60 Babies Dead!

[aluno]

hey guys had 2 batches of fry and counted 60 fry about 2 weeks ago, up till yesterday had 14 remaining, not sure why the others died, i wasnt expecting to have all 60 survive but none just takes the mick!

well today i came home and the 14 i thought were gonna make it and survive were all dead, ive lost 60 babies,

so naturally i thought to check the water stats, and they arent perfect but i dont think they're fatal,
Temp - 26 degrees ammonia - 0.25 nitrite - 1 nitrate - 5 PH - 7.4

are they really that bad, its a 3 gallon tank and i have a airstone and fluval 1 running, been feeding liquifry often and little about 6 times a day, got a piece of bogwood 2 small plants and a rock in there

any ideas guys? thanks

 

[bucksgill]

Your ammonia and nitrite should be untraceable, so that could be a reason.

 

[aaronnorth]

1ppm of nitrite is fatal, you should have 0.3 max and the same goes for ammonia,

 

[TwoTankAmin]

INCORECT Ammonia and nitrite should be 0. Fry can not tolerate them at all.

 

[WILDER]

60 fry was alot in such a small tank, with feeding the water quality will soon go bad.
If you want to raise fry you need a bigger tank say 8 to 10 gallons.
Bless them R.I.P.

 

[crazie.eddie]

3 gallons is a bit small.

What type of fry?

 

[Spooky76]

Tank size / filter probably did it. With that No of fish even in a larger tank you often find the filters dont cope as well (if your running a fry filter) and you will have to do more regular water changes to keep the stats down.

I had 45 fry in my old QT tank for about 3 months. All guppy fry. Was a 50ltr and I was having to do daily water changes after a few weeks to keep the levels down. Any ammonia or Nitrite levels will kill fry, they just arent as hardy as larger fish are. I ended up giving mine to a mate.

you can get some pretty good small tanks quite cheap with filter and heaters for around £50, including gravel and some meds.

 

[aluno]

was platty fry, i was getting a new tank at the time, i got it now 12x18x15, that a good enough size?

 

[jourdy288]

Sorry to hear that. Maybe it will work out next time.

was platty fry, i was getting a new tank at the time, i got it now 12x18x15, that a good enough size?

Hmm, that sounds about right.

 

[Inchworm]

Hi aluno

Liquifry can pollute the water quickly and fry tanks benefit from daily water changes. You might want to consider raising some microworms to get your fry off to a good start until they are eating flake and other more substantial foods on a regular basis. These tiny creatures will live in the water up to a day so they are less likely to breed harmful bacteria than the liquid fry foods and can be easily removed.

 

[omega59]

seems like you lost fry as well as i did
it is sad when they die and you don't know why and not where to beging from.
i hope all is well for next time you have more fry and sorry to hear.
my post about my situation can be found here if you are interested in reading a bit.

http/www.fishforums.net/content/Tropical...thing-Is-Wrong/

 

[Duck and Dive]

Sorry about your loss.

 

[jourdy288]

Hi aluno

Liquifry can pollute the water quickly and fry tanks benefit from daily water changes. You might want to consider raising some microworms to get your fry off to a good start until they are eating flake and other more substantial foods on a regular basis. These tiny creatures will live in the water up to a day so they are less likely to breed harmful bacteria than the liquid fry foods and can be easily removed.

Your right. Liquifry can feed microoganisms, which, even if not harmful, may rob the water of O[sup]2[/sup]

 

[aluno]

thanks for the sympothy guys was actually suprised at how upset i got, realy thought i wouldnt care but oh how i was wrong, a mistake never to be repeated.

is it best to leave fry tanks bare?

 

[kribensis12]

They are cleaned eaiser when bare. But gravel means more beneficial bacteria room. So it is a toss over. What filter do you use? I am using a Sponge Filter, the Senior Dirt MAgnet. Filters up to 25 gallon's, and it works wonder's. Full of bacteria, so no water issues!