What's wrong with me!

cich · 05-26-2004, 08:14 AM

so my swordtail has been pregnant twice now. Each time, I turn the powerfilter down to a trickle as not to suck up the fry, then she gets skinnier, so I figure, hey she did it and they must all be dead. A while after that, I turn the filter back up, and a few days later I see 1-2 fry!!! What is with my timing! (Just had to rant about it for a while to some one)

--cich

**jake** · 05-26-2004, 12:31 PM

In expectation of fry, add a sponge pre-filter to the intake of your power filter. This can be done by simply purchasing a Aquaclear sponge ( for a aquaclear mini filter, for example) and cutting it to size , cutting a small hole and slipping it over the strainer of your intake. You could actually keep that on even when your fish doesn't seem pregnant if you wanted to. This should fix any " timing" issues as it pertains to turning down the flow of your filter. One less thing to worry about, eh.

rumples riot · 05-26-2004, 02:13 PM

Agreed with Jake here, a prefilter would prevent this problem from happening too much. Or at the very least they will be stuck to the prefilter and you can see what happened to them.

Paul

**Urkevitz** · 05-26-2004, 06:39 PM

you can also put pantyhose around the intake of the filter.

BigBlue00 · 05-26-2004, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Urkevitz

you can also put pantyhose around the intake of the filter.

I'm with Urkevitz. The pantyhose works great, just keep it in place with a rubber band.

The only thing is the filter won't pick up the larger pieces of detrius and plant matter. But I guess that's better than sucking up fry eh?

cich · 05-27-2004, 03:16 AM

I've also got to start checking the tank several times a day and remove the mother as soon as she's done. As well, I didn't remove the father, so I'll bet you he just followed her, eating them up

I saw the fry, or maybe a different one(?), today and it looked very young, within a couple of days at most, and the mother seems kinda fat still, so I'm trying the breeding trap for up to a day.

EDIT: Never mind... she got bored and jumped out while I was at the gym.
Maybe I'll free up my trap with the lid tonight.

--cich

05-26-2004, 08:14 AM	#1 (permalink)
cich Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Kelowna, BC, Canada Posts: 1,058	What's wrong with me! so my swordtail has been pregnant twice now. Each time, I turn the powerfilter down to a trickle as not to suck up the fry, then she gets skinnier, so I figure, hey she did it and they must all be dead. A while after that, I turn the filter back up, and a few days later I see 1-2 fry!!! What is with my timing! (Just had to rant about it for a while to some one) --cich __________________ Moderation protects freedom -- poor behavior threatens it.

05-26-2004, 12:31 PM	#2 (permalink)
jake I like pie (View User Tanks) PTrader: (14) Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Clarinda, IA Posts: 699	In expectation of fry, add a sponge pre-filter to the intake of your power filter. This can be done by simply purchasing a Aquaclear sponge ( for a aquaclear mini filter, for example) and cutting it to size , cutting a small hole and slipping it over the strainer of your intake. You could actually keep that on even when your fish doesn't seem pregnant if you wanted to. This should fix any " timing" issues as it pertains to turning down the flow of your filter. One less thing to worry about, eh. __________________ Jake's Planted Aquarium Pages... a work in progress. "You have your way, I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist." - Friedrich Nietzsche

05-26-2004, 02:13 PM	#3 (permalink)
rumples riot Eheim Pimp Member # 3 (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: May 2003 Location: Blackwood South Australia Posts: 644	Agreed with Jake here, a prefilter would prevent this problem from happening too much. Or at the very least they will be stuck to the prefilter and you can see what happened to them. Paul __________________ Eheim Pimp Club member #3: Scribe to the Eheim Pimp Club 90 gallon, CO2 dupla injection, Dupla substrate heating, Dupla Laterite with iron stone substrate, Aquastarlight future 3 x 150 metal Halides, Eheim 2026 pro2's and heavily planted with Discus

05-27-2004, 03:16 AM	#6 (permalink)
cich Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0) Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Kelowna, BC, Canada Posts: 1,058	I've also got to start checking the tank several times a day and remove the mother as soon as she's done. As well, I didn't remove the father, so I'll bet you he just followed her, eating them up I saw the fry, or maybe a different one(?), today and it looked very young, within a couple of days at most, and the mother seems kinda fat still, so I'm trying the breeding trap for up to a day. EDIT: Never mind... she got bored and jumped out while I was at the gym. Maybe I'll free up my trap with the lid tonight. --cich __________________ Moderation protects freedom -- poor behavior threatens it. Last edited by cich; 05-27-2004 at 06:23 AM.

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Urkevitz Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (8) Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: NY Posts: 1,851	you can also put pantyhose around the intake of the filter.

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