Joshua's Goldies 247 Posted February 10, 2016 So I only had Lips and Bubbles a few days and they surprised me with a spawn. I cough them early in the act of releasing eggs in the quarantine tank, decided to hand spawn them and see what happened. I was new to all of this but was able to get a really high percentage of fertilization and now they are hatching today on day 4. So excited and can't wait to watch these lil tikes grow up... dad Bubbles mama Lips eggs day three starting to hatch day four 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joshua's Goldies 247 Posted February 10, 2016 https://vimeo.com/154800539 Almost all have hatched in the last couple hours 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DawnMichele 6,045 Posted February 10, 2016 Congratulations!!!! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FishyMandy 6,277 Posted February 10, 2016 Congrats!! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mysterygirl 2,031 Posted February 10, 2016 It is a journey for sure. Best of luck with the little eyelashes. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joshua's Goldies 247 Posted February 12, 2016 So my first batch of baby brine shrimp hatched but here wasn't enough I thought... Increased the amount of eggs used in next batch. But I have powdered Spirulina, and on kensfish it says it can be fed to fish fry, was wondering if I could give this to my fry as a supplemental until more brine shrimp are hatched? I don't want them to starve... Or get stunted? 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
amoonklein 1,212 Posted February 12, 2016 Congrats! That is so exciting! I'm also a first timer trying to raise fry so I'll probably be lurking around your thread That's a good question about the powered spirulina. I think it would be OK to feed it to them, but I'm not entirely sure. Someone with more experience will be along who can definitely anwer your question. You could try cooked egg yolk in the meantime as I've eead that is a good alternative... it's messy though. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ajnk17 413 Posted February 12, 2016 Congratulations! Can't wait to see how they look. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joshua's Goldies 247 Posted February 13, 2016 Here they are 3 days old.... https://vimeo.com/155226173 free swimmers Ps I cleaned their tub after the pic was taken 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fantailfan1 26,742 Posted February 13, 2016 Congrats! That is a ton of fry. Mom and dad are gorgeous. I would think powdered spirulina would be fine. I had 2 brine shrimp hatcheries going at once and had one hatching about every 12 hours . . . and I only had one fry. #Spoiled 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arctic Mama 3,626 Posted February 14, 2016 Wow! Look at all those! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joshua's Goldies 247 Posted February 14, 2016 Wow! Look at all those! That was just one corner of he tub there are probably 10 times that in the tub total.... Gonna have to start another tub if they keep growing at this rate, they are gonna run out of room before I can cull. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joshua's Goldies 247 Posted February 14, 2016 Day four, pic of fry tub and another video.... Still wasn't able to get the whole tub to see the entirety of this batch of fry on the video. I cant even think of or begin trying to count them https://vimeo.com/155269305 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FishyMandy 6,277 Posted February 14, 2016 Wow that's a ton of fry And I thought I had a lot 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fantailfan1 26,742 Posted February 14, 2016 that's a lot 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joshua's Goldies 247 Posted February 14, 2016 Well hopefully my odds for quality babies should be better.... Culling is going be a hot mess with this many fish to evaluate 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joshua's Goldies 247 Posted February 14, 2016 Cause right now I don't see a single crooked back 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alexloo11 64 Posted February 14, 2016 Cause right now I don't see a single crooked back So many babies, can't wait to see your first batch after the cull! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LisaCGold 1,691 Posted February 15, 2016 Wow! So many. Congratulations! Mom and dad are beauties! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elinsbutterflies 5 Posted February 16, 2016 Good luck! Keep the pictures coming 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joshua's Goldies 247 Posted February 17, 2016 https://vimeo.com/155625242 One week old today 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
goldfishfanforever 913 Posted February 17, 2016 Aww they are so cute and growing so fast but the amount of them is just 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joshua's Goldies 247 Posted February 17, 2016 Yeah they are starting to show their double tails and tail spread 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
amoonklein 1,212 Posted February 17, 2016 Wow! There are soooooooooo many! Looking great 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joshua's Goldies 247 Posted February 19, 2016 9 days old here are some pics still a little blurry, I can't get my big camera to take any better pics either. But you can defiantly see their spread double tails now. Planning on first cull this weekend. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
