Praecox rainbows.. what is going on!?

[plankton]

I obviously misunderstood your post above letting the fry into the main tank.......???

[jammedfool]

ah yes, they were in a breeding box within the qtank... I guess the "main" tank is a bit confusing!

[jammedfool]

Slightly bigger?



Anyone bred these before who can tell me if they are normally slow growing, or is it that they are in a small tank?

[plankton]

I think they may just be slow growing, rainbows seem to take a long time to grow and colour-up.

[jammedfool]

Getting there with these guys! I've stopped doing water changes so often as it doesn't seem to have had a huge impact

[jammedfool]

Randomly lost one of two... These are pretty hard to raise being so slow to grow!

[plankton]

Sorry to hear, but as you say they aren't the easiest to raise.

[Gingerlove05]

That is a shame

[jammedfool]

I found the last of the fry dead this morning,
I can only suspect I overfed the tetramin as there was still a little on the surface since last night's feed, but its very difficult to feed one fish and a baby one at that!

So that is the end of this part of the saga... 3 months and it probably wasnt even 1cm, so they are incredibly slow growing, possibly not in the right conditions, or perhaps poorly parents made for unhealthy kids.

I have my qtank back, think I'll give it a bit of a makeover while it is unstocked

[plankton]

Sorry to hear
At least you tried. Some species aren't so easy and need a lot of work.