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Post by debnel 13/8/2012, 18:30

lol will do hun. now i need my culture to arrive in next day or two...ordered a batch from ebay and gonna start my lettuce one tonight.
also discovered a problem keeping the fry warm when i lift the lid on the tank lol, maybe i can clingfilm that corner but not sure how will that will work with lights so close
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Post by Siamese fighter 13/8/2012, 18:34

I was doing a bit of reading up and I came across the fact that you can use grease proof paper but I am not sure how that will work because of the light thing really will have to read up on that one or I am sure someone will have a solution for us.
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Post by Ian 13/8/2012, 19:26

can you see the eggs in the top of the nest

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Post by debnel 13/8/2012, 19:39

Yes tiny but brighter white than the bubbles. Can't see them from below tho
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Post by Ian 13/8/2012, 19:41

thats ok now remove the female her job is done

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Post by Siamese fighter 13/8/2012, 19:43

It's brilliant isn't it mick really pleased for her
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Post by debnel 13/8/2012, 19:56

Oh she is out. That's why I had to remove the lid and risk cooling the eggs. He has built the nest inches above the heater and it took seconds to remove her so hopefully should be ok.
Still grinning like a loon tho Lorna
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Post by Siamese fighter 13/8/2012, 20:03

me too and there not even my eggs lol
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Post by Ian 13/8/2012, 20:13

lol

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Post by Siamese fighter 13/8/2012, 22:52

you would think we where having the babies ourselves lol
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Post by debnel 15/8/2012, 16:26

No idea what day I am on now but I know the eggs should be 2days old now. When do I need to remove the male? He is a bugger for eating the guppy fry.....
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Post by Ian 15/8/2012, 16:46

you dont he looks after the eggs and fry its the guppies you need to take out

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Post by debnel 15/8/2012, 18:03

Lol no I don't have guppy in there! I meant he is a bugger for chasing and eating any fry he sees.
Go home from work & fry is free swimming. Hope they won't need to eat for few days as cultures not ready!!!
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Post by Ian 15/8/2012, 19:08

they will live off the egg sacks for a couple of days then start on liquafry liquid till your culture is ready

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Post by Ian 15/8/2012, 19:10

youll see him take the fry in his mouth if any escape and spit them back at the nest
which is hilarious to watch cos theres hundreds of fry eventually he gives up and rounds them up like a sheep dog

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Post by debnel 15/8/2012, 19:42

Yeah I watched him do that. He picked up about 6 and just as I panicked that he was eating them he then spat them up
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Post by debnel 17/8/2012, 09:15

well as expected its not looking too good.
have been struggling to do water changes without detroying the bubble nest that was keeping them safe. also i didnt expect things to move so quickly so didnt have my fry food ready to go.
only a few wrigglers left Crying or Very sad
well guess its a learing curve and maybe will have better luck next time. anyone know how i can get around the water changes tho? cant drop water level too low or my filter doesnt work. its set on lowest setting but still needed.
gonna move male back to main tank tonight i think
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Post by Siamese fighter 17/8/2012, 13:58

I am sorry to hear that deb it's a real shame they were obviously a bit too keen this time but next time you may have more time to prepare and you never know they might be as feisty as there mam and manage to survive, when I was talking to mick about breeding fighters he advised me not to do any water changes if that helps you at all.
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Post by debnel 17/8/2012, 15:36

i didnt actually manage to do more than suck out a bit of waste with baster and add more water from other tank.
still got a few so will see what happens with those left.
i used the egg yolk mixture until i had the liquid fry stuff.
mick do you think that helped or hindered them? just so i know whether or not to use next time round
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Post by Ian 17/8/2012, 16:30

i wouldnt even take out the waste the fry seem to graze the food at the bottom only take it out if it gose fury

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Post by debnel 17/8/2012, 16:37

Yeah it was fluffy so couldn't really leave it. Only other choice was to use stronger filter so decided better to remove
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Post by Siamese fighter 17/8/2012, 19:36

These thing's happen deb it's a shame though
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Post by debnel 17/8/2012, 23:25

Hey I may end up with a survivor or two. Not given up hope yet...


Next times a winner!!!
Learn from my f*** ups if u can hun
Wish had known all this stuff before hand
Then again I suppose this is the reason we created these threads!
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Post by Siamese fighter 17/8/2012, 23:26

That is so true hun and definitely don't give up hope with the other's they may just surprise you and next time you will be bigger, better and stronger for it.
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Post by debnel 17/8/2012, 23:33

id love it if just one survived!
Well 2 so ucan have 1 too!
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