bs6749
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Well, my dominant pair of GBR's decided to spawn last night while I was finishing moving out of my apartment and into my grandparents' house. The tank was already set up at my grandparents' house and I thought that they might try to spawn when I was gone because I noticed that the female's ovipositor was as it usually is before she decides to lay later at night. When I arrived home I noticed that they had spawned as I thought they would.
This morning I set up the ten gallon grow out tank and because I didn't have RO water (I forgot to get it when I was moving last night) I used water from the 55 gallon tank (where the eggs came from, which was nearly all RO from moving the tank the previous week). I put all of my extra slate in a stack on one end of the ten gallon tank so that I wouldn't have to transfer as much water from the 55, and then I carefully scooped out all the eggs that I could possibly see with a plastic spoon and placed them into a small tupperware container that I used to transfer them to the ten gallon tank.
I also put in a full tupperware container amount of seeded pool filter sand into the grow out tank. Then I carefully spread out the eggs which were for the most part adhered to pieces of the sand. I placed them relatively close to the sponge filter that I am using in hopes that it will provide decent circulation/current. When I was finished I gently placed a huge amount of java moss near and over the eggs and I pulled it so that it thinned out instead of a giant mass. I am hoping that this will provide the fry with sufficient food in the way of microorganisms until they are able to eat other food. Currently the water temp is at 78 degrees or so and I plan on getting the temp to 82 degrees. I am currently working on raising the temperature of the water.
I plan on updating this journal whenever I can so please check back for updates and of course... pictures! Most likely it will be daily, but I will not be able to update on Friday and I may be able to update on Saturday, if I get out of work early. Right now I have a lot to do with unpacking, school and work so I will most likely have pics sometime Friday morning, but by sometime on Sunday for sure. I could possibly even take a couple of shots tonight if I can find my camera.
This morning I set up the ten gallon grow out tank and because I didn't have RO water (I forgot to get it when I was moving last night) I used water from the 55 gallon tank (where the eggs came from, which was nearly all RO from moving the tank the previous week). I put all of my extra slate in a stack on one end of the ten gallon tank so that I wouldn't have to transfer as much water from the 55, and then I carefully scooped out all the eggs that I could possibly see with a plastic spoon and placed them into a small tupperware container that I used to transfer them to the ten gallon tank.
I also put in a full tupperware container amount of seeded pool filter sand into the grow out tank. Then I carefully spread out the eggs which were for the most part adhered to pieces of the sand. I placed them relatively close to the sponge filter that I am using in hopes that it will provide decent circulation/current. When I was finished I gently placed a huge amount of java moss near and over the eggs and I pulled it so that it thinned out instead of a giant mass. I am hoping that this will provide the fry with sufficient food in the way of microorganisms until they are able to eat other food. Currently the water temp is at 78 degrees or so and I plan on getting the temp to 82 degrees. I am currently working on raising the temperature of the water.
I plan on updating this journal whenever I can so please check back for updates and of course... pictures! Most likely it will be daily, but I will not be able to update on Friday and I may be able to update on Saturday, if I get out of work early. Right now I have a lot to do with unpacking, school and work so I will most likely have pics sometime Friday morning, but by sometime on Sunday for sure. I could possibly even take a couple of shots tonight if I can find my camera.