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Albino Eggs; Yay
Topic Started: Jun 17 2007, 05:58 PM (2,006 Views)
Dylema
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Let me just start by saying :yahoo :yahoo :P :cheers :victory :thumb :thumb

I was trying to be patient. A few weeks ago I did my first big water change with cool water for this young trio. There were good signs but to no avail. On monday I did a fairly big change no more than 1 degree C less. Well I didn't see any action but I couldn't find the boy. I had my fingers crossed. After a few days I spotted the boy's tail poking out of his cave and also saw a scratch on the small girls side. I said I have been patient. I have been trying so hard not to look at the cave much but any way just now I was looking (actually looking at possible tetra eggs)and what did I see, A tiny little orange blob with a tail at the entrance. I know that my danio eats these little snacks (previous bad experience) so I have put dad and the cave in a breeder net. I think I scared him as he has ditched about 6 eggs. But there are 2 with tails in there wiggling. Sorry for the long post but I am soo excited. Here are some preliminary shots.

Dad's new temporary home.
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Dad and one wiggling egg (sorry hard to see)
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The ditched eggs
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So the one question I have now is. How long should I leave Dad and his cave in the net? I know he won't like it in there if he comes out of his cave.

Dylan :thumb :thumb
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Well done Dylan. :cheers

When dad comes out of his great looking cave and leaves his kids it's time for him to come out. :thumb

All my current male BNs stay with the fry until they have coloured up and free swimming. I use to have one male who would ditch the lot when hatched the fry would get eaten as they only where at the egg sac stage. I don't breed him any more.

Just watch the other fish they may still pull some of the fry thru your net. :dntknw

Dad won't leave them, they are to dedicated. :thumb
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Thanks.

The great looking cave is a highly refined piece of Pleco breeding equipment :lol: . This is the first spawn in it for my but lots of people talk about spawns in the first day of getting one of these caves.

I will give the tetras and danio a good feed tonight so hopefully they won't be on the lookout. I don't have a better saftey net than this breeder (sorry I couldn't resist the pun). I might think about making/buying a specialist fry saver but not this week.

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I've got one, a safety net as you say, like Mars.40 has pictured with the whiptail thread, very fine net. They come in varying sizes however always go for the big one. :cheers

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congrats on the eggs Dylan :thumb hope u get some fry through, good luck...
where did u get the breeding cave from ?
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The cave came from a guy on Plecofanatics (PF). You can get them off a guy on ebay too. They are advertised on PF as aquacor when people have them. They can be found cheaper than the ebay price if dealing privately.

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:party :party :victory
Well done and congrats!!!
Keep us posted please, can hardly wait for photos of them growing.

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Update. The boy is still in the cave and I have a feeling there are some eggs in with him. There are still some non-hatched eggs out of the cave which still look viable so maybe there was two lots of eggs in there. The first hatched 6 or so have a lttle tail form now but still have some yolk. I would say at least another two days before thats gone. A couple of eggs have gone cloudy so I will remove them in a minute. I will post pictures when something new happens.

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How cute, love fry I could watch them all day!
How do you remove the eggs?
I use pepet (?), looks like a turkey baster.
It is also very good for collecting fry if used gently.

Got my fingers crossed for you! :yes
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Yeah a pipette. Like the kind that come with testing kits. I am a little worried that a few eggs/fry have gone missing. I am trying to figure out a way to get water flowing through an ice-cream container to hold them in so there is no way little tetras can bite their tails through the net. I am trying reverse venturi to make an airline pump water in and I can have a foam covered hole to let the water out. I just can't get the venturi fitted yet. I will figure it out.

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Why not try a plastic breeding hatch?. They are solid plastic with slits on the side for filtration.
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Yeah I could but I wanted to do something tonight. I will just have to wait and get something from the LSF tomorrow if I can't figure out my other idea.
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Ok so I now have a more secure fry saver. It is made with a long ice-cream container and has an air driven water pump in and the water runs out a hole at the other end. Both pipes are covered in mesh so no fish is gettin in or out.

The bad news is I could only find 2 fry to move :cry2 and dad. I found 2 fry that had seemingly been squashed onto the net, perhaps in a failed attempt by a tetra I don't know. The rest are unaccounted for :dntknw and presumed dead. I still have my fingers crossed there are some in the cave with dad but I don't want to get a torch.

I think a little better planning is in order if or when there is a new spawn. This fry saver is much better so next time they have a better chance.

Dad still won't leave the cave, not even for zucchini or pumpkin.

Dylan
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Clever thinking. I posted this on the " Baby Rams post"
It cost about $7.oo.
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It would be ok if it was large enough and you take the dividers out.
If your " Dylan Fry Saver" works, can you let us know how you made it?
Sounds like a great idea.
:clap good luck :yes
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I am supposed to be studying for my 3rd year organic chem exam at the moment so I probably shouldn't take pictures and draw diagrams but I will do that when I have time.

now do I use sodium borohydride or lithium aluminium hydride to reduce an aldehyde to a primary alcohol? :unsure2:
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