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elge8
My goldies spawned on sunday and a couple of days after I noticed I have a White Spot problem in the parents tank. I'm worried that the fry's water may be infected as well as they spawned in that tank. Is it possible to use a salt solution in their tank? If so, at what strength? They started swimming this morning as well. biggrin.gif so I don't know what to do, they are doing well at present.

Thanks in advance for any help you lovely people can give me.

You've been lifesavers so far!!!!!!!
Ranchugirl
Elge, since I never did the salt thing with fry, I posted your question on a yahoo breeder group. Those guys are all experienced breeders for numerous years, so I hope I am getting an answer fast for you! smile.gif
Ranchugirl
Okay, got a response back...
Rob, an experienced breeder, tells me that salt in the fry tank is okay. He adds 1 teaspoon per 1 gl of water, aquarium salt, rock or solar salt. It doesn't hurt them, and even prolongs the life of any baby brine shrimp that you feed to the fry, so they can nibble on them all day long. Otherwise, without salt, the brine shrimp die off after a few hours....smile.gif
elge8
Thanx sooo much for all your help! I don't know what I would have done without you. (corny I know but true). biggrin.gif biggrin.gif

Just one last thing, How do you go about doing water changes without sucking them up the tube, and how much should I change at a time?
Ranchugirl
Tricky thing, the water changes, hm? I use a piece of airline tubing, and very carefully go over the floor of the tank. And the water doesn't run into the drain, I let it run into a bucket, and if I accidentally sucked up any goldies, I see them swimming in the bucket. A scoop up with a plastic container, and the escapees are back in the tank.
New water goes back into the tank the same way - a bucket of temperature matched and de-chlorinated water, sitting above the tank someplace (mine sits on the tank light), and via airline tubing the water slowly rins back into the tank.
The water change takes a while at the beginning, simply because the fry are so darn small. The bigger the get, the easier it is gonna be.
As for how much - at first I only replace what I scooped off of the tank floor, and I don't go over the 6 inch mark in the tank either.
Today I did water changes on my 1 month old fry, and they are up to 8 inches now, and finally look like some mini fish, and not like some swimming stick with a pair of eyes! rofl3.gif
elge8
Sorry, I know I said last thing but I lied yeah.gif I've taken the filter out until the new one comes. Will this be ok? And, I know this sounds morbid but when do usually start to lose some? Haven't lost any yet!!!!!!! biggrin.gif
blinky000
it depends how long until the new filter comes. expect to lose some any time soon, they can drop at any time. going back to your first question, i put the salinity at 0.3% in my fry tank all the time. it really seems to help and theyre safe from things like ich, flukes and costia, plus it helps their breathing and reduces the toxicity of any nitrites that may be there. only add the salt 0.1% at a time every 12 hours or the shock might weaken them.
elge8
Will 0.3% not be too much? Andrea asked someone on the yahoo breeder board and they said 1 tsp per gallon
Ranchugirl
Well, if it helped Amy's fry, thats fine.
Although it does seem a bit high, and with 1 teaspoon per 1 gl of water you have 0.1%. That should do it. Starting it up too high might put a stress on those little fy, especially since they just hatched not so long ago. A higher salt content might work out better for bigger fry...smile.gif
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