>If I trade in the platys on a few more Otos, can I raise the fry
>directly in my tank? It was a battle just getting this little tank,
>and my wife will have a fit if I get another aquarium just to raise
>baby fish.
If you can keep the ottos from getting to and eating the eggs. They
shouldn't get to fry as those will stay at the surface.
>What do people feed the fry? Artificial Protozoan Rotifer seems easy
>enough. ;-) From Adrienne Tappin's description, vinegar eels seem
>pretty fool-proof, but Gary Lange says that they are
>time-consuming. Which is it? I can probably manage to hatch baby brine
>shrimp, but are they suitable in a tank where I may not be able to
>vacuum all that fall into the gravel? (Assuming I can use my tank.)
APR works great most of the time. The time consuming part of vinegar
eels is in getting them established. I keep a culture but very rarely
use them myself.
The main thing to remember is there are quite a few different ways of
raising fry. Some people will have better luck with a particular
method and then pass that method on as the only way. They may actually
know of different methods but it gets complex and confusing if you try
to explain all the different methods to somebody just learning to
raise fry. I have my prefered methods that work 90% of the time for
me, but have also discovered a particular species will do better when
I use a different method.
later
Cary Hostrawser
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