OmG I found an egg what do i do now

[vanalisa]

That's a lot of info.
I'm not sure I'm going to be able to do it right, I don't remember do they need to be warm or will that "cook" them
I've been keeping the bubbles soft.
I don't know what to look for.
I hope I'm able to get a couple. I lost my car keys so I can't get the M blue stuff.
I can't see anything except a couple have gone fuzzy. I'm leaving some in the home tank, it's very densely planted and the adults are fed well.
The others are in the setup I posted pictures of. All the water was from the home tank, I clipped plant peices with eggs and gently moved them.

Are they ever on the sides near the top?
I added a couple of extra sprite and hornwort bits to give a shelter. I certainly hope those aren't snails.
Also it looks in places like little tiny dots.
How big will they be?

With my one minnow fry (now a young adult round bellied sweetheart) I saw just two dots and a line. I began giving it first bites . Soon she knew I would feed her in the back corner so she got special attention. When she got more fish-looking
I target fed her daphnia.
Is this what I should do? I'm afraid of the egg yolk thing all I can think of is a big mess.
How long till I see them?
The container they are in is opaque, so it will be hard to see what's going on.
I am a worrywort over it all
I hope one or two or three make it
Also, it will be interesting to see if how they fare in the adult tank.
I'll have to read that article again

 

[vanalisa]

You can have some water movement but you don't want the eggs being blown around the tank.

If the eggs are fertile and in clean water, they shouldn't develop fungus.

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When the eggs hatch, the fry will swim about just under the surface. They need a powdered fry food for egg layers, infusoria, green water, or boiled egg yolk. Any of these foods will suffice for the first 2 weeks. After 1 week you can start adding newly hatched brineshrimp, but continue feeding the other fry food/s until you know all the babies are eating the brineshrimp. They will have orange bellies when eating the brineshrimp.

The following link has information about culturing fry foods including a section under emergency fry foods, that deals with boiled egg yolk.

Back to Basics when Breeding Fish

STARTING OUT Make sure you have a pair, (1 male + 1 female). There is nothing worse than spending your hard-earned dollars buying a couple of fish to try and breed and ending up with a pair of fish of the same sex. Let's face it, to reproduce fish you need a male and a female. Two males won't do...

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Great article, for sure!
It's just so much information, and it's all happening now. I don't get it
Is it egg yolk or egg yolk juice?
What is the matter with the green stuff in my jar? How long does it take for them to "swim"?
I have to go to bed my head hurts.

Awesome article just overwhelmed
Rotifers, really???
All I can imagine is an apple fritter.
Eeeek

 

[Colin_T]

EMERGENCY FRY FOOD
Some fry like labyrinth fry (Bettas & Gouramis) and Iriatherina werneri are very small when they first hatch and need green water or infusoria. If you can't get these you can hard boil an egg. Remove the shell and white part. Push the yellow yolk through a handkerchief into a small container of dechlorinated water. Put the lid on the container and shake it up, then use an eye dropper to suck some of the egg yolk solution out and put it in the tank with the babies. Do this 3-5 times per day for the first 2 weeks then start adding newly hatched brineshrimp.

Boil another egg each day and make a new solution each day. Keep the solution in the fridge when not using it. Take the solution out of the fridge and let it warm up to room temperature for 10 minutes or so before using it in the fry tank.

Do regular partial water changes on the fry tank or have a small air operated sponge filter in it to keep the water clean. The egg yolk can cause ammonia levels to go up and without water changes or a filter the fry will die from polluted water.

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Green water and infusoria cultures take a month or so to get going so just use a boiled egg yolk.

 

[LostBear]

Tip the water out of the 5 gallon tank and put about 4-5 inches of water in it. Use water from the adult furcatus tank where the egg is. Have an airstone bubbling away gently and wait for the baby to hatch out of the egg. The baby will be free swimming and hang out just under the surface after it hatches.

Feed the baby on floating powder fry food for egg layers, or boiled egg yolk. See following link for info on boiled egg yolk. It is about half way down under "Emergency Fry Food".

Back to Basics when Breeding Fish

STARTING OUT Make sure you have a pair, (1 male + 1 female). There is nothing worse than spending your hard-earned dollars buying a couple of fish to try and breed and ending up with a pair of fish of the same sex. Let's face it, to reproduce fish you need a male and a female. Two males won't do...

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Don't use the stuff in the vase.

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And if there is one egg in the tank, there are probably more. Have a look through the plants and pick the eggs out and put them in the hatching/ rearing tank. Break a small bit of leaf off the plant that has the egg attached to it.

All of this baby care advice . . . I KNEW you had heart. A cold scaley one, no doubt, probably with gills, but you've got one.

 

[Colin_T]

I like fish, but I also like mmm tasty kitties

 

[vanalisa]

EMERGENCY FRY FOOD
Some fry like labyrinth fry (Bettas & Gouramis) and Iriatherina werneri are very small when they first hatch and need green water or infusoria. If you can't get these you can hard boil an egg. Remove the shell and white part. Push the yellow yolk through a handkerchief into a small container of dechlorinated water. Put the lid on the container and shake it up, then use an eye dropper to suck some of the egg yolk solution out and put it in the tank with the babies. Do this 3-5 times per day for the first 2 weeks then start adding newly hatched brineshrimp.

Boil another egg each day and make a new solution each day. Keep the solution in the fridge when not using it. Take the solution out of the fridge and let it warm up to room temperature for 10 minutes or so before using it in the fry tank.

Do regular partial water changes on the fry tank or have a small air operated sponge filter in it to keep the water clean. The egg yolk can cause ammonia levels to go up and without water changes or a filter the fry will die from polluted water.

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Green water and infusoria cultures take a month or so to get going so just use a boiled egg yolk.

Okay, I'm gonna try this. I have just seen my first fry. I'll just put some by that. I'm totally worried about polluted water.

Spoiler: Student question:

I don't mean to be obstinate so I hope you'll explain. That jar has had that plant in it for 6 months or more. Wouldn't that green matter on the bottom be packed with nutrients? It's not stinky or slimy.
I guess I just like things to make sense. Could there be parasites?

 

[vanalisa]

EMERGENCY FRY FOOD
Some fry like labyrinth fry (Bettas & Gouramis) and Iriatherina werneri are very small when they first hatch and need green water or infusoria. If you can't get these you can hard boil an egg. Remove the shell and white part. Push the yellow yolk through a handkerchief into a small container of dechlorinated water. Put the lid on the container and shake it up, then use an eye dropper to suck some of the egg yolk solution out and put it in the tank with the babies. Do this 3-5 times per day for the first 2 weeks then start adding newly hatched brineshrimp.

Boil another egg each day and make a new solution each day. Keep the solution in the fridge when not using it. Take the solution out of the fridge and let it warm up to room temperature for 10 minutes or so before using it in the fry tank.

Do regular partial water changes on the fry tank or have a small air operated sponge filter in it to keep the water clean. The egg yolk can cause ammonia levels to go up and without water changes or a filter the fry will die from polluted water.

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Green water and infusoria cultures take a month or so to get going so just use a boiled egg yolk.

I have a sponge filter on low and a heater.
Is that okay? I'm so afraid I'll mangle them.
Soft light? Eeeek

 

[Colin_T]

... That jar has had that plant in it for 6 months or more. Wouldn't that green matter on the bottom be packed with nutrients? It's not stinky or slimy.
I guess I just like things to make sense. Could there be parasites?

what jar?

 

[vanalisa]

what jar?

when I swirl this around it makes green water, um, I think. I have 3 or 4 bottles of Ivy I keep growing at all times. The one in the picture is tiny, maybe 1 1/2 oz.