ally07 Posted May 30, 2011 Report Share Posted May 30, 2011 After nearly 3 weeks of trying, on the third attempt, my pair finally spawned successfully! The first two times there were eggs but no fry.. The father was questioned for egg eating and lack of "moves" or virility, but after this batch, all charges have been exonerated lol. :thup: It's quite a small batch, I think they are just getting the hang of it, so there are at most 10 fry almost free-swimming. Father is a dragon HM plakat and the mother is a normal dragon HM. Now the real work begins! :facepalm: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshlikesfish Posted May 30, 2011 Report Share Posted May 30, 2011 :thup: :thup: :thup: I haven't managed to raise much fry since my first spawning. Must have been beginners luck! They sure are fun fish though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ally07 Posted May 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2011 :thup: :thup: :thup: I haven't managed to raise much fry since my first spawning. Must have been beginners luck! They sure are fun fish though I'm kinda glad I'm starting off with a small batch lol.. Can't imagine raising 300 fry with my inexperience haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paige.xo Posted June 9, 2011 Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 Are they still all alive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ally07 Posted June 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2011 Yup, but the number I see varies from day to day lol. Some days I see only 5, but other days when my finace has a look, she spots 25.. So maybe my eyes aren't what they used to be lol. Definitely do see at least a few alive every day though, so somehow I must be doing something right! Question: how long can fry eat microworms for? I'm not really keen on using brine shrimp because of the hassle of hatching them and then rinsing out the brine. Is there an alternative to brine shrimp or can the fry survive on microworms till graduating to a bigger type of food? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trilobite Posted June 12, 2011 Report Share Posted June 12, 2011 yay I feed microworms for the first few days then chuck 'em on bbs until they can eat adult food...i dont rinse them though, just water change before i add more bbs in... apparently microworms arent as nutritious. its fun to watch the fry chase the bbs :love: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ally07 Posted June 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2011 Oh, maybe I'll try that then, do a wc to replace the brine content.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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