Piranha fry tank w/c question...

[d3r]

As some of you may know i have a 10gallon fry tank with about 200 red belly piranhas in it. they are about 3weeks old.

As I've read i have been doing bi-daily water changes using water from the mother tank. my question is when can i start doing water changes using brand new freshwater out of the tap instead of out of my mother tank?

thanks a lot for all the help! i ask a lot but i wouldn't have made it this far without your help haha!

 

[snake8myelbo]

I would say you should be ok as long as you match temp and condition the water. I would also use a tiny pump and pump it slow. Start with 10-20% this is what I do with angelfish fry. Post pics of the fry

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[d3r]

Well i took out about 25% and currently slow syphoning brand new water treated with aquasafe in. Haven't had any croak yet so i guess that's a good sign.

Tried to get a few pics..they move too much haha heres what i got.

Some like to hang out by the thermometer all day haha

Again..

And here's my little set up...a bunch hide In the little plants so you cant see em.

 

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[F1 VET]

With a ten gallon tank just use a 5gal bucket to do wc. Get a infared thermometer from radioshack or online for 15-25$ and match the temp @ the faucet, add dechlor to the bucket and fill it up. When my 10gal was set up I would just place the bucket on the rim and a small hose would siphon water from bucket into the tank via gravity!

BTW dechlor 2-5gals of water is a tiny amount, if I were you I'd make shift a tap filter by using a plastic container and adding carbon in a media bag or buy the fluval pouches and drill small holes in the bottom. When you fill up bucket put the DIY filter under the faucet, then take a q tip and dab it in the bottle of dechlor, then when the bucket has enough water mix it around and bam: fresh healthy water.



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[d3r]

With a ten gallon tank just use a 5gal bucket to do wc. match the temp @ the faucet, add dechlor to the bucket and fill it up. When my 10gal was set up I would just place the bucket on the rim and a small hose would siphon water from bucket into the tank via gravity!

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Haha this is EXACTLY what i do...in fact, if you look at the 3rd pic you will notice I'm finishing up a w/c when it was taken...bucket on rim w/small hose. glad im pretty good at "wing'n it"

I'm way new to raising fry. have a lot to learn.

 

[importracer]

As some of you may know i have a 10gallon fry tank with about 200 red belly piranhas in it. they are about 3weeks old.

As I've read i have been doing bi-daily water changes using water from the mother tank. my question is when can i start doing water changes using brand new freshwater out of the tap instead of out of my mother tank?

thanks a lot for all the help! i ask a lot but i wouldn't have made it this far without your help haha!

I would do water changes from tap now............WHen raising fry, I do 50% water changes evrday for the first two weeks...............

 

[Christop]

One trick can be to use a garbage bag/large fish bag, put your dechlor into bag and fill the bag inside the aquarium with tap water of very close temp. Add 1/2-1gal every 10-30mins (depending on how fast you wanna do it ). I get spooked with some city water supplies with raising fry, one week the city puts extra chlorine/chlorimine in water and you lose a batch of fry...

 

[FishPhilippines]

may i ask what are you feeding your fry? good luck!