Hypancistrus hybrid
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Umm, I made a big pause in posting the photos. Unfortunately the hybrid fry had some troubles with health while my new year celebration
, but now he looks OK. And because of that I made 7 days pause in taking daily photos.
The fry 42 days:
The fry 43 days:
The fry 44 days:
The fry 45 days:
Now it is already seen that there is a problem with caudal fin.
The fry 46 days:
The fry 47 days:
The fry 48 days:
Now looks really badly.
I suspected that the problem was some sort of aeromonos. (the fry was alone in the rearing tank, so the version that it could be beaten is wrong )
It was quite strange because this disease happens due to bad water conditions. And I change water in this tank every day with 30% of total volume and clean my filters quite often. And to make the water better I made additional water changes and filter cleaning. But it didn't helped.
I suspected that the problem was in the algae that covered more than 50% of surface of the rearing tank. I always thought that algae is good. I took the fry away from the rearing tank and cleaned the rearing tank with the top water and sponge from algae. When the tank was absolutely clean I put it back, filled it with the water of the main tank and put the fry back. On the next day I noticed that the disease stopped progressing. And the fry started to eat well, before he had problems with eating. In few days I noticed that the fins were getting better and better.
The fry 56 days:
The fry 57 days:
The fry 58 days:
Now it seems he feels and eats good.
I added some Hypancistrus sp. L174 subadult to the same rearing tank.
The group photo (The hybrid fry 58 days):
, but now he looks OK. And because of that I made 7 days pause in taking daily photos.The fry 42 days:
The fry 43 days:
The fry 44 days:
The fry 45 days:
Now it is already seen that there is a problem with caudal fin.
The fry 46 days:
The fry 47 days:
The fry 48 days:
Now looks really badly.
I suspected that the problem was some sort of aeromonos. (the fry was alone in the rearing tank, so the version that it could be beaten is wrong
)It was quite strange because this disease happens due to bad water conditions. And I change water in this tank every day with 30% of total volume and clean my filters quite often. And to make the water better I made additional water changes and filter cleaning. But it didn't helped.
I suspected that the problem was in the algae that covered more than 50% of surface of the rearing tank. I always thought that algae is good. I took the fry away from the rearing tank and cleaned the rearing tank with the top water and sponge from algae. When the tank was absolutely clean I put it back, filled it with the water of the main tank and put the fry back. On the next day I noticed that the disease stopped progressing. And the fry started to eat well, before he had problems with eating. In few days I noticed that the fins were getting better and better.
The fry 56 days:
The fry 57 days:
The fry 58 days:
Now it seems he feels and eats good.
I added some Hypancistrus sp. L174 subadult to the same rearing tank.
The group photo (The hybrid fry 58 days):
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this is a great thread- thank you so much for all the photo's and information. It is great watching this fella grow. Feel like i know him... i have seen more photo;s of this fella than my own nethew! i hope his health improves and improves and that he grows up big and strong. all the best to you both. p.s i think you should give it a name
ccole, thanks
To look on the firs and on the last photo from my previous post it is seen what algae I was talking about.
To look on the firs and on the last photo from my previous post it is seen what algae I was talking about.
