Wasnt there a post....

[Mikeyfish7620]

....that had the instructions on how to raise your fry artificially? Or if there wasnt can someone tell me how to? Like from eggs until juvi.....

[Merrilyn]

There is a post Mikey, and here it is.

. Yes it can be done, but it is a huge task with the fry needing to be fed every two hours with an egg yolk mixture smeared around the sides of the bowl they are kept in, and water changed after each feeding. The fry food is a mixture of hard boiled egg yolk and raw egg yolk mixed together, and smeared around a clean shallow bowl.

The mixture is allowed to dry for about 20 minutes, then the level of the water raised to cover the yolk. Fry are added at this time, using an eye dropper (don't try to net them) and allowed to feed on the sides of the bowl for about half an hour.

The level of the water is then lowered, and the bowl wiped with clean tissue. Replace 100% of the water in the fry bowl with clean aged water from the parent tank.

Repeat the procedure every 2 hours during the day, and allow the fry to rest in clean water overnight.

Your egg mixture will last for 3 days in the fridge, but ideally it should be made up fresh each day.

After 5 days of this type of feeding, gradually add some crushed baby brine shrimp to the egg mix. On day 7 add some newly hatched bbs to the bowl, and hopefully the fry will begin to eat them.

Continue feeding the egg and shrimp mixture till the fry are 10 days old, then you can change over to only bbs and discontinue the egg mix.

Watch the little bellies of the fry to make sure they are eating well.

It's a very difficult job, and losses will be high. It can be done in an ice cream container floated in a larger tank, to maintain the temperature of the water. A single airstone should be placed in the bowl releasing a gentle stream of tiny bubbles to prevent a scum forming on the surface of the water. It should not make any current in the bowl, or the fry will burn up all their energy trying to swim instead of growing.

Hope that helps.

[Mikeyfish7620]

I thought it had from the very begining like taking out the eggs and having water circulating through it etc...like from the very very begining....but that does help Merrilyn thanks.

[mcloughlin2]

Here's the entire link .. I'm sure if you search the forum you will find other little tips http://www.discusforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6930

HTH