I Think I Killed My Panda Babies :'(

[saphphx]

So I had 6 baby pandas hatch a few days ago, I went into hospital for a few days and had my husband look after them, two died and I got home and checked them, fed them, they all seemed ok, and went off to do something else, when I got back 6 hours later the air line had fallen out and all my babies were dead! I am wondering if they died earlier because they were due a water change today but I hadn't gotten to it til later.

Is this my fault or does it just happen? I have tons of albino cory fry and I know quite a few don't make it just after hatching for various reasons, and as only 6 hatched it does cut down on the odds.. I guess I am feeling guilty and want to know if the air falling out could have killed them? it was only a few hours and it was on so high the O2 content should have been enough to keep them going, I just don't know what to do, I am crushed because there were so few eggs and even less of them hatched this time around, and I do so well with the albinos, but the pandas have always caused me trouble. I finally got a batched that lived long enough to grow up and breed, now this happens! I don't know what to do


thanks all.

 

[jollysue]

sorry

It does happen. You are doing better than I am. I finally have gotten my first panda fry to make it to the grow out tank. I think there may be another in the net. I have hatched plenty, but they don't make it passed wiggler so far. The albino are possibly aeneus or peppers who normally have a very high egg count and survival rate. The pandas are much more conservative.

 

[AlexAndCarmen]

I agree with JS. Panda cories are more fragile of the cories. I've had C. Aeuneus babies, raised them with only a few die, but the panda babies were really hard to raise to sellable size.

Don't give up though. I have also found that the more they breed, the stronger their fry are. When they first mature and spawn, the spawns are normally weak, I found this with my Trilineatus too. But the more they spawn, the more success you have. Beginning of the year, I was able to sell 80 + of my panda fry, having had trouble in the beginning with survival.

Hope things work out for you. And hope you're feeling better after your hospital stay.

 

[saphphx]

thanks guys! I feel a bit better knowing its only half my fault! Hopefully next time I will find the eggs faster as well and less will go fluffy. I suspect they have bred before but my apple snail or hillstream loaches got them before I did! Doh! Working on moving fish around tonight though, so hopefully all will be well!

 

[jollysue]

It took me a long time just to figure out what to look for for the eggs! Now I spot them fast. I think so far each species is a little different and requires a little different handling.

Thanks, Alex and Carmen, that was helpful to me too.

 

[saphphx]

its also the habbits of the fish One pair of mine like to lay eggs on the filter, the other pair puts them in the corner and always use the same place lol

 

[jollysue]

Yeah! Your right!