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    PostSubject: Re: I Got Wigglers   Sun Feb 01, 2009 8:38 pm

    What do you suggest moving the parents or the fry? How to move the fry...not exactly a professional on breeding these guys.

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    PostSubject: Re: I Got Wigglers   Mon Feb 02, 2009 6:10 am

    I would move the fry. You can keep them in fairly small quarters...say a 20L or something similar for quite some time depending on how many you have. I find the best way to take the fry out of the tank is to suck them up into a bucket with a gravel vac syphon. Some people will also use a turkey baster but I've never tried that.

    Keep an eye on the fry and occasionally you will see some that need to be culled (you'll know what they look and act like after a while). They should be fed 3 to 4 times a day. I just use crushed flake and growth pellets. Some people also like to use BBS. Change the water out as often as you can. I start off doing daily water changes of about 25% and eventually after a couple months cut it back to every other day 25% changes.
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    PostSubject: Re: I Got Wigglers   Mon Feb 02, 2009 10:50 am

    :agre2: I used a grav vac to move my con fry. I think I had 100% success rate with them too.
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    PostSubject: Re: I Got Wigglers   Mon Feb 02, 2009 11:45 am

    I do the same with platys. Gravel vac to pluck the fry into a bare bottom tank with a spong filter an a few flooting fake plants. Congrats, and goodluck!

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    PostSubject: Re: I Got Wigglers   Mon Feb 02, 2009 4:10 pm

    Definitely move the fry. A heavy plastic bag that won't fold back on itself, like some of the heavier ziplocks, shaped and hot glued to an old net frame, works well for fry once their siphoned out of the main tank, and for stragglers that seem to avoid the siphon. How many of these babies are ya lookin to raise to a tradeable size? If you're goin' for all of 'em, then you'll need a 55 with every other day water changes to maximize growth. Otherwise, a twenty if you're only lookin' to end up with 6-12 of the best and healthiest. I've used 10 gallon tanks for growout but ya have to be ready to cull regularly to keep 'em growin' well, and then ya risk the chance of cullin' some potentially nice lookin' fish. Cull for shape as well as size, or ya might end up with a lot of excess males, LOL, and cull any with obvious health problems. Your jag should be well fed for a while.

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    Edit: Guess I shoulda read closer, Ddawg already covered most of this, LOL.

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    PostSubject: Re: I Got Wigglers   Mon Feb 02, 2009 6:42 pm

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    PostSubject: Re: I Got Wigglers   Mon Feb 02, 2009 7:34 pm

    Well I moved them to a ~6g rubbermaid tank with heater and filter. I think I got about 30 of them...Most will become food, some I may grow out. Got as many as I could see....only about five or six did not survive.

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    PostSubject: Re: I Got Wigglers   Wed Feb 04, 2009 8:33 am

    Wish I was your neighbor so I could get some of those bad boys! Razz
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