Spawn Diary V1 ~ Maui + Kula

[Auratus]

I'll take that one third from the right. Hope you know who he is in a few months when I ask for him.

 

[red-devil0602]

congrats on the spawn SS, as i have said before they are going to be some lovely babies, even if there is so many that they make you go dizzy looking at them

 

[fawnmodel]

They are quite adorable! Glad to hear the waterchange went well, just go to show you that you have to find your own path and do what works for you The little gaffers are lucky to have such a sensitive, caring mommy!

What are your plans with the grow out? That is a ton of fish, I cam imagine it being a little overwhelming!

 

[jollysue]

Congratulations, splashluff, good job!



Cute little guy.

 

[splashluff]

thanks, you guys!


Fawn ~ I have 2 20gal set-ups right now... I'm looking into getting a 50gal. I do believe quite a few babies will die before the 1 month mark. I'm also adding a dwarf cory this weekend, who will probably weed out the poor swimmers and weak fry.

Auratus ~ of course! I'll be sure to remember to reserve him for you VERY nice choice! LOL

 

[splashluff]

OMG... is it... really....? Yes, I'm updating the Spawn diary!!! WE HIT THE ONE-MONTH MARK! And, yes, some of them ARE still alive! heh


Looking back on my last post, I have to smack myself. I did add the Dwarf Cory. He was in there for a week doing perfectly fine, the bottom was totally cleaned of BBS eggs and the babies were happy. Then, on Saturday morning, I woke up to find an empty tank!!! Actually, it looked empty at first glance and I quickly removed Spike (the Corydora)... then, a bunch of fry swam out from the plants =0) so I guess only the smart/big ones survived! I really have no clue why Spike did it, there was plenty of food always in there for him and he seemed content. I know the 200-odd fry that he ate did not die, because they were happy and active the night before. I've been trying to hunt down a friend for Spike, maybe he's lonely? Whatever. Just, PLEASE, if any of you are considering a Cory in your fry tank, be uber careful. I now have around 100 fry... I'm guessing. I counted almost 100 a couple days ago, but I'm sure a bunch were out of sight. I feel really horrible about all of the babies that died, really, really horrible.

All of the surviving fry are eating First Bites and/or tiny bits of frozen Daphnia in the morning and BBS in the afternoon with sporadic MW's and minced up Bloodworms in between, and they're growing all big and strong ! Cleaning the tank every single day is torture, but that's definitely a big part of the job. Actually, I have to go do it now I'll probably do a large WC on Friday, so then I can tell about how many fry are left. I've seen absolutely no dead fry or poor swimmers. Here's a few pics to update on their size, they might be a little bit behind in growth because of how huge the spawn size was. The first 2 pics are of a 3 week-old hunting for MW's in his Java Fern... the last 2 is their handsome Pops! Can you tell how much I love him?

 

[Synirr]

They look fantastic, great job!

 

[splashluff]

thanks Synirr! *snug*

I need to post some pics of YOUR baby, she's doing so well. Spike is back in with her and happy now

 

[jollysue]

What is a dwarf cory? Is that like a pygmy? One pygmy seems hard pressed to eat 200 fry over night. I know betta breeders that use pygmies to keep the tank and eggs clean. Mind you, I really know nothing about any of it.

Of course now you only have the fastest, brightest, and best remaining.

 

[Joby]

Awww sorry to hear you lost so many, a warning to us all with cories in the fry tank. I put some into mine when they were 10 weeks old so felt pretty safe with them. Trouble is, I find that they try and scoff the food before the poor fry get to it sometimes Will not be adding them to grow-out tanks in future.

Wonderful pics of your fry and Happy Month Birthday

 

[splashluff]

Jollysue, I'm actually not 100% sure how many he ate. However, he did have a huge stomache when I removed him and the fry aren't ginormous right now. He had about 18 hours to eat however many he ate before I checked them... my Dad had fed them BBS the night before when I was out, and he said he wasn't particularly checking how many fry were there. But honestly, I dont know. Hopefully it was a lot less than 200 but I know for sure it was at least a good 50-100! Just looking over the tank, it looks at least half as full as it did before.

Yep, he's a pygmy. I was just being dumb after reading about dwarf gouramis and all tired

Thanks Joby!! I think I'll stick to small snails from now on, too. I guess this could be an extreme kind of natural selection... it'll definitely be easier to raise 100-200 fry instead of over 300, but I still can't help but feel horrible for the little guys.

 

[FishEnthusiast]

I am sorry to hear what happened. The remaining fry look really great.

I am with you on not putting cories in with fry. I did the same with my angel fry and all of my very healthy fry were gone the next day. Without a trace. It was heartbreaking.

 

[splashluff]

I am with you on not putting cories in with fry. I did the same with my angel fry and all of my very healthy fry were gone the next day. Without a trace. It was heartbreaking.

ugh, how horrible. I'm probably very lucky that so many babies survived. I still haven't gotten a full count because I decided to just do a 50% change and clean the tank REALLY well instead of doing 100% again... so, I'm still guessing there are 100-ish.

I'm going to throw my camera out the window... Honestly, it's so dumb. The fry look so adorable, they have these gorgeous, full little caudals and tiny little anal and dorsal fins! When I shine a flashlight on them, they all look REALLY green already. And my camera totally refuses to capture their fins or coloring at all.

Meh, anyway, everybody is doing goood! We have a nice schedule down ~ in the morning, they get MW's and First Bites, in the afternoon they get MW's and tinsey bits of frozen BW or daphnia, and in the evening they get BBS... then I clean the whole tank bottom and scrub the sides, removing 1+ gallon then adding 1+ gallon of clean aged water. No pictures, but it's my camera's fault not mine. hehe

 

[splashluff]

^.^ sorry I haven't updated for so long. All of the babies are in a 30 gallon grow-out now... they're getting big! In a few days, they'll be 6 weeks old. It's almost impossible to think that in 6 more weeks they will all be big enough to go off to their new Mommies and Daddies!

They're all bright, shimmery green and they all have pretty well-developed caudals, dorsals and anals. I think these guys are fairly small for their age (probably due to how massive the original size was), but they're eating like little finned pigs! I *finally* got some decent pics that capture their color and itty bitty fins. These do them NO justice, though. They are freakin adorable and already have so much personality... when I come in to feed them they all dash to the front of the tank and stare up at me. I think I'll need to start jarring soon!! ughha.

"FEEED MEE!"

 

[jollysue]

Great job, splashluff!

I hope you didn't mind me clarifying the cory question. It's just I see the pygmy varieties sold as egg and growout tank cleaners by very responsible and reputable dealers and breeders.

I get confused when so many people refer to Cories eating the fry and don't say which Cory species. I will breed something besides apple snails some day. My bronze are laying eggs; my appistos are coloring, I have at least one female scarlet dario dario. I would like straight factual information, you know?