I have some ebjd maybe it supposly bgxbg parents i got fry they are about two weeks old. I think the fish are brother and sister. The problem is some of fry are dieing. I was feeding them baby brine shrimp and they stared dieing so I switch to puree beef heart. I was wondering if the mom and the dad are too closely related and thats whats killing my fish. Also the dad jumped out the tank and died cause i think from the mom. Then she would spit some of the fry away from the group like she was rejecting them and they look like their backs were broken because they had trouble swimming idk.I then took her out from the tank today. I would like not to use brine shrimp its a big hassel to do it every day. I had another spawn from a different brother and sister pair suggestion. I need these question answered help.
Fry helppppp
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30 gal like every 4 days 40 then maybe 20 percent. I was told by the dude who sold me the fish. He is on aqua bid. No rocks I have a sponge filter and a over the back.
You should do a smaller water change, everyday with more delicate fish like this. What's the temp? The "on the back" might actually be pummeling them as well.
Te,ps is room its stay 80 to 84 It stays warm in their room. Ima chanfge the filters tomm. I got the fish from tarmack idk if they are really bg jd. but i have bough ebjd
Clean water is the most important thing you can do for developing fry. I've found that I have to do more water changes with live brine as opposed to a dried food. If there's leftover brine that dies, it tends to rot pretty fast because of its small size and fouls up the water. I raise out fry in bare-bottom 20 gallons with a heater and sponge filter. They get 50 - 75% water changes every day depending on the number of fry and the amount I'm feeding. If you're worried about shocking them with new water, set up a second tank or a rubbermaid container to age the water in overnight. Then you can match the temp and parameters before the water change and it won't shock the fry.
I rarely ever feed brine now. If I do, I get the Hikari frozen baby brine in small cubes. Most fry will eat this pretty well. You can also try Hikari First Bites powdered food for really tiny fry. I take a pinch of it, mix it in a small cup of aquarium water, and blow it directly into the swarm of fry with rigid airline tubing. Once they get big enough to take larger particles of food I've now started using New Life Spectrum growth formula. It's basically a crushed/crumbled pellet. I've got a tank of Heros sp Atabapo fry and a tank of Krobia guianensis fry growing out solely on that right now and they're doing great. They get water changes @ 50% every 1 to 2 days.
There are other factors that contribute to fry deaths. Gill flukes will start to drop them like flies around the 3 - 4 week mark sometimes. It could be a bacterial issue. It's really hard to say for sure. I don't feel that this is as common as water quality problems, so I would always start with the water and see if that fixes it.
I rarely ever feed brine now. If I do, I get the Hikari frozen baby brine in small cubes. Most fry will eat this pretty well. You can also try Hikari First Bites powdered food for really tiny fry. I take a pinch of it, mix it in a small cup of aquarium water, and blow it directly into the swarm of fry with rigid airline tubing. Once they get big enough to take larger particles of food I've now started using New Life Spectrum growth formula. It's basically a crushed/crumbled pellet. I've got a tank of Heros sp Atabapo fry and a tank of Krobia guianensis fry growing out solely on that right now and they're doing great. They get water changes @ 50% every 1 to 2 days.
There are other factors that contribute to fry deaths. Gill flukes will start to drop them like flies around the 3 - 4 week mark sometimes. It could be a bacterial issue. It's really hard to say for sure. I don't feel that this is as common as water quality problems, so I would always start with the water and see if that fixes it.
I agree with Ryans advice. I also use 1st bites and do not use BBS. I've also use NLS crushed into a powder in a moter and pestal. The NLS growth formula is excelent once they get a little bigger. GL