Michigan Cichlid Association
General Category => Old World => Topic started by: Jim363 on October 22, 2013, 08:14:43 PM
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Today I stripped one of my new auratus that I got from the last MCA auction. I have never stripped any fish before. It was pretty cool. I got lots of help from my 5 and 7 year old sons. We got about 30 fry and put them in 2 tumblers. They still have their egg sacks. How long do u leave them in the tumbler?
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I've only tumbled one batch, but I left them until yolk sac was pretty much gone and they were for the most part swimming.
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they'll turn into heads n tails then youll start seeing them trying to swim, i give it another day or two to make sure they can all flail around then let them out to roam their fry tank or whatever you have them in. theres not really a set time thats best, i hear all different things, dont stress it too much. if you leave them in the tumbler until they are all swimming up and down in your tumbler they'll still be just fine. when their yolks sacs on their belly are gone or almost gone thats when you can start feeding them. when i saw your thread title and saw that there was a picture attachment i was hoping it would be fish related.
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;). Kids were present. Had to keep it about fish!
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GO Jim, Strip them Fish!