.
Okay the 4 that are alive are doing great.....Fat bellies,good resperation and fast hunters.Late in the day after the hacth, I recived a huge amount of Rotifers from a friend{Thaks Joe you are the greatest}.On day 4 I started adding Pods{I have been culturing a SS pod that is great.My fish hunt them on the walls of the tank.There are about 20 per square inch all over the tank.I am now hatching BBS for there next food.After about 4 days I will start on cyclo and BBs with a diminishing rotifer count.Does that sound OK.I am open for feedback.What is the thought on Pearls for babys first food?Thaks for the kind words and the advice.I love this Hobby

 

[mwp]

Ya stole my pair?!!!?!

Good luck...it's been a tough road to hoe for me too!

Matt

 

[Kathy55g]

Chances are good:
1. it wasnt the light. ambient light is fine.
2. it wasn't the temperature, although one should think twice about raising the temperature above 79 if you don't have enough live rotifers on hand
3. It was the use of BBS with shells on day 1. It is usually too big, the shells cause the fish to choke and die and add some pollution to the tank.

Just my opinion. Keep trying, though, with a good amount of rots, you would have made it just fine!

 

[mwp]

Kerusso, get yourself some Otohiem, so far I'm really liking it as a first prepared food. FWIW, if you have formula 1 or 2 pellets, they, when crumbled between your fingers, rapidly get to a powder state not that far off from OTO's size.

Matt

 

[Kmiec123]

I usually just sift the crushed pellets through a cheepo brine shrimp net, works great....Did you say your SG is 1.035??? You got my # so call if you need anything. best of luck...Carl

P.S. Matt he stole you pair, not right after the ISO And SS Hookup, Just Not Right!!

 

[David M]

Healthy larvae don't starve to death in 24 hours. It is possible some would attempt to eat the bbs and that could partially be responsible as K said, but all of them??? I doubt it. I have had plenty of oopses accidently putting bbs into tanks prematurely, no major losses experienced. Not the light and not the temp. Look for another cause. BTW how many is "all but 4". If there were only 8 total that's only a 50% die off, not bad for a first try. OTOH if there were 800, well, er, find another hobby? :lol:

 

[Kathy55g]

Now, now.


Lets not discourage him.

 

[EMBRYOGUY]

i take formula 1/2 pellets, place some on a plastic spoon, than take another spoon and grind down on it. it causes it to crush down very well.

 

[kerusso316]

The hacth was about 150.David,I did SPS before this so I am not easly discouraged.I am pretty thick skin and love to mess with people also so I did not take any offence at all.My 4 little buggers are still kicking,very fat and fast.I am happy with my first hacth.Mommy and daddy did the wild thang on the 6th so I get to try again on the 14th.I have to put those Rotifers into overdrive. Thank you all for the info on first food.
Mat....I am learning sooo much from your onyx thread.Keep up the good work...
Carl, my rotefirs were at 1.035 I was not replacing their evap water .That will crash them.

 

[Kmiec123]

WOW 10-4 Best of luck....You Got this THANG!!!

 

[kerusso316]

Update: Half a hatch last night.The other half tonight.About 300 I am guessing.All swimming and eating.We will see how this hacth goes.I hope nothing is lurcking around the corner.Thanks for the restart of rotifers Kmiec123.Your babbies and Juvys look great.YOU the man.

 

[kerusso316]

If there was a question about the air stone?This was a 100% hatch.Not one egg left on the tile.........Oh crap thats a lot of fish to try to keep alive.LOL

 

[mwp]

GOOD LUCK! Lookin' forward to pics!

Matt

 

[Kmiec123]

Your definitely on to something with that airstone thing..Looks like I'll give it a try on the next batch and let you know how it goes...Anytime kerusso, let me know when you need some more or anything else..O YA. How Can I Be The Man, When U Da Man???

 

[kerusso316]

Day 2/3 and no losses.Knock on wood.I cant do pics yet .I am using green water....Good old Nano keeping it green.WOW can these guys eat.I thought I needed to think about clown babbies......no way......Im thinking about rotifers, and the other part of that .........Do I have enough rotifers?

 

[Kmiec123]

Next Day or two with that water green you'll have too many. Awesome job. Carl

 

[kerusso316]

Dat 4/5 no death to report.Just eaten and swimming.I am trying to count babbies....no way thats happing.My eight gal. tank has a fish an inch[cubic inch]so Im doing back flips.

 

[Kmiec123]

10 days later...how bout an update.