how to prevents fungus on fish eggs

[Mzungu]

Re: how to prevents fungus on fish eggs

Well, apparently Drs. Foster and Smith sell it...

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=3578+4615+4629+4822&pcatid=4822

But I'm pretty sure I got my last bottle from FishRanch. I don't remember the brand name, but just look in the medication section and you should find it. Or better yet, just ask Charles!  :)

Cameo, do you really add that much methylene blue? I usually add about half of what the bottle recommends, and I've never had a problem with staining the silicone blue (although the sink's a different story!). But I also tend to be a bit overly cautious with anything I add to aquariums.

Killifish people usually have experience with preventing fungus on eggs. I have read that some just throw the eggs in a tank with water from the tap, no dechlorinator, which they claim prevents fungus. I've done this as well, although it was kinda long ago and I don't remember if anything bad happened...hmm...But after a few days, especially if you have some circulation in the tank, the chlorine will have gone away and the eggs can hatch safely.

Until you can get some methylene blue, I'd just watch the eggs carefully and remove any that have fungus so it doesn't spread to the good eggs. What kind of cories, by the way??

Also, just to add, like ek said, fungus happens with "bad eggs," or infertile eggs.

But, Spot, if you have the eggs in with the fry, I'd probably add just a drop or two of the methylene blue if you can get your hands on any. Two drops might be too much for 3 gallons, though. Not sure. If they should hatch tomorrow, you might not even need to worry too much about it, and just do a water change or two.

Good luck! And congrats on the babies!  

[Spot86t]

Re: how to prevents fungus on fish eggs

Thanks for the congrats.  The babies are albino's, but whether they're Sterbai, Aeneus, or the Paleatus species,  I do not know for certain.  I'm leaning to them being of the Aeneus species since I think those are most common.

[dblondfemme]

Re: how to prevents fungus on fish eggs

Mike has the blue stuff.  I bought my last bottle from him.  He swears by it and it cleared a whole tank full of ick within 4 days with only a few drops.  It's only a couple of dollars.

[MJY6087]

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hmmm anyone else have experience w/ the tapwater w/ eggs thing?  When my cichlids spit all over the sand, a day later the fungus attacks them.  Also, if you lift eggs out of the water to transport them to another tank does something bad happen to them?

[nacra99]

Re: how to prevents fungus on fish eggs

Acriflavin works too.
Petco / Petsmart carries it.

Be careful when using Methylene Blue or Acriflavin... they stain almost everything.

[Cameo]

Re: how to prevents fungus on fish eggs

As for moving the eggs, I just run real fast with them to the other room! I used to put them in a container with the tank water when moving them, but have found nothing bad happens in the few seconds they're "waterless". The most important thing I've found is to get a bubble stone right next to the eggs, flowing almost over them. If the eggs are on a leaf, you can clip the leaf to the side of the tank. Also, I try to have the hatching container filled with the original tank water. Remember my experience is with angelfish eggs.
I leave the hatched fry in the water with the M. blue, doing daily water changes and soon it's well diluted.

[PhishPhreek]

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In the olden days when the water company used chlorine you could circulate the water and the chlorine would off-gas (evaporate) in 24 hours +/-.
However the water companies are now using chloramines because they last longer.  If you eggs hatch in less than 3 days you should add something to breakdown the chloramines before the eggs hatch.

[Obed]

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Like has been said when I use MB I use a lot, usually 5 to 6 drops per gallon jug that I keep my eggs in until they hatch... I mostly use acriflavin anymore but still keep MB around... doing daily water changes on the jug by the time the eggs hatch out, the MB or acriflavine is all gone...

[Mzungu]

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Those "MBs" confused me for a second...

Good point, PP. Forgot about the chloramines.

[MJY6087]

Re: how to prevents fungus on fish eggs

OK new problem

I have a nother batch of Neolamp leleupi eggs.  This time I want more than one baby to survive.  I dont feed the wigglers or anything and I want them not to be "fungused".  Any suggestions besides the staining blue stuff?  This batch is crucial since I want to have some leleupi juvies (my original batch) for sale at the HAS auction.

Misc info:
10 g , eggs/wigglers are floating in plastic breeder
Gotten from a tank with stand

[Zulaab]

Re: how to prevents fungus on fish eggs

LELEUPI EGGS ARE WHITE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DO NOT TRASH THEM...  

if that does not get your attention in time I hope it will for someone else.   Leleupi eggs are laid and within a few hours the fertile eggs turn white so they will stand out to the parents while they are attending the eggs..  Please do NOT destroy white eggs from Leleupi..

Btw I would like to know how you got your leleupi's to breed.. right now I have 7 of them with about 20 brichardi growing in my 58g tank... they are still not old enough to breed but they are getting there.

Another thing.. you are NOT going to be able to sell 1 month old Leleupi's as they are like many Tanganyika fish, they are slow growers.. You will most likely be able to sell them around the summer/fall auction when they are about 2in in size.  Leleupi take 18 months to reach maturity.

[MJY6087]

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Zulaab, I appreciate your comments, but I know what the leleupi eggs look like, i have gotten 7+ spawns, my questions was how to get them from getting MOLDY.

And yes, I know i wont be able to sell one month old leleupis.  Thats why i said Im selling my FIRST batch (5+ months old).  I have about 30 juvies swimming around from my first batch from the summer.

I was taught how to breed leleupi from a leleupi master (no joke) in austin.  He showed me the ropes. The only thing I havent mastered regarding leleupis is keeping the darn wigglers from not molding!

[Brownsnoutuk]

Re: how to prevents fungus on fish eggs

Buy a 10 gallon tank from walmart for $10, then use Methylene blue. The silicone will get dyed blue, but its a $10 tank.

[MJY6087]

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i mean i actually dont mind the blue silicone but does that tank get a blue tint?

[Brownsnoutuk]

Re: how to prevents fungus on fish eggs

You mean the glass or the water? The water is blue when you first add it. Then after several water changes it'll be back to clear water.