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My water here in Ohio is very hard too. I’ve used rain water to soften it up for many years now. I would think the rain in Alaska would be very good too. Much cheaper than trying to use an RO unit when you have rock-hard water in my opinion.
Dennis
Being heavily planted, if the small fish are terrorized by the larger fish, they will have plenty of hiding places. Of course, if they do hide all the time, what’s the point? If that was what I wanted, I’d try it and see how it works out. A 55 is a lot of tank when you’re talking about 1″ fish. LOL
Dennis
I would venture to say that the pleco and the crayfish will both eat any eggs that they can find. I haven’t had any problems with dwarf shrimp or oto’s though.
Dennis
Adult Siamese Algae Eaters grow to be 4″ – 6″. I’ve never kept the two together, but just as a general rule, big fish eat little fish. You might be better to try some algae eating shrimp.
Dennis
Frank Greco at Frank’s Aquarium in NY http://www.franksaquarium.com/danios.htm has them. I’ve always received top quality fish from Frank!
Dennis
Please keep us updated on your scarlet badis tress. They have been on my ‘wish list’ for some time now.
Dennis
@hmoobthor wrote:
Also want to put some shrimp in there to eat the leftover food as they don’t eat them…would the shrimp eat them..
I’ve kept both shrimp and marble crayfish in fry tanks with good success. They do a very good job of cleaning up leftovers.
@hmoobthor wrote:
I am wondering if i can use substrate (fluval stratum) in my breeder tank too….so the eggs can drop in the gravel and the parent are not able to eat the eggs… would this work?
It’s been several years now since I stopped using bare bottom tanks. While it’s easier to clean up in a bare bottom, I think the fry find lots to eat in the way of micro fauna with gravel substrate.
Dennis
@mostlydave wrote:
Do you have more uniform growth in your batches?
Yes. The fish are all more or less the same size. At some point after 8 weeks, the females seem to grow just a bit faster than the males. It may just be that as they reach sexual maturity the fatten up so to speak. This may have the effect of making them appear to grow a bit faster?
@mostlydave wrote:
…do you keep up the daily water changes for a month?
After about the first week I do. For the first week or so, I don’t do any water changes, but after that I start. It’s easy enough to do changes on 5.5 gallon tanks and the results speak for themselves. Give it a try and see what you think.
Dennis
I would recommend more water changes. After my fry are about a week old, I do large 80%-90% water changes daily. The larger fish will put out a growth inhibiting hormone to keep their smaller siblings from growing. The large and frequent water changes prevent the hormone from having any affect. When growing out fry, high quality water is every bit as important as high quality food.
Dennis
@capsfan95 wrote:
Hello Ball Aquatics I was wondering what fish you currently have in stock as I checked aquabid and did not see anything that you were selling. Thank you.
Hi capsfan95, welcome to the forum!
I’ve got lots of fry, but nothing to sell. When the weather cools off enough that it’s safe to ship USPS Priority this fall I will be listing on AquaBid again.
Dennis
@tlyons01 wrote:
Do you have any recommendations on how I care for them when I first get them?
When I purchase wild caught fish the two biggest hurdles are the poor shape they are in when I receive them and getting them to eat properly. It sounds as though your seller has taken care of these problems for you! I would ask what they are feeding the CPD’s and see if perhaps they would include a bit of the food when shipping the fish. I started doing this several years ago and it seems to be a big help with the transition period for the fish.
Provide them with lots of cover as wild fish can be super timid. Without cover for them to hide it will lead to stress and then all sorts of stress related problems can occur.
@tlyons01 wrote:
Do you have any other Danio species outside of what you just listed on AB? Rasboras perhaps? I have been bitten by the micro fish bug!
I’m working with about 20 different danios. All that I have currently available are listed on AB. No Rasboras as yet. I do plan to have some tank raised Danio erythromicron, often called the Emerald Dwarf Rasbora, this fall though.
Best of luck with your new fish!
Dennis
