RE: [GSAS-Member] HELP! My Blue Rams have hatched!

["Susan Welenofsky" <welenofsky@comcast.net>]

My killifish hatchlings survived on whatever they could find growing in the
ten-gallon tank. I was very surprised to see them, as I hadn't put any food
in there for a least a couple of weeks, since I took the fish out. I left
the lights on the whole time so the plants would grow nice. There are at
least three fish. How are paramecium cultured? A banana peel in some
aquarium water?

Susan

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Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 9:39 PM
To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat
Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] HELP! My Blue Rams have hatched!

When I have been successful with Rams it always involved moving the hatched
fry to a separate tank. This I did by siphoning water from the parents tank
into a ten gallon (important to match the temperature in this tank). The fry
were siphoned out as well. I had trouble getting them to eat baby brine
shrimp when they were first
freeswimming (never feed before then) because they are smaller than other
cichlid fry. I used paramecium (and assorted infusoria and rotifers) to get
them through the first few days. Microworms are often recommended and I
think I used them as well. Vinegar eels might be good. Ask Susan about
those.

Since all this involves a little planning I usually advise people to use the
first spawn (or two) as a dry run, letting the parents get used to the idea
of raising fry and letting you learn about hatching times, freeswimming
times, etc.

The Cory cats on the other hand involve no planning. My Corydoras sterbai
spawned last Wednesday and I scraped the eggs out with a razor blade (as
people have suggested) and today they have hatched. There were only a few
white (infertile) eggs. I didn't have a tank ready so they are in a plastic
ice cube tray on a shelf above my computer
where it doesn't get too chilly. Hmmm. I wonder if I could take a picture of
one without getting water on my keyboard again.

Steev

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