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Birthing Tank | 5 comments (5 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Birthing Tank (none / 0) (#4)
by G ma on Wed Nov 01, 2006 at 11:46:58 AM PST

Uncle Scott,

Thanks. I can afford maybe a 10 gallon tank for growing out fry but still don't understand/know how many fry I can put into that size tank.

The daily water changes are getting to be tedius. At my age the shoulders and arms hurt a lot from hauling that water from the kitchen to the livingroom where the tanks are.

Plus, as I just said, in a new diary entry on ammonia levels, I'm adding ammonia into the tank with every water change because of the city water supply.

I do have about 12 gallons of hurricane emergency drinking water in the garage. If I test it and it doesn't have ammonia in it, could I use some of that to do my partial water changes?

Thanks,

G ma

Re: Birthing Tank (none / 0) (#5)
by New Guppy Momma on Wed Nov 01, 2006 at 07:53:39 PM PST

If the fry are in there until half grown and with frequent water changes (every 3-4 days or so once the tank cycles) you could get away with around 20 fry. I had 13 fry in a 1 gallon tank for about a month but I was doing twice daily 50% water changes most of the time. Now I just let the fry fend for themselves. Adding a few more plastic plants helps and I recently constructed a spawning mop which also hides fry and gives the other fish more shelter as well. Doesn't do much for the asthetics of my tank as my daughters wanted it pink and purple. But it looks pretty. I'll have to get a picture of it. The directions are somewhere in IH. but it's really easy. Just wind knittting yarn around a book about 100 times. Cut the looped ends and knot one end. I tied one end of mine to the cross beam of my tank hood. Oh and I boiled mine for about 20 minutes before adding to the tank after I cooled it in ice water. The water in the pot was a very bright pinky color. Imagine all that dye in the fishtank. EEEKKK ;)

Oh and Thanks Unc for posting the instructions.I think a long while ago. The Captain feels a bit more secure with the extra shelter from his imagined dangers.
Before all else fails....do a 25% water change ;)
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Birthing Tank | 5 comments (5 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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