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UV and dead fry Bum rap for mosquito fish?
Hal wrote:
A fish farmer that used to hang around here mentioned they kill off microaquatics eaten by hatching fry. So, if you use UV and want to raise fry you need to feed them and he suggested boiled egg yoke. Does anyone with a UV have a good batch of hatchlings? If the UV really takes out the fry food, that could explain why I have not had babies for a while...maybe the mosquito fish are getting a bum rap! Jim -- ______________________________________________ See our pond at: home.bellsouth.net\p\pwp-jameshurley Check out Jog-A-Thon fundraiser (clears $140+ per child) at: jogathon.net ______________________________________________ |
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UV and dead fry Bum rap for mosquito fish?
I have UV on my large pond and almost every year, a few fry survive the
caviar after spawning activity of the adults. I have taken some of the plants out and put them in a stock tank to raise more babies so that I have a better chance of getting a nice fish, but I still get a few survivors in the pond. The last one that has yet to be caught is solid black, and now approaching 18 inches. Maybe he will slow down enough that I can get him out of the pond. -- RichToyBox http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html "Phyllis and Jim Hurley" wrote in message . .. Hal wrote: A fish farmer that used to hang around here mentioned they kill off microaquatics eaten by hatching fry. So, if you use UV and want to raise fry you need to feed them and he suggested boiled egg yoke. Does anyone with a UV have a good batch of hatchlings? If the UV really takes out the fry food, that could explain why I have not had babies for a while...maybe the mosquito fish are getting a bum rap! Jim -- ______________________________________________ See our pond at: home.bellsouth.net\p\pwp-jameshurley Check out Jog-A-Thon fundraiser (clears $140+ per child) at: jogathon.net ______________________________________________ |
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UV and dead fry Bum rap for mosquito fish?
On Sat, 13 Mar 2004 16:12:40 -0600, "Phyllis and Jim Hurley"
wrote: Hal wrote: A fish farmer that used to hang around here mentioned they kill off microaquatics eaten by hatching fry. So, if you use UV and want to raise fry you need to feed them and he suggested boiled egg yoke. Does anyone with a UV have a good batch of hatchlings? If the UV really takes out the fry food, that could explain why I have not had babies for a while...maybe the mosquito fish are getting a bum rap! Hal has more than he wants every year! Once the eggs or fry get past the pump, the UV and into the plant pond there seems to be plenty for them to eat. Last year I found 60 goldfish I didn't know I had when I cleaned out the plants. Regards, Hal |
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UV and dead fry Bum rap for mosquito fish?
On Sat, 13 Mar 2004 16:12:40 -0600, "Phyllis and Jim Hurley"
wrote: Hal wrote: A fish farmer that used to hang around here mentioned they kill off microaquatics eaten by hatching fry. So, if you use UV and want to raise fry you need to feed them and he suggested boiled egg yoke. Does anyone with a UV have a good batch of hatchlings? If the UV really takes out the fry food, that could explain why I have not had babies for a while...maybe the mosquito fish are getting a bum rap! Hal has more than he wants every year! Once the eggs or fry get past the pump, the UV and into the plant pond there seems to be plenty for them to eat. Last year I found 60 goldfish I didn't know I had when I cleaned out the plants. Regards, Hal |
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UV and dead fry Bum rap for mosquito fish?
"Phyllis and Jim Hurley" wrote in message ...
Hal wrote: A fish farmer that used to hang around here mentioned they kill off microaquatics eaten by hatching fry. So, if you use UV and want to raise fry you need to feed them and he suggested boiled egg yoke. Does anyone with a UV have a good batch of hatchlings? If the UV really takes out the fry food, that could explain why I have not had babies for a while...maybe the mosquito fish are getting a bum rap! Jim No, No. Last year was the first year I used a UV clarifier-sterilizer and I have never had so many fry. If they all survived the winter I will have to take goldfish to the pet store. Happy water gardening. |
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UV and dead fry Bum rap for mosquito fish?
Thanks for the input. Back to the mosquito fish theory.
I will pull the mosquito fish out of the first filter pond as well...just in case they get up there. Jim -- ______________________________________________ See our pond at: home.bellsouth.net\p\pwp-jameshurley Check out Jog-A-Thon fundraiser (clears $140+ per child) at: jogathon.net ______________________________________________ "Phyllis and Jim Hurley" wrote in message . .. Hal wrote: A fish farmer that used to hang around here mentioned they kill off microaquatics eaten by hatching fry. So, if you use UV and want to raise fry you need to feed them and he suggested boiled egg yoke. Does anyone with a UV have a good batch of hatchlings? If the UV really takes out the fry food, that could explain why I have not had babies for a while...maybe the mosquito fish are getting a bum rap! Jim -- ______________________________________________ See our pond at: home.bellsouth.net\p\pwp-jameshurley Check out Jog-A-Thon fundraiser (clears $140+ per child) at: jogathon.net ______________________________________________ |
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