My Rods Onyx Hatch

Just read Willkersons book and there where about 40 things I was doing wrong.....Night 7/8/9 and 10 whiped them out.I was under feeding.My water changes where to slow.I was not driping new water.I had a falty temp moniter...75deg. So once again last nights hatch went off with only one egg not hatching.So I am feeding the little buggers.I also bought nano from Reed so I will not run out.I upgraded my brine shrimp eggs......So bring on the next pit fall I can learn from.......Oh yea I hade too much light on the tank also.....There wereseveral other things I was doing wrong of witch I am too embarised to mention....LOL
 
im surprised considering you past the critical stages in the first few days. did you take any pics?

my problem is the first 4 days. after that im ok.
 
I was not cleaning the bottom of the tank.That will kill em.
Ok... Day 4 of the latest hatch.....all is well.Only 5 deaths since hatch.The babies are growing well.I am having problems with my rotifers not recovering over night.Day 5 tomorrow will help as I will start small amounts of BBS.I hope that will take alot of pressure off the rotifers.
 
Cleaning the bottom every day is helping.I am doing a 25% water change in the mornings.Only 3 deaths to report yesterday,They did not look healthy when I looked at them under a mag glass.I started a small amount of BBS today and the fish are loving them.I am glad,cause my rotifers took a hit over the last 4 days, 5 and 6 feedings a day will do that.I am useing a 5 gal water bottle and feeding Nano and Pavlovea.I dont think that is enough for a hatch....That is keeping me awake at night.I thought SPS was hard.WOW.....However I love the chalange,the work and the fulfillment.
Mom and Dad layed yesterday during a major fish room rehab.I took down a wall and moved several tanks.They just keep on laying eggs....
 
FWIW, I thought rearing fish would be harder, but it turns out for me SPS won't even stay alive (except for one seemlingly bulletproof Montipora capricornis that has gone from frag to dinner plate + a salad plate (that died) in a year).

Matt
 
Day 6 is over.The babies are taking BBS with vigor.I also am grinding OA even smaller and they are gobbleing that up also.I have noticed about 8 small babies in the tank of 200 so I am continuing the rotifers.My daily schudial Clean bottom/Replacewater/Feed/Feed/Feed/Feed.I am having a hard time not over feeding BBS.I kind of watch for full bellies and stop.Does any one have a better method of counting BBs..............Aprox 200 thriving.Temp moves between 81 and 82.Any sugestions for Met,What to do what not to do.
 
Do what you are doing and enjoy them! Keep an eye on ammonia, watch for tail curling and first bars. You are going to make it!
 
Day 7 was a rough one.... totaled to 15 deaths since hatch.I am seeing new behavior today, more fish on the bottom and in the corners.They all seem slugish.They are eating alot but I do not see fat bellies....Is this all normal for Met?
 
Sounds like Met but they're not getting enough food perhaps? Are you enriching the BBS with Selcon or similar (if not, that could help...)

Just some guesses...

Matt
 
There was a problem.Total death 100.I think there was to much selcon in the water from enriching the bbs.The water was white-ish this morning and about 85 dead bodies.There are still about 100 in the tank....I was worried about overfeeding and that may have lead me to not feed enough.....Still working the kinks out.....
 
Sorry, I'm confused.

....I was worried about overfeeding and that may have lead me to not feed enough.....
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I think there was to much selcon in the water from enriching the bbs
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I have to go with overfeeding as the root cause or at least missing some maintenance / resultant bacterial bloom = less O2 = doa. Or did you have an ammonia spike?

Matt
 
any update? i reayly want to compare our rodonyx babies. i think im being paranoid looking for similaries with rods, so it would be nice to see comparative babies. thank you in advance.
 
I am sorry for not updating.I have very bussy.The end of last month I purchased a pair of x pattern picc's.Thinking {tank raised} and where they came from.....Not rebaged I put them in my brood tank system.....Distaster......Two days later They were both dead with eather velvet or brook.I have lost 6 fish sence then.I am runing copper, hyposalinty,freash water dips and formalin dips.So I have been a bussy guy.Quarintine would have been good.I trusted my brood stock on someone elses reputation....Tip:read the book and do what it says.....I feel so stupid....At least now I know why my babies where dieing.I was using infected brood water for my waterchanges....That will kill em....Last one died at day12.I will begain again.
 
I was thinking I have nothing to worry about with the pair I recently purchased. I was thinking of connecting their QT to the broodstock system. Thank you for posting this. I take it as a warning, and will wait the full six weeks instead.
 
In my view quarantine is as much about acclimation as it about disease. Many things will be different for the new fish; water conditions, temerature, foods/ feeding schedule, lighting intensity and schedule... any of these changes could trigger stress in the new fish and result in an otherwise perfectly healthy fish getting sick.

So, for me it's 6-8 weeks and I don't care where they came from ;)
 
Onyx's are ok...seems the worst has passed...Keeping my fingers crossed.Also I met a fishy Vet [Dr.Zimmerman] in Barrington willing to help.Pretty smart and a great guy.
 
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