Re: Melanot. fry and eggs
Alan Salmon (asalmon at mat.army.defence.gov.au)
Fri, 26 Jul 1996 11:53:42 +1100
Ted Northrop wrote:
>
> On Wed, 24 Jul 1996, Julie A. Zeppieri wrote:
>
> > You said that you use a "power filter" on your rearing tank. What kind do
> > you use? Bow fry are tiny, and power filters are, well, powerful,
> > depending on what kind you have. Could be that the one you've got's
> > sucking the little buggers up.
>
> The fry are in a fry cage in the front of the tank, with some java moss.
> So they can't get sucked up by the filter, and I have it turned down very
> low, the duckweed on top of the tank is barely moving around, is that
> still to much agitation??
> Ted
Ted,
Some people on this list assure me that rainbows become very adept at
sucking the fry through the mesh of those net fry tanks. Having tested
the theory (albeit unintentionally), I can vouch for the accuracy of the
statement :-(