Tank Talk Magazine December 2009

9 TopAz © 2009 Hatching and raising the fry Armed with increased knowledge I waited for the albinos to spawn again. As usual the male kicked the eggs out into the open (grr). I collected them using a net and safely transported them in a small container of aquarium water to the breeding trap I had set up for them with an air stone in another established tank with the same water parameters. ?Day2 TopAz © 2009 The beginnings of development are already visible, eggs may be vulnerable to fungus at this stage, I squirt a tiny amount of pimafix into the trap onto the eggs with a pipette as a preventative. Day3? Eggs have deepened in colour, they don't appear to have changed much, but remember these are albinos so even the eyes are pink, making it difficult to see just how much more developed they really are. TopAz © 2009 ?Day 4 midday Eggs are starting to hatch one by one. TopAz © 2009

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