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is the report of the installation of my newest fry tank. Although this
kind of setup is useless in a normal living room through the splashing
and high water evaporation rate, I thought it might be useful for
giving people an idea of how to install a similar, yet more perfected
smaller tank connected to the main tank for raising fry.
When you have a
female holding and you desperately want to raise the fry, it's time to
have a fry-raising tank. Don't get tempted to keep the mother and the
fry in a net or floating breeding cage, as this is very stressing for
them. No, they deserve a separate miniature tank: for the female to
release her fry, after which she can be put back in the main tank, and
for the fry, so they can grow up and enjoy a carefree youth.
The immediate
reason for me to install this unit, were a bunch of high quality fry (Protomelas
spilonotus 'Tanzania') swimming in the filter. It would be a shame to
not catch them out and raise them. They already survived the trip from
their mothers mouth to the filter, so the hardest part was already
behind them. |
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The 20L/5G acrylic tank located on top of the trickle filter of
my 3000L/800G Hap tank in the cellar fish room. The main principle
- the same as that of a central filtration system in a fish room - is
that this small tank is connected with the large tank, so it won't
suffer from bad filtration and unstable water chemistry that is very
common in such small tanks, especially when it's combined with a tight
filtration system. You can feed the fry without having to worry about
the water quality deteriorating too fast, what's a key element in
raising them fast without growth retardation and severe losses.
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