Methylene Blue / infusoria fry tank ?

[Mikeaq]

My ram eggs hatched yesterday & they're currently in a 10 gal grow tank that was dosed with methylene blue. The more I read the more I learn that infusoria is a crucial source of food for the ram fry.

I have vinegar eels, ocean nutrition baby brine, and first bites all on hand for when they become free swimming in a few days, but I want to put so old java moss balls i have in the fry tank as food insurance.

My question is, the fry will be free swimming by Saturday, when can I start doing water changes?

Should I start now?

Methylene blue will kill the java moss right?

If I only do a 10% water change today, tomorrow, and Saturday that would leave 70% of the methylene blue still in the tank. I'm confused ! Does anyone have any advice from personal experience?

 

[TheCommunityCichlid]

Methelyene blue will kill java moss for sure. Throw a bag of carbon in and start small water changes now. Forgot to tell you about the carbon. I'd do like half gallon or a gallon at a time.

 

[Mikeaq]

Methelyene blue will kill java moss for sure. Throw a bag of carbon in and start small water changes now. Forgot to tell you about the carbon. I'd do like half gallon or a gallon at a time.

Just lay the bag of carbon on the tank floor?
I have a sponge filter in there.

Also I found a really good source yesterday while looking on the internet. the guy said to fill the 10 gallon halfway so the fry are closer to their food. I think it's a good idea but my sponge filter is too tall. So I'm thinking of dropping the water level to 75% full and doing a 1 gallon water change.

What are your thoughts?

 

[Mikeaq]

The sponge filter is like the whole height of the tank could I maybe cut the plastic down almost all the way and drop the water level to right above it?

 

[TheCommunityCichlid]

Just lay the bag of carbon on the tank floor? I have a sponge filter in there. Also I found a really good source yesterday while looking on the internet. the guy said to fill the 10 gallon halfway so the fry are closer to their food. I think it's a good idea but my sponge filter is too tall. So I'm thinking of dropping the water level to 75% full and doing a 1 gallon water change. What are your thoughts?

Yea the carbon will help take out the methelyene blue. That would work. I cut my sponge filters so they aren't so tall.

 

[Darkseid76]

Try using a cheap filter like this and adding some activated carbon to it. I use this one in my QT. If you have a strong enough air pump you can run both filters simultaneously.

 

[Mikeaq]

I just put a bag of carbon in a breeder net in the tank to get the methylene blue out.

Took out 4 gallons of water & put one gallon of new water treated with prime back in. made sure it matched temp wise and ph wise.

Also used a dropper to suck out debris, it was pretty hard to distinguish the fry from the garbage.

I'll keep updating this post.

 

[TheCommunityCichlid]

Try to keep the carbon by the sponge filter. and dont worry about debris. Just do those water changes and youll be alright.

 

[Mikeaq]

This morning the water is still blue, so I took the chemi pure from my other tank and threw it in here too.

Will the water remain blue even after the methylene blue is removed???

 

[TheCommunityCichlid]

It's going to take a little with the changes and the carbon it will get it out.