ABN fry dying off....

[ccole]

hi ev31 i have another problem

My abn fry are drying off about one a day for the past ten days,,,,,, i havent changed anything at alll!

the gh 120 kh 60 ph 7.5 no2 o no3 20

Can anyone think of anything?

I have 3 adults that are breeding like anything and they are fine
four sub-adults that look fresh as a daisy.... the only thinkg i have noticed is slight red tinge to one of the sub-adults belly???

hope you can help :cry:

 

[Breamlegend]

Put them in a fry saver if you haven't already.

 

[ccole]

ok will do! cheers

 

[JackGillett]

What are you feeding them on?

 

[ccole]

hi jack

they have cucumber one day, buttenut sqauash another, pleco tab 1ce aweek, potato and suzkinee (no idea how to spell it and cant remember english name...its the other type of cucumber with more nutrients!)..i do this on a rotation and only leave them in there for about 12-18 hours..... the pleco tabs only have veg proteine in them...

 

[Jimmy]

How often are you doing water changes and % ?

Have you tested for ammonia?

 

[JackGillett]

Courgette mate How often are you vacuuming the gravel / sand?

 

[Joby]

Once you take a piece of veg out after 12 hours do you replace it? at this age while they are growing fast they need access to food constantly. I also water change every day as what goes in must come out :whistle:

 

[ccole]

hi joby- yeah always take it out but replace it so they have constant access to food and do every other days water changes but every day use a vac to take up the poo twice a day.,,,,.... kinda wish the answer was no then i could have sorted it out!!!

 

[Jimmy]

What kind of substrate do you have or is the tank bare bottomed?

 

[ccole]

hi guys-
i vacume twice a day sometimes three
I have sand on the bottom and turn in over to make sure their are no pockets, i also use the vacume around the bottom under the sand.
I do water changes of 105 ev3 day except wednesdays of 10%
...
Courgette cheers jack knew that was it i sware!
I have soacked the tabs and they went for it.... maybe they wer'nt getting to the food because of the adults/sub-adults?

Cheers ev31
cole

 

[C8lyn]

I lose one fry every now and then. They seem to always be the smallest ones that drop off so I guess they just might not be getting to the food. I drop a couple of algae wafers in per night so there's plenty to go around.
I accidentally killed my whole first spawn because I used a new piece of driftwood in their tank (that's what I think was the cause anyway..)
But since then I've had success...despite me having to do all the work because the male keeps kicking the damn eggs!