Aquariums and Terrariums

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Originally Posted by Roms

Yeah, I let my female keep her eggs in her mouth for about 3 weeks until I knew the eggs had hatched and then I caught her and dumped the fry into the 10gal tank... I perfer to let the eggs hatch in the females mouth so I don't have to use a tumbler or incubation.

So I think you misunderstood, since I had the 10gal full of fry I had to catch them and move them to a breeding net in the tank to use the tank for the two jaguars, to save them from being eaten.

Methylene Blue and many other fugus/ick medications will kill many species of Cichlid fry and eggs...

This the same way I strip the fry

one thing i tell my customers, is that if it ain't broke, don't fix it! lol ...so by all means go with what works for you.

in my situations, i prefer not to have her keep them in her mouth for that long cuz her stomach becomes too concave over time.....over course a tank is different and instinct will tell her to keep them in her mouth more often and alot longer than in a wild situation.

i can tell you that i never had any problems with Methylene Blue in all of the times i've used it.

obviously, in ur case there would be no need to use it......my example was meant in terms of fertilzed eggs....not hatched and/or free-swimming fry!

and if u ever used or had to use an Ick medicine on said fry, then u'd want to drop the dosage in half.....similar to certain Tetras or scaleless fish like Synodontis or Loaches, and so on.

yes, ur link to milking fry is basically as i described.

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Originally Posted by Ocean-Wonders

I've got a marine tank (had to downsize recently )

I find fish fascinating and very relaxing ! My kids love them too
My forum is for fish keepers if you fancy popping over for a chat at you'd be more than welcome.

Here's a pic of my tank

looks like a nice efficient setup.

those powerheads like u have are handy too because they are attached via magnet.

hard to tell from that pic as they look like torch or frogspawn or hammer coral....a nice house for ur Ocellaris Clowns in ur case for a small tank would be a Pacific bubble anemone, else Ritteri would work great but they get rather big over time.

u should check out the Oceanic BioCubes.....they come in 8, 14, and 29gal.....include PC lighting and mini wet/dry filter.....also they offer a protein skimmer sold separately which fits near the filter....not a great skimmer, but not too shabby.