rols Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Hey guys,For some reason over the last couple of months my american fry have not been hatching...about 20 batches have not hatched...has anyone experienced the same stuff? Got a feeling that due to so much wet weather Sydney water have been dosing our supply up and its affecting the eggs....when I get the few that maybe do hatch they are weak as anything.Its not the tank as I have a few tanks with many breeding pairs...any clues? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elapid Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Classic sign of water being too hard. It's makes the egg casing too hard and hence won't hatch.There are ways to help them hatch but they can be a little fiddley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rols Posted March 25, 2012 Author Share Posted March 25, 2012 Appreciate your feedback...when you say the water is hard...do you refer to PH being too alkaline or carbonate hardness? The PH is pretty stable as I always have it about neutral maybe slightly blue.......and have bred basically all the americans successfully... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Elapid you will find large central americans come fromalkaline waternot all american cichlids are low pH fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elapid Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Elapid you will find large central americans come fromalkaline waternot all american cichlids are low pH fishI'm not really sure what your point is? I didn't mention pH, I mentioned hardness....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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