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

["A JACOBSON" <amjacobson52@msn.com>]

Do I move the fry tomorrow, or wait until they are free-swimming?  (Seems it 
would be easier to do it now, while they are still in a neat pile . . .)

Also, since I can hardly get cultures of paramecium, infusoria and rotifer 
going in the time available, is it okay to use liquifry or some other 
commercial preparation, until they are big enough for BBS?  Also, I've got some 
green water going in a 20 gallon tank outside -- can green water be used to 
feed them?

IS ANYONE GOING TO BE SELLING VINEGAR EEL CULTURES AT THE AUCTION?

Anita
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: steev ward<mailto:steevward@mac.com> 
  To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member 
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  Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 10:39 PM
  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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