Frontosa Egg Development - Week 2
It’s been a little more than a week since I placed these eggs in the tumbler. I have not lost any of the babies at this point. Typically, 10-20% of the eggs will simply not make it. You can see that the frontosa fry are starting to form their stripes. The bodies of the fish are more defined and are gaining size in proportion to the yolk sac. I had to clean out the bottom screen in the tumbler as algae had formed and was limiting the air/water flow through the tube. It is imperative that the eggs remain in constant motion in the tumbling tube. If they settle to the bottom (stop tumbling), they will begin nibbling fins and disease will set in.