RE: Changing Water in Baby Tank

["Griffiths, Richard" <rgriffit@visa.com>]

Have you checked for Hydra?

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>From: 	Steph & Dave[SMTP:caligula@curie.dialix.com.au]
>Sent: 	Friday, May 15, 1998 2:20 AM
>To: 	Apisto Mailing List
>Subject: 	Changing Water in Baby Tank
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>Hi Folks
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>I am having rotten luck keeping babies, of any sort, alive.  I have had
>the same problem occur three times with krib's, rams' and bristlenose
>pl*co's.  Any suggestions on what I'm doing wrong would be appreciated.
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>I have a small (5gal) tank that I set up and move babies into it (in the
>case of the rams the eggs were moved) When I do a water change I siphon
>out 10 - 20% of water and then fill from my main community tank, where
>the babies come from in the first place.  Next morning, 12 hours later
>1/2 or more of the babies are dead !!  In the case of the Kribs I lost
>all of them within about 24 hours of the water change.
>
>The water is heated in both tanks and would be no more than a degree
>diff in temperature.
>
>Any ideas appreciated, I'm finding it frustrating and disappointing and
>dont like the idea of killing my babies from something I could avoid.
>
>Thanks
>
>Steph
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