Cyianara69
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Hmmm ... third time my GBRs have spawned ....wonder if I'll get any fry this time ...
Third time a charm
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GBR eggs can hatch and the fry fall into the substrate or the parents move them, so you might not see them until they are free swimming in about 3 days. During that time the parents need a bit of light at night so they can protect them from being eaten by others in the tank.
If they are in a well planted tank, they will likely find enough microorganisms to feed on. If not and you want to supplement, you can raise paramecium by putting a crushed lettuce leaf in a quart of water and in about a week you will get a bloom of paramecium. Of course it is probably too late to do that with a batch that just hatched. [I do sell paramecium, but there is no meeting coming soon.] The other way to go is if you have a sponge filter somewhere in operation, take it out and put it in a bucket with a half gallon or a gallon of water, squeeze it out about 6 times, you should get a brown to black mix. Put the sponge back where it came from. Let the brown water set for a couple hours. The debris will settle, but the clear liquid will contain a lot of microorganisms. Feed about a cup of this liquid to the fry once or twice a day. Then after about 3 days, start feeding newly hatched baby brine shrimp.
If they are in a well planted tank, they will likely find enough microorganisms to feed on. If not and you want to supplement, you can raise paramecium by putting a crushed lettuce leaf in a quart of water and in about a week you will get a bloom of paramecium. Of course it is probably too late to do that with a batch that just hatched. [I do sell paramecium, but there is no meeting coming soon.] The other way to go is if you have a sponge filter somewhere in operation, take it out and put it in a bucket with a half gallon or a gallon of water, squeeze it out about 6 times, you should get a brown to black mix. Put the sponge back where it came from. Let the brown water set for a couple hours. The debris will settle, but the clear liquid will contain a lot of microorganisms. Feed about a cup of this liquid to the fry once or twice a day. Then after about 3 days, start feeding newly hatched baby brine shrimp.
Cyianara69
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Only thing in the tank now are the GBRs, 5 albino cory cats and a BN plec ..... will they eat the fry??? Also, it takes like 40 hours for the eggs to hatch correct?
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Your BN won't eat the fry. The cories might, although they probably won't once they are free-swimming.
The corys will probably eat the wigglers if the parents do not defend them. Leave a moon light on or .... Once they are free swimming as Jesse said they should be OK with the corys. Time to hatch does depend on temp. I do not know hours but I would say about two days, so about what your suggested.
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Jmty
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I saw my bn eating my gbr eggs and parents
Did not do anything about???
Did not do anything about???
Cyianara69
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Alas, got home last night and the eggs were gone, parents were free swimming without a care in the world. We'll see what happens in 8 days when they spawn again .........
