New Panda Cory

[Cooper2085]

Well this morning i had 12 tadpoles and 3 eggs in my DIY ice cream tub breeding net. I decided to use my DIY one because i could get a 8" air stone in it.

Alas i now have 3 tadpoles and after this mornings collection, about 8 eggs.

Looks like the little fry escaped out of the mesh as the holes were too large. I noticed it when 2 of them forced there way through and darted down into the gravel. The others are back in a standard breeding net now, i think i might order a larger one from eBay soon.

What are the chances of the fry surviving in the tank? Stocking is:

2 BN plecs, 11 corys, 5 harlequins and a shrimp.

Im so incredibily gutted right now

 

[AlexAndCarmen]

Congrats on the hatchilngs. I didn't realise you had the net with the larger holes. I had that before when I was breeding the C. Aeneus, them pushing their way out the net. But, as long as the little blighters are able to hide well, and find food, especially in the gravel, I'm sure you'll get a few survive.

Do you have a turkey baster? If you see them, you can suck them up and just put them back into the net. I know, very hard to do when you have a tank FULL of gravel, ornaments, plants and other fish. But sometimes the little buggers sit right in front of you.

Good luck, and don't worry, they'll lay more and you may find some small pandas swimming around your tank in a couple of months.

Of course, my trilineatus eggs hatched this morning and we've just started moving the tank!!! Typical. We're moving them up the house this weekend. Always the way.

 

[Cooper2085]

I really hope you manage to save a few this time! Always the same isnt it, they dont spawn for ages then just as you dont want them to.... BAM. lol >.>

 

[Cory_Dad]

Pardon my ignorance cooper2085 but what's the plate in the empty tank there for?

<inquiring minds want to know>

 

[Rutters19]

Pardon my ignorance cooper2085 but what's the plate in the empty tank there for?

<inquiring minds want to know>

It's to stop the sand being disturbed when he was filling the tank up,LOL!!

I told you to keep them in your normal breeding net you numpty,try and catch them and get them back in there!!

(easier said than done,lol!!)

 

[Cooper2085]

Yeah it was to stop the sand being disturbed while i filled it up

 

[Cory_Dad]

Yeah it was to stop the sand being disturbed while i filled it up

Doh!

I knew that. It sux to get old. The nice thing about Alzheimer's is that you get to make the same new friends every day. (Ya, ya, I know it's tasteless but so are us old people).

 

[Cooper2085]

Its annoying atm though, i have no instrctions for my test kit so im blindly adding ammonia to cycle it >.>

 

[Cory_Dad]

Its annoying atm though, i have no instrctions for my test kit so im blindly adding ammonia to cycle it >.>

Huh? You're adding ammonia? Why not just use the water from your main tank instead of pouring it down the drain?

 

[Cooper2085]

Water wont cycle a tank....

Water itself carries very little bacteria, the bacteria generally lives in the substrate/gravel and the filter sponges. Iv used some filter media to seed the new tank but to get a good bacterial collony growing you need to feed them with ammonia

 

[Cory_Dad]

Water wont cycle a tank....

Water itself carries very little bacteria, the bacteria generally lives in the substrate/gravel and the filter sponges. Iv used some filter media to seed the new tank but to get a good bacterial collony growing you need to feed them with ammonia

And where does one get said ammonia? And how much do you put in?

This is fascinating...

 

[Cooper2085]

Boots for the ammonia, it was 3 for £5 i think. Its 9.5% ammonia solution like the stuff in hair dye

As for how much you add.... Some people say work it out so you add 1ppm per day, and after 21 days it should be done. I dont mind waiting, im adding more than that so i have a great colony

 

[Barracuda518]

Do you not have another tank? I have set up many tanks taking filter media from and existing tank to set up a new one.

Be careful moving young fry to a tank that is newly cycled, especially C. panda.

Congratulations on all the spawnings

 

[Cooper2085]

I have moved some media from the established tank to the fry tank, its working fine, should be cycled in no time

 

[Cooper2085]

Well water quality is back up to top notch, 13 eggs picked free this morning from the Java Moss

Il post up pics of the fry tonight