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Hi all, has anyone seen the moving of newly hatched fry to a new site. My triple red female has had 3 batches of eggs, no sign of fry. This time she seems to have moved hatchlings to another coconut hut near by. I watched her go back and forth and seem to be delivering her brood, this happened...
ick gone after 86 and UV & still spawning
Well so far all looks good, no signs of ick for a week, so the heat 86 and UV seemed to do the trick :biggrin:
Lost that batch of eggs, not sure if from heat or just that it was her first batch, working on second batch now....she seems to trust her...
Hi thanks for all the help :) Keeping that tank all covered with a thick blanket but for a few air holes around filters made all the difference. Held my temp 86 steady all night. THANK YOU :) Laura
blanketing tank worked :)
WOW that totally worked !!!!!! I kept my same temp up all night with a total tank wrap, except to a few air holes by the filters :) I used a heavy blanket for the tank and heavy towel across the back :) Good to know for the future, should have thought of that, made...
First, thanks for the helpful notes ! :) I guess you didn't see where I had added a 9 watt UV first thing and do daily gravel vacs :) as well as water changes.........note the "dumb" I wrote for not quaranteening, can't undo that, BUT I do hear ya on the stable temps. I keep my tank 80-82...
Been trying to keep my tank at 86 to kill ick, room temp is 70, heater will take it to 86 in the day due to llghts and UV sub heater motor,but night comes and I drop to 82-84 ackkkkkkk was told two heaters would do the trick, but will that really work, thought all heaters just got ya 12 degrees...
Added new ottos without quaranteen, DUMB, and they brought in ick just as my triple reds started to spawn. Seems she has laid eggs but will my hotter temp cook the eggs and or fry?? Will this speed up hatching as well ?Popped in a 9wt UV and got temp up to 86 and increased...