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11-09-2006, 03:34 AM
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Day 9 - 08 Nov 06
9 dead today.
I had thought I was going to lose them. they had been just hanging out at the bottom for the last couple of days. the others are still going strong though. I figure I have around 30 left. Not bad. I started growing the brineshrimp yesterday Not sure when exactly I should add them Any suggestions? LMK thanks Neal
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11-09-2006, 01:20 PM
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Sorry to hear about your losses, Neal
 Do you have any idea why they died?Wish I knew when to add the BBS. All I can tell you is that the fry have to be big enough to eat them BBS are huge compared to rotifers.
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11-09-2006, 02:48 PM
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I think that I may have killed a couple of them myself.
I siphon the dead bodies out with a hose and tube. After I looked in the glass, I saw that I had actually sucked up a couple of live ones that had just been lying on the ground. (I don't think gettting sucked up thru a tube did them any good) Like I said though, I had expected to lose them as most of them had been just lying around on the ground for a few days. The others are generally swimming around with the current during the day. The only time they lie on the ground generally are when the lights are off. I think though that naturally there will be some that just don't make it. I am sure that there are lots in the wild that die off just for whatever reason besides being lunch for something. I don't notice them scratching though much, which means the ammonia isn't high. I dunno I am still happy with my results.
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11-09-2006, 02:51 PM
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Did you just put the live ones back into the tank?
From what it sounds like you are doing very well!
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11-09-2006, 03:07 PM
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yes i did put the ones back into the tank.
Except for one, I noticed that his tail had been broken, so I put it out of its misery. I felt really stupid about the whole thing. I had tried really hard to make sure that they were dead. But I felt I also just couldn't leave a bunch of bodies in the tank as I was afraid of spiking the ammonia levels because of the decomposing bodies. IMO, if they were just lying on the ground they probably weren't doing that well in the first place and probably weren't going to make it anyways. thanks for the support. I am really happy with the results so far. From what I have read online, I am doing better then the vast majority of people already..so yea..I must be doing something right.
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11-09-2006, 03:37 PM
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How big do they look now?
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11-09-2006, 03:48 PM
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they are probably about 1 cm in length now
still tiny
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11-10-2006, 01:01 PM
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day 11 - 10 Nov 6
Well I pulled 9 more bodies out this morning.
The good thing is that the rest are looking good except for 1 or 2 that still hang out at the bottom. I think that I should slow down on casaulties. I better as I only now have 20 left. But hey day 11...and the fact that I have any left is amazing. So yea, all in all a good first attempt. Egads, if Bev is right, then I only have 3 days left before the next batch come.
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