jd wigglers! HELP!

[Bully405Customz]

So I have about 100 Jack Dempsey wigglers on my sand in my planted tank and no parents. What do I do now? I have a tumbler I could use but how do I get them into the tumbler????

 

[Mouth-Brooder-Fanatic]

pics if u can and great job!!

i say just scoop with a net and try to keep the sand in the net while moving them to the tumbler to keep it sorta clean.
id use a normal breeder box or net, they have enough oxygen and they get better access to food in there xxx

 

[HN1]

You can siphon them out with an air line and move them into a growout tank as soon as they are free swimming. Congrats!

 

[Bully405Customz]

Right now they are just yolk sacs with tails. Lol soooo tiny. I used a siphon hose and put them in the tumbler. I'll have to Get a plastic breeder box tonight. Till then I just hope they will be okay.

 

[Bully405Customz]

You can siphon them out with an air line and move them into a growout tank as soon as they are free swimming. Congrats!

That's what I did. And ill just let them grow out in the 50 gallon they are in. Its planted and only has some boesmani rainbows in it. I just have to get them to the free swimming stage. And thank you!

 

[Bully405Customz]

Here you go guys. There are sso many of them! I'm so happy

 

[jetajockey]

Why would you put them in a tumbler? If they are wiggling they will be fine till they start free swimming. JD fry are big enough to eat bbs or crushed flake straight away, I have some myself that are a few days old.

 

[Bully405Customz]

Oh the only reason I put them there was so I could keep them together. They aren't in one now. It doesn't even look like mine have mouths yet... they are just squirming little tails. And I thought for tthe first few days they ate off the rest of ttheir egg. Is that not right?

 

[jetajockey]

Yeah, you don't want to feed them till you see them swimming around freely.

 

[Bully405Customz]

I thought so, just had to make sure. Yesterday they just had tails, today they have eyes. I'm taking a picture a day to see the progression. Its really cool. Do you think what I have them in now is okay? You can see it in the picture kinda but it's just a kritter keeper with an air stone in it. and its in front( but aacross the tank) from the filter output so hopefully water will circulate through it. Any suggestions you could give me? I've at fry before but never from this young.

 

[jetajockey]

as long as its got aeration and the water is kept clean it's fine, I'd do daily water changes on it just to keep things tip top.

 

[Bully405Customz]

On the whole tank? Its in a 50 gallon tank.

 

[jetajockey]

oh no, I thought they were in a separate small tank, if it's getting good flow I wouldn't worry about it.

 

[Bully405Customz]

Im pretty sure it is. Plus its only temporary until I go to my lfs to get a breeder box for them. Its a funny story how these fry came about. I got a pair of jds and put them in the tank, they did nothing but hide for 2 weeks. Well one of my buddies loved them and I never got to seem them so I sold them to him. The next day I went and got plants and went home to aquascape my tank. I pulled everything out, well when I was putting things back in I picked up this piece of slate and felt all the eggs. They Had tto of been out the the water for 45 min. But I put them back and 3 days later I came home to all these delightful babies on my sand and here we are today needless to say they have been through a lot already.

 

[OBEYtheFISH]

Congrats!

 

[Bully405Customz]

Thank you! Ill be adding pictures daily so everyone can see the progression

 

[OBEYtheFISH]

Are you going to keep them all?

 

[Bully405Customz]

I'm going to raise them then sell most if not all. There's always a chance ill get attached to a few. Lol there is just so many of them

 

[OBEYtheFISH]

I'll take 2

 

[Bully405Customz]

Ill be happy to try and send them to you if you wanna pay for it. Then parents were really pretty.