Female Trapped Again!!!

andrewcoxon · Post by **andrewcoxon** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 9:55 am

well its 15 days since she last was trapped in a cave and unfortunatley that time all the fry died.... but when i woke up this morning she is trapped in the cave with my big male again

hoping for better luck this time, hopefully il be able to let dad do most the work and il be adding some tufa rock to buff the kh a bit.

just 1 question? isnt 15 days a bit soon???

cheers,

andrew

Post by **John** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 11:41 am

Good to see you're cheered up again andrew, as to your question:

andrewcoxon wrote: just 1 question? isnt 15 days a bit soon???

I wouldn't know, but you'll be able to tell me soon

dave · Post by **dave** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 1:15 pm

15 days is just fine.

One small point, why add the Tufa Rock.

You seem to have ideal conditions for making them spawn. If you start altering water parameters you are likely to make the parameters less than ideal and IMO asking for trouble.

Take care

Dave

thrasher1469 · Post by **thrasher1469** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 2:29 pm

Good luck this time. I'm sure we'll all keep our fingers crossed.

discusbabe · Post by **discusbabe** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 5:03 pm

Yay! Fantastic news! Fingers crossed that all goes well this time!

andrewcoxon · Post by **andrewcoxon** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 12:43 pm

havent added the rock yet but my plan was to add some tufa rock once the eggs are laid as apparently my 0 kh is not very good for fry and iv got a feeling the other ones died because of the ph dropping at night...? do you think i should leave it?

Post by **John** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 12:49 pm

andrewcoxon wrote: the other ones died because of the ph dropping at night...?

Can you explain why your PH drops at night???????

dave · Post by **dave** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 2:21 pm

Is the tank planted?

This can lead to a PH drop.

Take care

Dave

Post by **John** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 6:01 pm

Only if you have a overpopulated tank that looks a bit like this:

Or if you are using a uncontrolled CO2 system.

andrewcoxon · Post by **andrewcoxon** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 10:42 pm

eggs laid yesterday

in the right cave this time too!

Post by **John** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 8:47 am

sam · Post by **sam** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 12:33 pm

congratulations hope it works out better for you this time

andrewcoxon · Post by **andrewcoxon** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 8:13 am

the eggs hatched yesterday and last night i found a baby that had been kicked out.... it looked fine so not sure if it was an accident or if its weak but when i woke up this morning it was lying on its side and waggling its tail now and then.... just like the last lot did just before they died..! im terrified the same things going to happen...! somethings got to be causing it!

andrewcoxon · Post by **andrewcoxon** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 8:39 am

just looked in the cave and i can see 1 baby.... so obviously something is still killing them.....! this is really starting to get me down now.....

discusbabe · Post by **discusbabe** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 6:52 pm

Really sorry to hear about your losses Andrew, this is terrible! Could it be inexperienced parents? Many other fish have problems with their first fry, could it be the same with some zebras?

Can't really offer any advice, if it was me I would put them into a different tank though, adults that is and see what it is about this tank that's causing the problems!

Female Trapped Again!!!

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