May sound a bit silly but I know fry can be a bit delicate. I want to top off the tank with fresh water and I usually do about a half cap in my 90 gallon that my festae bred in. Is it safe to add prime or stress coat ?
Ok it’s a 90 gallon and it’s down about 2 inches. Usually takes about 2 5 gallon buckets to raise it to the level from before. I’ll dose for 10 gallonsYes it is safe as long as you dose appropriately. If you are just topping off the tank, you will need to figure out how much you need to dose based on the amount of new water you will be adding.
Interesting, I started a different thread and basically everyone said to let the parents raise them. They are red Terrors in a 90 gallon aquariumFry are very delicate and normally kept in small tanks to concentrate first foods so it's bad practice adding unknown water to their tanks. Tap water can vary unpredictability beyond chlorine/ chloramine.
Most fish breeders use proven water from an existing tank for fry. In my case, 10% volume of a large breeding tank is sufficient to replace 50% of 80 fry tanks.
If I was you.. I would make sure the fry have a lot of small places to hide in case the parents decide to eat them.. and once they are bigger, pull them out and put them in their own tank. That's just my opinion. I'm sure you'll have better luck growing them if you pull them, but personally I wouldn't bother.Interesting, I started a different thread and basically everyone said to let the parents raise them. They are red Terrors in a 90 gallon aquarium
Fry are very delicate and normally kept in small tanks to concentrate first foods so it's bad practice adding unknown water to their tanks. Tap water can vary unpredictability beyond chlorine/ chloramine.
Most fish breeders use proven water from an existing tank for fry. In my case, 10% volume of a large breeding tank is sufficient to replace 50% of 80 fry tanks.
I went out and bout a 10 gallon kit I’m going to set it up now. I will try and grab about half. I have a 20 and a 55 lying around that I will eventually find the spirit to set up for them. Is it safe to top off the water with prime ? Only clarifying with you because let’s face it you clearly are the most trusted source being an administrator and having years of experience. Thanks I’m advance !There are at least a couple different concepts/ways to raise fry, and all have equal merit.
Raising in a smaller grow out tank where food is easy to get can be advantageous.
Allowing parents to raise fry also has certain advantages (fry can munch on the parents slime coat providing extra nutrients, and passing along some immunity).
I have done both.
If with parents in a large tank, I use a pipette or turkey baster to send food directly into the shoal of fry.
I will often siphon off half fry to a grow out tank, just in case there is an anomaly in the large tank.
There may also be need for a number of grow out tanks as the fry grow, many grow at different rates, and separating by size keeps large fry from eating smaller ones.
And there is a point where they need to be separated from parents, because the parents may want to spawn again, and the older fry then, become a threat.