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Re: David's Breeding Timeline
Parents were removed today due to the continued deterioration of the female's fins as seen below:
Additionally, three of the fry seem to be struggling with heavy breathing laying flat on the bottom side of tank swimming only to feed and stay with the group of fry if they move to the other side of the tank. There is no flashing or rubbing symptoms indicating possible flukes, so I have decided to treat with Kordon's Acriflavine as per the instructions on the bottle (1tsp/10gals). According to Kordon's website (http://www.novalek.com/kordon/Acriflavine/index.htm) lights should be off, redose in proportion to amount of water during water changes, and "Water conditions in which there is a notably acid pH (below 7.0) will inhibit the activity of this product."
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Re: David's Breeding Timeline
Much to my surprise, I think my fry have been genetically altered and are really piranha...why you ask...I introduced them to Al's beef heart mix and frozen blood worms this week and they devour them. So now they're menu consists of eating frozen baby brine shrimp, AngelsPlus High-Pro Growth flake, Al's beef heart mix and frozen blood worms. I'm such a proud aquatic parent...LOL
Pictures to follow this coming Monday.
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Re: David's Breeding Timeline
Week 7: Update
Fry are doing well and growing. Not much new to report other than I've continued to cull any fry with dorsal fin deformity, which in general may be due to water quality issue. More specifically, it could be a result of insufficient minerals such as calcium and or hardness being added back to the RO water that I use. Keep in mind that I have well water with a whole house brine water softener system and decided not to use tap water in any of my tanks, but rather use remineralized RO water. That said, I suspect the problem may be due to me not adjusting my RO water in the first few weeks of free-swimming, which should have been done gradually almost immediately once the fry went free swimming.
At least I suspect that this is my issue rather than it being caused by a nutrient deficiency in the parent's diet prior to spawning. My pair were feed a good beefheart mix, flake, pellets, frozen bloodworms and brine shrimp all containing added vitamins and minerals for a balanced diet.
In short, both proper minerals and nutrients are needed for good fry development.
As for the pair, they are doing well. I took the plunge to trim the damage caudal fins on the female and they have now fully re-grown and she has healed up nicely from the fry aggressively feeding on her.
Going forward, I will post pictured every two weeks given there is not a lot of change in a week's time.
Last edited by David Rose; 02-22-2010 at 03:14 PM.
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Re: David's Breeding Timeline
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Re: David's Breeding Timeline
Week 9: Update
I very sad to report that I woke up this morning to find all my fry dead overnight. I had 17 remaining fry.
The cause was due to me dosing the tank with APIs Algae Destroyer for the first time yesterday afternoon after doing a 100% water change and wiping down the inside tank. I'm a little in shock given I had plenty of extra aeration and there were no signs of stress by the time I went to bed last night, which was more than six hours later. I can only conclude that there was a reaction the the additive.
My apologies folks, but there will be no new updates until there is a new batch of fry.
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