SouthernCross
Fish Addict
Hi all,
My honey gouramis have been breeding (some of you may have been following my thread in the gourami forum) and the last batch was a big one, and I managed to separate a lot of the fry into a separate container floating in the tank. Now, I had a lot of issues with changing the water and cleaning waste food out of the container (remember, honey gourami fry are SUPER TINY so even using just airline tubing to siphon I was still sucking them up and swirling them around) and all the ones in the container (prob about 100) died. Now when I was fiddling with the tank and had the lid off, I noticed what must be about 30-40 odd fry in the filter compartments of my tank.
This is my tank http
/aquamanta.com.au/?wpsc-product=glass-aquarium-xanti-40 and as you can see its got sort of like a sump style filter built in the back of the tank, and the water movement between the compartments is actually very slow. These fry have been living back there about five days now, spread out over the different sections (although I am impressed some are somehow managing to pass THROUGH a sponge to get to the final compartment!) and I don't seem to be losing any on a rough head count.
Now, am I wrong to think that the back compartment there is probably the best, safest place they can be and better than trying to manage them in a container? They are safe from the adult fish in the tank, and there is probably plenty of muck back there for them to nibble on (I have been dropping a little bit of NLS Small Fry Starter back there once a day too) and they are living in filtered water so I don't have to fret about build up of ammonia like I was in the container - basically I am asking is it ideal to leave them there, and has anyone else ever raised any fry (intentionally or not!) in a filter compartment like this before with success? Obviously once they get a bit bigger I will move them out into the main tank, but obviously that might take a couple of months or more. But there is quite a lot of open space back there.
Thoughts
Editing to add before anyone says it, I don't have the ability to set up another tank right now so I am doing the best with what i have....
My honey gouramis have been breeding (some of you may have been following my thread in the gourami forum) and the last batch was a big one, and I managed to separate a lot of the fry into a separate container floating in the tank. Now, I had a lot of issues with changing the water and cleaning waste food out of the container (remember, honey gourami fry are SUPER TINY so even using just airline tubing to siphon I was still sucking them up and swirling them around) and all the ones in the container (prob about 100) died. Now when I was fiddling with the tank and had the lid off, I noticed what must be about 30-40 odd fry in the filter compartments of my tank.
This is my tank http
/aquamanta.com.au/?wpsc-product=glass-aquarium-xanti-40 and as you can see its got sort of like a sump style filter built in the back of the tank, and the water movement between the compartments is actually very slow. These fry have been living back there about five days now, spread out over the different sections (although I am impressed some are somehow managing to pass THROUGH a sponge to get to the final compartment!) and I don't seem to be losing any on a rough head count.Now, am I wrong to think that the back compartment there is probably the best, safest place they can be and better than trying to manage them in a container? They are safe from the adult fish in the tank, and there is probably plenty of muck back there for them to nibble on (I have been dropping a little bit of NLS Small Fry Starter back there once a day too) and they are living in filtered water so I don't have to fret about build up of ammonia like I was in the container - basically I am asking is it ideal to leave them there, and has anyone else ever raised any fry (intentionally or not!) in a filter compartment like this before with success? Obviously once they get a bit bigger I will move them out into the main tank, but obviously that might take a couple of months or more. But there is quite a lot of open space back there.
Thoughts
Editing to add before anyone says it, I don't have the ability to set up another tank right now so I am doing the best with what i have....
