Roy Hunter
Co-Chairman
ANGFA of North America
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> From: Tim R. Ayers <ayers at ibex-usa.com>
> To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au
> Subject: [RML] Newbie hatching questions
> Date: Wednesday, March 26, 1997 8:52 PM
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I am contemplating getting a group of Blue-eyes. I certainly want to
> do the right thing and after recent discussions, it is obvious I won't
> be getting them from a fish store. (Not that I could find any anyway.)
> That leaves me with fish from Roy, or eggs from someone like Cary
> Hostrawser. Having been _involved_ in other hobbies, I appreciate all
> of Roy's hard work. But as a guy with one little tank who just wants
> some nice fish to look at, I can't really justify the cost of shipping
> fish. So that leaves me with trying to hatch eggs.
>
> I was reading the article by Gary Lange on the Rainbowfish Study Group
> site about hatching Rainbowfish eggs
> (http://home.earthlink.net/~sbuckel/hatch.html) and had a couple
> questions.
>
> As background, I have a newly cycled, moderately planted, 15 gallon
> tank. It is filtered by an Aquaclear 150 with a sponge "pre-filter"
> over the intake. The water surface is very calm. The tank is currently
> occupied by a pair of platys and two Otocinclus affinis.
>
> Gary Lange says to use freshly dechlorinated water for hatching the
> eggs. My water is treated with chloramine. Will water neutralized with
> Amquel be okay?
>
> 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.
>
> 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.)
>
> Please send any other options and advice. I'm excited but intimidated
> by the prospect of hatching fish eggs. Thanks for the help.
>
> Hope you have a very nice day, :-)
> Tim Ayers ayers at ibex-usa.com
> IBEX Object Systems, Inc. http://www.primenet.com/~goat/
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