So we had fish spawn and collected the eggs... first I read to worry about infertile eggs molding... didnt happen... read low hatch rate... sure if low is 99.9% (aka I never found any infertile eggs)... then I read high die off... ya, I wish!
NOW having separation issues... NO mention of HOW to catch & separate them! Some are growing faster than others, and no matter how much I feed them, the bigger babies are eating the smaller babies... How the frig do people separate out the bigger guys? Several times a day I am starting into their pool, and pulling out the bigger ones I can spot with a small tropical fish net... of course I dont JUST catch the one I am after, but 8-12 others with it (the BIG ones are maybe half an inch in size)... so figured out how to gently shake the net (like panning for gold!) to leave the smaller ones in their pool and keep just the bigger guys in the net...
IS THERE AN EASIER WAY TO DO THIS???
I have no problem with accepting some will die, some may have deformities and need to be culled etc, but it is obvious the big "chompers" need to be pulled out. I thought I got all of todays "chompers" this morning, but just pulled eight more out... I am going to estimate the "chompers" represent less than 10% of the group... My eyes are going buggy staring into their pool LOL.
NOW having separation issues... NO mention of HOW to catch & separate them! Some are growing faster than others, and no matter how much I feed them, the bigger babies are eating the smaller babies... How the frig do people separate out the bigger guys? Several times a day I am starting into their pool, and pulling out the bigger ones I can spot with a small tropical fish net... of course I dont JUST catch the one I am after, but 8-12 others with it (the BIG ones are maybe half an inch in size)... so figured out how to gently shake the net (like panning for gold!) to leave the smaller ones in their pool and keep just the bigger guys in the net...
IS THERE AN EASIER WAY TO DO THIS???
I have no problem with accepting some will die, some may have deformities and need to be culled etc, but it is obvious the big "chompers" need to be pulled out. I thought I got all of todays "chompers" this morning, but just pulled eight more out... I am going to estimate the "chompers" represent less than 10% of the group... My eyes are going buggy staring into their pool LOL.