Angel Eggs

[Ellen]

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Congrats! And way to go on having a pair that doesn't gobble up the eggs, or the wigglers, or the freeswimmers!! And only on their, what, 3rd try!? Pretty neat!

Ellen

[Mzungu]

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Any news?? Are they still doing well?

[daisymac]

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I know Szid is out of town until tomorrow so we just have to be patient!

[szidlon]

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When I left for SA there were a couple of dozen, but when I returned there were none.  I'd like to take the easy way out and put the blame on my assistant fish keeper but that wouldn't be fair.  I'm not going back out of town until next year at the earliest, if at all, so I'll be here full time for the next spawn.

[Mzungu]

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:(  Sorry about that. But, at least they made progress this time! Maybe next time will be it.  :)

[daisymac]

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Szid, those parents are like naughty children - if you aren't around then they are up to no good. Now that "Mom" willl be in town more they might behave!  

[szidlon]

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Well, I'm back again and this time with a true success story.  I didn't want to post anything and jinx the batch of eggs until I was sure they would survive past the first free swimmers.  As you can see parents and fry are doing well.  I was concerned about the parents snacking on the wigglers so when some of the wigglers had fallen off the slate so I syphoned them out and put them in a 10 gallon by themselves.  I expected the disturbance to surely spook the parents into gobbling up the remaining wigglers but they maintained their composure and continued to care for the remaining wigglers.  Now, I have free swimmers, I mean really free swimming free swimmers with the parents and in the 10 gallon.

[Ellen]

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Whoohoo!!! YIPPEE! :dance:  :clap:    :emtthumbs:  

I'm excited for you! (Can ya tell? )

Ellen

[eklikewhoa]

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sweet!!!

looks like they just needed to do some learning!

[daisymac]

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They are behaving because you are at home! Good job Szid! Congratulations!  artyman: Here's a toast to the new babies.

[Mzungu]

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:dance:  Greatness! Can't wait to watch them grow up!

[fishysue]

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Nice Picture.  Have you been able to raise any of the previous fry?  I have a similar pair, smokey veil and silver veil.  The babies turned out to be smokeys, silvers, and golds, both standard and veiled.  Good luck with them.  

I have a batch of wigglers, two days old, right now.  The parents are both gold marbles.  Beautiful but will not raise the fry.  The father is the gold marble I had in the FOTAS show.  Hoping for a good batch with some Koi, too.  I've raised a couple of batches of fry from siblings of the parents and have Koi from those batches, too.  Hopefully, these will have more of the orange.

I think temperature is a big issue in getting the fry to hatch.  When I moved the eggs, I put them in a 6 gal tank with water from the tank the parents were in.   The 6 gal tank is on a high shelf and under a constant light so the temp dropped gradually from about 80 F to 76 F and is staying steady now.

[szidlon]

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This is the first batch of fry I'm trying to actually raise.  I did remove the ones I left with the parents and put them in with their sibblings.  So far they seem to be doing okay.  I've been feeding microworms and vinegar eels, my BBS should be ready this afternoon.  My Mom was in the hospital for a few days so I wasn't able to start the BBS as soon as I should have.  I'm glad I had alternative foods available in the meantime.  They are all up and swimming in all different ranges of the tank.  Since they are free swimming I was wondering if I could put a small bristlenose in to keep the bottom clean?

I think I have some of your gold marbles from the auction the FOTAS weekend.  I only have four of them and so far none have paired off.

[Ellen]

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Many people who raise angels do put little bn's in the bottom of the tank to keep bacterial slime from developing on the bottom. If you don't you will need to wipe down the bottom with a paper towel to get rid of it.

Ellen

[szidlon]

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Thanks Ellen, that's what I thought but wanted to be sure.  Since this is a new experience for me I'm sure I'll make some mistakes along the way.  But, like the parents, I'll finally get it right.  I've been wiping down the bottom and sides myself when I do water changes.