Teamsherman Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Hi folks, one of my females in my display tank has a massive mouthful of eggs that I noticed about a week ago. I can see into her mouth that they have changed in colour so I think they are fertile. If I strip her soon and use an egg tumbler (Zeiss 60) is it too early for them to survive or should I give it a few more days? I don't want her to eat or spit them out as they wont last 5 seconds in the tank! cheers, Alan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 strip her and tumble, the eggs will have developed to heads and tails with yolk sack now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamsherman Posted January 24, 2016 Author Share Posted January 24, 2016 So I managed to strip most of them out but it was taking too long so I put her back in the main tank to recover but I think she kept hold of a few. Oh well, I managed to get about 20 of them. These guys are fine in a fry saver aren't they? They are free swimming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Good work they seem about 3 weeks so a fry saver is where they need to go I use a small bucket and just sit the female in a net hanging in the bucket so it doesn't stress her too much between milking attempts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t3v0r0 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 They should be good in a fry saver mate. Their egg sacks are gone right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamsherman Posted January 24, 2016 Author Share Posted January 24, 2016 11 hours ago, t3v0r0 said: They should be good in a fry saver mate. Their egg sacks are gone right? Yep. Theyre doing well and eating lots of fry powder! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamsherman Posted February 10, 2016 Author Share Posted February 10, 2016 Just a quick update, all 19 fry are still going great and have doubled in size! I moved them into a larger fry saver today to adjust to their size as to give them some more room to stretch their fins! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ged Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Always found that Saulosi had excellent surval and growth rates. Increasing the size of the fry saver is a great way to maintain the growth rate. I have seen fry kept in savers that are too small and as a result the fry are undersized for the days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamsherman Posted February 21, 2016 Author Share Posted February 21, 2016 Stripped out another mouthful today! Different female too. They are just heads and tails so they're gently tumbling in the Ziss. Got about 30 out of this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamsherman Posted February 22, 2016 Author Share Posted February 22, 2016 Here is a picture of the babies in their tumbler! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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