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Raising E. okefenokee fry


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Posted 25 May 2009 - 02:02 PM

Hi,

I am having trouble raising some E. okefenokee fry. I siphoned out about 30 fry 2 weeks ago and kept them in a plastic sandwich container with really dense growth of Hornwort, plus a few snails. The container is floating on the surface of the parental tank(5g at 76*F) with gentle bubbling. I feed microworms twice a day.
I am now down to 8 fry in this container. Any suggestions?

- Pat

#2 Michael Wolfe

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Posted 25 May 2009 - 04:50 PM

Hi,

I am having trouble raising some E. okefenokee fry. I siphoned out about 30 fry 2 weeks ago and kept them in a plastic sandwich container with really dense growth of Hornwort, plus a few snails. The container is floating on the surface of the parental tank(5g at 76*F) with gentle bubbling. I feed microworms twice a day.
I am now down to 8 fry in this container. Any suggestions?

- Pat


Probably inhospitable water conditions in the bag...my suggestion would be to move the parents to another tank and release the fry into the main tank... if you cannot move the adults, then release the fry into the tank anyway... they probably have a better chance in a heavily planted tank with the adults than in the bag with questionable water quality... particularly as much as you are feeding...

I have had a few fry grow to adult size with as many as five adults in a ten gallon... I wasn't trying to keep the fry alive, just let them go free in the tank... and a few get away and grow up... worth a try... more plants and better water quality...
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Posted 25 May 2009 - 11:37 PM

Oops, I guess I should be more clear regarding the plastic sandwich container. It is the rigid plastic type made by Glad, and not the plastic sandwich baggies. I do have fry along with the adults at the moment, but they are quite reclusive. I am trying to isolate the fry in an attempt to raise a large number of them. Also how long does it take before the fry can take BBS? Would greenwater increase the survival rate of the fry?

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Posted 26 May 2009 - 04:14 PM

yes, greenwater may help. elassoma dont eat algae, but algae will consume ammonia and thus improve water quality.
some fry will start eating 24-hr artemia within a week, others maybe not for a couple weeks. growth is uneven and the larger fry intimidate the smaller ones. besides microworms, philodina rotifers/paramecium mix is a good first food. And now that its spring, collect some mosquito eggs and place them with your fry. absolute best food!

Oops, I guess I should be more clear regarding the plastic sandwich container. It is the rigid plastic type made by Glad, and not the plastic sandwich baggies. I do have fry along with the adults at the moment, but they are quite reclusive. I am trying to isolate the fry in an attempt to raise a large number of them. Also how long does it take before the fry can take BBS? Would greenwater increase the survival rate of the fry?


Edited by gerald, 26 May 2009 - 04:18 PM.


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Posted 02 August 2009 - 05:25 PM

I've had great luck feeding bbs to elassoma fry.

Most fish breeders won't agree with this, but I swear I have NEVER known a fish to eat microworms. I've fed them and watched very carefully...I have never observed feeding behavior after introducing these things to a container holding fry. It's possible the little ones are starving.

Also, if you're breeding tank has a lot of cover, and if the adults are well fed, you should be able to raise a number of fry in with the parents. I used to have great luck that way with evergladei. In fact, I gave some to a friend who soon had several generations going in a one-gallon mayo jar full of java moss and a little water!




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