Temperature: 47.6 F degrees
Stress Zyme: 10 mL
Water Change: 3 gallon- 3 gallon
Number of Eggs removed: 1 egg
Today I did a water change and removed one egg. All of the other eggs are hatched now. I took a few pictures today and tried to overcome the lighting problem, I unfortunately was not as successful as I had hoped to be. The sac fries are becoming very energetic in comparison to how they were a few days after hatching. Their body is noticeably becoming larger and their tail is beginning to turn gray. The tail has a few long stripes running from head to tail. The egg sacs are slowly becoming smaller each day.
The photo to the left was taken on December 14th, as you can see the sac fries are fairly active today. Behind them is their bubbler which circulates air in the water, supplying plenty of oxygen for the salmon babies. Salmon are very sensitive to low oxygen levels. The streams that they would inhabit in nature would have flowing water which would circulate lots of air for the fish. Salmon have a low tolerance for water that contains very little oxygen this is why the bubbler is vital in sustaining salmon life in a domestic setting.
In the photo to the left, you see the sac fries, also known as alevins, huddling together in the crevice of a few rocks. In the far left of this photo is the filter pump. The sac fries seemed to really like to stick close to the pump, perhaps they found the soft hum of the engine calming. This rock crevice is actually very dark and shaded. The only reason it is so lit up in this photo is that I used flash to get a nice shot. The darkness seems to give the fries a secure feeling.
Here's a nice close up shot of a few sac fries.
Stress Zyme: 10 mL
Water Change: 3 gallon- 3 gallon
Number of Eggs removed: 1 egg
Today I did a water change and removed one egg. All of the other eggs are hatched now. I took a few pictures today and tried to overcome the lighting problem, I unfortunately was not as successful as I had hoped to be. The sac fries are becoming very energetic in comparison to how they were a few days after hatching. Their body is noticeably becoming larger and their tail is beginning to turn gray. The tail has a few long stripes running from head to tail. The egg sacs are slowly becoming smaller each day.
The photo to the left was taken on December 14th, as you can see the sac fries are fairly active today. Behind them is their bubbler which circulates air in the water, supplying plenty of oxygen for the salmon babies. Salmon are very sensitive to low oxygen levels. The streams that they would inhabit in nature would have flowing water which would circulate lots of air for the fish. Salmon have a low tolerance for water that contains very little oxygen this is why the bubbler is vital in sustaining salmon life in a domestic setting.
In the photo to the left, you see the sac fries, also known as alevins, huddling together in the crevice of a few rocks. In the far left of this photo is the filter pump. The sac fries seemed to really like to stick close to the pump, perhaps they found the soft hum of the engine calming. This rock crevice is actually very dark and shaded. The only reason it is so lit up in this photo is that I used flash to get a nice shot. The darkness seems to give the fries a secure feeling.
Here's a nice close up shot of a few sac fries.
