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Fantastic thread. dont you mind sharing, how you collect fry when they hatch.
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Up until now that's the way I've always done it. It's pretty easy but can be time consuming. I can easily spend 2 hours waiting for them to hatch and then another hour doing the collecting. Last week my Vossen Fry Trap arrived. It's basically a kressel style trap that is powered by air bubbles. I put it in the tank and a few hours later it managed to collect at least 90% of the free swimming fry. I'm ok with those numbers. But the problem was that at least 1/3rd of the fry showed some minor damage from the collection process. There is a balancing point with the air bubbles where too little means the fry escape and too much mean the fry get clobbered. I'm going to play around with a bubble diffuser on the bottom to see if finer bubbles can create more current while being more gentle at the same time. Aside from the losses of the weaker fry, the remaining fry appear unharmed and are looking good 5 days later. I think the device could also be improved with opaque plastic on the far side to stop the light from escaping. It was also a complete pain to transfer the fry from the trap to the larva tank. First I was dealing with suction cups, then water pouring out, fry getting sloshed around, etc... I might stick with my manual collection process and just use the fry trap to catch any stragglers overnight.
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Onyx Spawn 01.28.13
Should hatch next Tuesday.
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Quick update on the Onyx juveniles. Who is ready for some Xmas Onyx in July? The trademark black is finally staring to show!
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Awesomeness!! Those look very nice. I thought onyx were not suppose to start getting their black until they were older? You parents must be very nice genes. Congrats!!
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nice clowns!
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They are gorgeous Jason great work. I wish you weren't so far from me as I would be ordering some off you
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