ttt712
New Member
So yesterday morning like most days was a good day! Woke up and went into the garage for my morning feeding of my three freshwater tanks and to check in on my three saltwater tanks.
Just to give you a background, I have been in the hobby for ten years keeping freshwater tanks, everything from Mollies to Oscars to reef tanks.
I digress, back to my story.
I have two Lion fish purchased about 2 months ago that are in my QT awaiting my MT to complete cycling. I turn on the lights just like everyday and I am greeted by the pair of Lions just like everyday they swim to the top right corner and say hello.
I then notice some small debris in the water that I attribute to being sand floating around and think nothing of it. I then go onto my usual routine and make the rounds checking everything else. I get back to looking at this sand and realize that it is not sand as it appears to be swimming and darting about. I turn the pumps off and sure enough they are swimming.
Further inspection of the tank I see a bunch of white balls that look like budding corals. So wondering what the little swimming sand is I promptly logged on the net to do some research. I found from a few sources the white balls were in fact lion fish eggs and that the little swimmers were the fry. So I now have a tank full of little fry swimming around.
So in doing more research I have found that actually being able to raise the fry is extremely difficult. From what I have read most don't survive beyond 9 days, due to needing fresh water everyday and needing enough micro plankton in the water to feed.
Any suggestions?
Sorry for the long winded post hope you all weren't bored reading it. New experiences in this hobby are great especially when they are not expected!
Just to give you a background, I have been in the hobby for ten years keeping freshwater tanks, everything from Mollies to Oscars to reef tanks.
I digress, back to my story.
I have two Lion fish purchased about 2 months ago that are in my QT awaiting my MT to complete cycling. I turn on the lights just like everyday and I am greeted by the pair of Lions just like everyday they swim to the top right corner and say hello.
I then notice some small debris in the water that I attribute to being sand floating around and think nothing of it. I then go onto my usual routine and make the rounds checking everything else. I get back to looking at this sand and realize that it is not sand as it appears to be swimming and darting about. I turn the pumps off and sure enough they are swimming.
Further inspection of the tank I see a bunch of white balls that look like budding corals. So wondering what the little swimming sand is I promptly logged on the net to do some research. I found from a few sources the white balls were in fact lion fish eggs and that the little swimmers were the fry. So I now have a tank full of little fry swimming around.
So in doing more research I have found that actually being able to raise the fry is extremely difficult. From what I have read most don't survive beyond 9 days, due to needing fresh water everyday and needing enough micro plankton in the water to feed.
Any suggestions?
Sorry for the long winded post hope you all weren't bored reading it. New experiences in this hobby are great especially when they are not expected!
