Re: blue ram sudden fry death

[Brian Ahmer <ahmer.1@osu.edu>]

My blue ram fry always disappear after a few days.  I assume either 
the parents get stressed about protecting them from other fish and 
then eat them, or that other fish eat them.  I think since they all 
disappear at once and it's often before they're swimming around a 
lot, I think the parents are eating them.


> [Max Gallade]
> I can only think of three possibilities ,starvation,predation or ph swing.
> I noticed that my Ram fry don't pick that much on Java moss or Algae for
> Microorganisms.
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> [John McCrone]
> I was going to mention that the fry seemed to be looking for food in the
> water column rather than picking like my apisto fry have done in the past. I
> assume that with starvation I would have seen a more gradual die-off as at
> least some should have found drifting food.
>
> Thanks for the offer of microworms - but I live in UK and they might not
> travel. I did set up an infusoria culture, but it hadn't got going. My plan
> was to mash up some daphnia and mosquito larva and see if they would eat
> that - but then they all disappeared.
>
> [Max Gallade]
> Do you use CO2 injection during the day and night in your tank?
> Any other fish in the tank?
>
> [John McCrone]
> No CO2. No other fish. If it is pH swing, then why are they fine for a few
> days then wham?
>
> Another odd thing was that I couldn't spot any dead bodies - even in the
> breeding trap I could only find one. Perhaps snails made fast work of them.
> It's all very strange.
>
> Cheers
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Brian Ahmer
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