moldyform Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Hi BN's have hatched and there are around about 30. They have been free swiming for 4 days now. Is it a good idea to remove them now and put them into a fry saver or even into another tank? I have a 2ft planted tank with drift wood in it. Also what is the best way for semoving the fry as they arnt in a breeding pot but hatched in a huge rock? Is it ik to siphen them out via a lage bore hose? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limegirl Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Dont syphon them! Bad idea ... What else is in the two foot tank? I always recken with BNs you should leave well alone. If there is nothing that is going to eat them and the filtration can cope with lots of extra food leave them there. I find that they get so used to coming out to be fed and having hands and gravel cleaners moving around the tank that they are quite easy to catch when the time is right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moldyform Posted June 28, 2007 Author Share Posted June 28, 2007 sorry bad description. They are currently in a 6x2x2 tank with other cichlids, Afra, Pecoks, Fluvus, Clown loach. Is it better then to just stack heeps of plants and drift wood in front of the cave? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limegirl Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 Oh. I see .... You are going to have to get creative ... or remove the parents to the two foot now and spend your energy on the next batch! Still don't think you should syphon - they are delicate at that age, even if they look tough! Still, you might have great success with it! Let us know how you go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moldyform Posted June 28, 2007 Author Share Posted June 28, 2007 Still don't think you should syphon - they are delicate at that age, even if they look tough! Still, you might have great success with it! Let us know how you go. Will the change in water conditions between the two tanks worry the babies? OR should i da a water change taking water from big tank and put it into the small 2 ft tank? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limegirl Posted June 28, 2007 Share Posted June 28, 2007 How long has the 2 foot been set up? Well cycled and similar water quality? I would put some water from the big tank in there, and also keep the littlies in a bucket of six foot tank water and add a little two foot water... then a little more ... then a little more - although if the water quality is drastically different introducing it slowly like that still wont help much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moldyform Posted June 28, 2007 Author Share Posted June 28, 2007 Stuff it. Ill give it a go To night. The plan: Siphen fry out into bucket. Do a 75% water change in the 2ft tank using the 6ft water. Put a divider in quartering the tank. Add plants/driftwood Add Fry. Ill tell how it goes. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteFromTassie Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 A great way to get baby Bristlenose out of your tank is to put some gravel (to weigh it down) and Zucchini (as bait) in an empty cleaned coke bottle and sink it in your tank. Leave it there for a few hours and you'll find that lots of babies will go into the coke bottle to feed and you can just pull them out in the bottle! :-) Hope that helps! ;-) Cheers, Pete. P.S. Might help to have the tank light off too so they feel more comfortable to get 'trapped'! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Posted June 29, 2007 Share Posted June 29, 2007 Stuff it. Ill give it a go To night. The plan: Siphen fry out into bucket. Do a 75% water change in the 2ft tank using the 6ft water. Put a divider in quartering the tank. Add plants/driftwood Add Fry. Ill tell how it goes. Thanks G'day The reason why the syphon is not the best method is because the fry will/may attach inside the syphon tube and you will not be able to get them out. Pete's idea is great, and certainly worth a shot. The divider is great, then try getting a big net underneath ornaments as you remove them from the tank. As the water drains from them you will catch lots of fish, in the net below. Kittens are very suseptable to changes in water conditions. So I would probably drain the other tank and fill with existing tank water. A better option is to place them into a Fry Saver inside the tank, this way there will be no change in water parameters and also no change in temperature. PS. It does not need to be one of my FrySavers, a DIY unit will also do the job, just not look quite as good and no filtration. But it has the tanks filtration and this is more than enough for Bristlie kittens cya Matthew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moldyform Posted June 29, 2007 Author Share Posted June 29, 2007 The divider is great, then try getting a big net underneath ornaments as you remove them from the tank. As the water drains from them you will catch lots of fish, in the net below. Kittens are very suseptable to changes in water conditions. So I would probably drain the other tank and fill with existing tank water. A better option is to place them into a Fry Saver inside the tank, this way there will be no change in water parameters and also no change in temperature. PS. It does not need to be one of my FrySavers, a DIY unit will also do the job, just not look quite as good and no filtration. But it has the tanks filtration and this is more than enough for Bristlie kittens cya Matthew Not sure what you mean there. The fry are in a cave in a massive rock which is about 60 cm long 45cm high and 30 cm deep. Not sure what you ment with ornaments? Il give that bottle trick a go tonight. Thanks heeps All Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishdance Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 I read your post as having problems catching the fry, not asking how to house. If so then I would just siphon them since they are newly hatched. Put the bucket as close to the water level so the siphon speed isnt too fast. I use a clear 8mm ID hose for moving fish fry. I have siphoned newly hatched bristlenose many times. If they have already turned black then you`ll definitely be okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moldyform Posted July 1, 2007 Author Share Posted July 1, 2007 All good and well. First i played the bottle trick but failed. So i resorted to siphen and worked like a dream. Now i just have to kepp them alive. They dont seem to be eating I have put soft deshelled peas in there but they dont seem to move around too much. They are about 1cm. There is a piece of drift wood and a few pieces of allotia (speeling!!!!) plant in with them. Any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conure3 Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 All good and well. First i played the bottle trick but failed. So i resorted to siphen and worked like a dream. Now i just have to kepp them alive. They dont seem to be eating I have put soft deshelled peas in there but they dont seem to move around too much. They are about 1cm. There is a piece of drift wood and a few pieces of allotia (speeling!!!!) plant in with them. Any suggestions? Now is the best time two set-up a new tank for mum and dad [no more problems next time ] they have eggs,just leave them in the tank till they are ready for sale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moldyform Posted July 2, 2007 Author Share Posted July 2, 2007 Yes good idea. My 2 ft will be housing mum dad as soon as i can sell other fry out of it Blues and yellows all obout 3cm long. Its well planted and full of drift wood. Breeding paradice. I defietly Recommend the siphon for removal of fry though. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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