SH bb Ballup again

[shl]

今次已是第4次失敗了...

BB 出生第3日已全數死亡, 有些本來已開始食BBS, 但最後都是死亡.

請給我意見吧

[kareen]

Ask Chimno.

[shl]

我都希望佢比意見我.

另外有多少人都成功繁殖及養大bb呢?

[chinmo]

hey bro, don't dispair..... how is ur bb setup like? a tank for bb only? or the bb tank is connected to the main tank?

[shl]

我的setup 是bb tank 連接main tank 的. 而bb tank 內放一個diy bb 圓型筒, 有小量打氣及由主缸引水進內.

[chinmo]

okie, setup same as mine....

how much water going into the fishbowl? using what size pipe? those air pipe?

Did u check e water parameter of ur tank? ammonia, no3?

[chrislwp]

I also wanted to find out why baby seahorse will die after few days..

I know that the baby floating to the surface is not a good sympton, how to prevent it?

[shl]

how much water going into the fishbowl? using what size pipe? those air pipe?

Did u check e water parameter of ur tank? ammonia, no3?

大約以滴去計算吧, 是不斷的滴進去, 明白嗎? 是用 air pipe 的.

ammonia 無check, no3 就幾高, test result 橙色的

[chinmo]

the water flow rate shld be as strong as the pic.... erm.... not drop by drop, maybe the water xchange in the bb bowl no fast enough, resulting in ammonia build up

if possible try to maintain as low no3 as possible lor.... Good water quality equals to healthy fish!

[chinmo]

I also wanted to find out why baby seahorse will die after few days..

I know that the baby floating to the surface is not a good sympton, how to prevent it?

erm.... what setup u using? what specis u keeping?

floating babies is becos the specis u keep produce pelagic babies, which need a fish bowl setup to keep them away from the surface...

[shl]

thx chinmo bro.

i try to change the flow before like you, i see the bb are move very very fast... is it the bb tank too small?

[shl]

besides, do i need add more uv, 03 or skimmer for the baby?

[chinmo]

no problemo..... hw big in diameter is ur fish bowl? the one i diy is 12 inches in diameter, even the fish bowl that size is best to house roughly 50 sh bb.

[chinmo]

besides, do i need add more uv, 03 or skimmer for the baby?

uv shld be enough, what's 03?

if ur maintank has skimmer, will do liao, unless u have more space and money.... another skimmer won't hurt.

[shl]

03=ozone

my fish bowl about 7" 圓筒

我打算做一個缸是給bb用的, 但還未有idea...

[chinmo]

okie, not familiar with o3, can't advise on that.

if the bb tank not connected to maintank, u gotta change water every day also...

[chinmo]

bro Shl, try this diy hatchery Hope it helps.

[shl]

thx so much.

chinmo bro, 你可唔可以draft 一個bb 缸的圖給我照著做缸呢? 我自己做無信心...

[chinmo]

this link show u how to diy fishbowl, just make sure the fish bowl able to fit in ur tank, can liao.

[shl]

same with my fish bowl. but my bowl is too small 7"...

[chinmo]

yap same.... sorry ar, i don't know how to draft wor....

or.... u can try using a big rubbish bin, position the air bubblling in the centre of the bin, the effect is quite the same, creating turbulence... keeping e fries off e surface.

[shl]

ok... 我試下做一個大些的bowl.

另外我想問一下, 咁大水流下bb bowl, 會不會令佢地不能自行游動? bbs 會不會吸走?

[chinmo]

ok... 我試下做一個大些的bowl.

另外我想問一下, 咁大水流下bb bowl, 會不會令佢地不能自行游動? bbs 會不會吸走?

The healthy ones will swim with e current, the dying or unhealthy ones will go with e flow till they sink to the bottom.

u need to feed bbs every 3-4 hours, i fed mine 3 times a day, most of e time, the bbs shld be eaten, clear away from the bowl roughly about an hours time, u can's let e bbs stay too long, as the fries will over feed and not able to digest, u end up with live POO from the sh bb.

if the bbs is going out of e fishbowl too fast, u can always adjust the waterflow slower lor....

[shl]

明白晒, 我會再試的 thx

[FuEl]

You can try an oil layer or egg white mixed with seawater to prevent babies from getting stuck to the water tension at the top.

Not sure if it will affect swim bladder inflation. Normally for pelagic fish larvae they utilise either one of these 2 methods to prevent surface death. You must remove the oil layer before swim bladder inflation (if it happens in seahorse..I'm not too sure). For egg white you can leave it inside, however it will ferment slowly and you will have to change water after a few days.