Callatya Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 So i'm useless, I froze ohh, lots of my spawn? I have 2 gadding about, and I'm just wondering precisely how silly i'm being by raising only 2 offspring. It *feels* a bit silly, but i don't think I have much option really. Its not nearly as silly as not having the heater on in the first place *sigh* Does anyone else do this? Do you run off a 2nd spawn or add the remainder to a group of other fry so you aren't occupying an entire tank for a few fry? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckie Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 I would (and do) add them to another fry tank of fish of a size not likely to eat them. Unless they are closely related and I want to keep track of genetics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
najrick Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 I also place small spawns in with other fry of the same size, but only when they are old enough to move. And like Lilli, only if they will look nothing like each other. Najina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splendidbetta Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 (edited) Not very clear on the question?... Do you mean cutting down numbers or just moving the fry? I have only done this once, with VTs. Edited January 19, 2006 by splendidbetta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckie Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 Abbey said she has only 2 fry remaining from her spawn. She means moving those fry to free up the tank, so that the tank is not being "wasted" on 2 fry when it could have 200 in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splendidbetta Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 Oh, now I understand I haven't had more than 2 spawns at a time, and that was only once. both spawns had about 200 fry. 1 was all royal blue, the other was all steel. Half sibling VTs. I did move some of the larger steel fry to the tank containing the RBs and RB runts to the steelb tank, to stop runts being eaten. But that was it. In future, since I am concentratiing on metallic greens/blues and coppers, this spawn-mixing won't really be possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figure_8 Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 I've jarred fry that were about 5mm in length because I'd lost the rest of the spawn and didn't want to have them take up a full tank. Feeding bbs in an eyedropper was interesting, but not something I'd want to do on a mass scale LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splendidbetta Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 But don't you love it when you harvest a whole batch of bbs in a dust mask, and with minimal liquid in the mask, suck the bbs into the eyedropper, and they look so thick and concentrated in the dropper that you feel proud and successful? :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckie Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 I try to feel proud and successful as often as I can. :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figure_8 Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splendidbetta Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 Same I also love to discover things with my bettas on my own, even if they have been discovered before but I don't know they have, because it keeps my exitement and passion for my bettas alive :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Najoha Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 Don't like to get rid of any fry cause I live to see them grow and change. I mix with another spawn if different but if they are too small or the same, I put them in a milk bottle with holes in another spawn tank or if they are really tiny a spawn net thingy hanging in the main tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stubbskm Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 Anything under 15 fry once old enough are moved into another tank. I can't justify running a heat, light and pump for under 15 fry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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