Re: Need help on the timing to rescue fry

[salS <chas33@optonline.net>]

Tomoko,
Personally, I will remove fry as soon as the mother starts herding them
around ( basically as soon as they come out of the spawning cave). If you
wait too long  it's very hard to catch them, as you are experiencing.
I use a piece of airline tubing to siphon them into a container that already
has some water from their tank. After which I will place them in a 5 GL
tank. I use a 5 GAL tank to make sure they see the food ( BBS) and eat well.
As they grow I move them into bigger tanks..usually a 20 - 30 GAL grow out
tanks, depending on the size of the spawn.
Oak leave will help hide the fry..but don't worry..the little guys are very
resourceful.
good luck
sal
----- Original Message -----
From: Tomoko Schum <tomokoschum@earthlink.net>
To: <apisto@listbox.com>
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 9:41 AM
Subject: Need help on the timing to rescue fry


> Hi all,
>
> I need an advice for the proper timing for
> separating fry from their parents and for the
> method to get the fry out.
>
> I'm afraid that I waited too long to rescue the
> current batch of borellii fry (my very first
> spawn/2 weeks old) before parents spawned again.
> I tried to rescue the remaining fry (I could only
> see two this morning) but they are too fast to
> catch.  So they are on their own.  But I don't
> want to repeat the same mistake of waiting too
> long with the next batch of fry.
>
> The tank is heavily planted but evidently it does
> not offer enough protection for the small fry.
>
> As for the remaining fry, should I add some Oak
> leaves to create some extra hiding spot?
>
> TIA,
>
> Tomoko
>
>
>
>
>
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