Zerbra Danio fry!

[DarkLies]

So, how many do you suggest I get?

 

[Newman]

3 small ones ? its up to you lol

 

[borracho]

I found at least a dozen fry in the water that I sucked out of the tank during a water change. This time, I set up a small container barely submerged in a corner inside the tank, so they might have a chance of survival. I fed them a tiny bit of powdered egg yolk. They seem to be doing OK.

 

[DarkLies]

Yikesss....were they injured at all? =/ Or just kinda freaked ^^
And thanks Newman

 

[borracho]

They're mostly fine. I noticed that a few escaped, and I saw one escape and get eaten right away by one of my zebras! I raised the container a little so it's out of the water slightly. I still have about ten it seems..

 

[DarkLies]

Aww =/
I'm sorry!
Are they long or short tailed?

 

[borracho]

Aww =/
I'm sorry!
Are they long or short tailed?

They're all short-tailed. The dad is the fish in the picture to the left, haha. We call him Goliath because he's always chasing after the other zebras. The fry are free swimming now!

 

[Newman]

really nice pic

 

[DarkLies]

Awww, what a perfect name XD

And I completely agree with Newman! Very nice pic!

 

[borracho]

Damn, I find dozens of fry every week when I'm doing a water change! I found at least 30 more earlier. I'm giving them away to a lady who has a fry tank set up. I have 14 of my own right now slowly growing, haha. Does everyone with zebra danios and cherry barbs get this many fry?

 

[OrangeCones]

Both are egg scatterers and breed constantly. Unless you actively look for fry, the vast majority will be eaten by the adults.

 

[borracho]

Whao.. what a rip off.. I bought a fish net breeder to put in my week-old fry and they all escaped and got eaten except for the 2 I saved.

 

[Newman]

rofl. theyre apparently too small for the net so use a breeder box maybe? one w/o holes?

you can always return the breeder lol.

 

[borracho]

Holes are too big for the fry. I don't know why they'd sell this stuff if it's not gonna work. Ugh! I spent a lot of time rearing these stupid fry, lol.. this sucks. I got 2 left at least.

 

[Newman]

loool. those breeders are ideally made for livebearer fry, since the usual customers of breeder nets are people who post threads with similar names to "OMG Pregnate Guppy, HELP PLZ!!!!"

hehe..

 

[JRB__]

.... use a breeder box maybe? one w/o holes?....

Use a breeder box that doesn't have holes like already said, the breeding nets are for livebearers and larger fry although even then a cichlid for example can sit next to the net and when an unsuspecting fry swims by it'll suck it through the net. Happened with my blue acara fry.

 

[OrangeCones]

If you want to save the fry, its best to have a seperate tank for them to live in.

I breed 2 species of egg scatterers and use a small tank covered in marbles, with a large piece of driftwood covered in Java moss. I add just the females at first, feed live foods for several days, then do a large water change right before adding the males. They lay their eggs in the moss, and I shake the moss several times a day for the 2 or 3 days I leave them in there. The eggs will fall between the marbles where the parents can't get to them, and once they are free-swimming, they will swim out of the marbles into their own tank, since the parents were removed to go back to their own tank before they hatched.

I add green water to the fry tank and there is infusoria in/among the moss, so they have foods to eat until they are large enough can eat commercially prepared foods.

 

[JRB__]

*thumbsups

If you want to save the fry, its best to have a seperate tank for them to live in.

I breed 2 species of egg scatterers and use a small tank covered in marbles, with a large piece of driftwood covered in Java moss. I add just the females at first, feed live foods for several days, then do a large water change right before adding the males. They lay their eggs in the moss, and I shake the moss several times a day for the 2 or 3 days I leave them in there. The eggs will fall between the marbles where the parents can't get to them, and once they are free-swimming, they will swim out of the marbles into their own tank, since the parents were removed to go back to their own tank before they hatched.

I add green water to the fry tank and there is infusoria in/among the moss, so they have foods to eat until they are large enough can eat commercially prepared foods.

Hmm very clever, I like it *thumbsups

Whats green water?

 

[Newman]

water thats green...
full of green algae, that is consumed by small stuff like daphnia.
I think its a special kind of green algae though, i cant seem to get it from anything in my tanks...

 

[OrangeCones]

*thumbsups

Hmm very clever, I like it *thumbsups

Whats green water?

As Newman says, its water that is green! Algae and other tasty critters suspended in it. Fairly easy to grow if you have a small container and sunlight available. I use a glass jar that is meant to brew 'sun tea' and then can use the pour spout to take out the amount I need without making a mess.