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September 22nd, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| IF YOU ARE RAISING FRY, youre gonna laugh
I always syphoned left over food. Today, after 2 weeks of doing this, finally snapped. I was tired and didnt want to syhpon like i do everyday. So today, while i stared at the ugly mess at the bottom. I remembered something
Man.... Did i feel stupid or WHAT!?!?!?!
i used a turkey baster and i was done in less than a minute 
USE A TURKEY BASTER!!!
IT DOES WONDERS! | 
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September 22nd, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| LOL...and its even good for basting a turkey! I heard that somewhere  | |
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September 22nd, 2009
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| | Moderator
| Quote:
Originally Posted by mare2009  LOL...and its even good for basting a turkey! I heard that somewhere |  But not the same one you used in the tank. lol | |
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September 22nd, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
|  ohh now I find this out! Thanks Lucy. | |
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September 22nd, 2009
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| | Fish Master
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September 23rd, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
|  I did have a good laugh! My turkey baster is always near my fry tank, ready for duty! | |
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September 23rd, 2009
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| | Moderator
| lol Turkey Basters, a good friend to any aquarist for sure.
Ken | |
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September 23rd, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| 
hahah learned that the hard way | |
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September 23rd, 2009
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| | Moderator
| Can one of you send your baster to me? I have to play "catch the convict fry" and last time, I lost  | |
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September 23rd, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| I have never used a turkey baster....lol | |
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September 23rd, 2009
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| Quote:
Originally Posted by CHoffman I have never used a turkey baster....lol | How do you catch your fry? If you have a technique, please, please share  | |
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September 23rd, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Well all the fry I have had Mom and Dad take care of them until they are a pretty good size so I've never had to worry about it. I just net them. | |
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September 23rd, 2009
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| | Fish Master
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you must have staple's easy button! thats the only explanation!
hahaha | |
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September 29th, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| O<------
that was easy....
haha
kind of erelivent but try this out its really funny (same concept) http://www.onemorelevel.com/game/the_red_button
it's also an app for the i-touch
o my god i just realized my pic of the finger touching the easy botton could be taken way wrong as many of you have prob though.... mabey not you adults out there. 
Last edited by mjordan; September 29th, 2009 at 09:37 PM.
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September 29th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| I would be totally lost without my baster. Cleaning small tanks, catching new born fry, etc. Infact I'm going to get more to have next to every tank. That way when I forget which tank I left it at I don't have to go running around the house looking for it. | |
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September 30th, 2009
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| | Fish Bum
| took me 3 hrs to catch all the fry on my first batch,,eveytime i thought i had caught them all,,there were more swimming around | |
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September 30th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
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hmmm... where have i heard that before! lol
happens to all of us! | |
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September 30th, 2009
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| | Moderator
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Originally Posted by phantom1bc took me 3 hrs to catch all the fry on my first batch,,eveytime i thought i had caught them all,,there were more swimming around | Quote:
Originally Posted by Tony G.
hmmm... where have i heard that before! lol
happens to all of us! | THAT'S IT! The con fry in my 75g are on their own! More power to 'em | |
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September 30th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
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LOL! | |
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October 1st, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| That's a great idea Tony! I hate vacuuming the leftover food off the bottom of my fry tank. Now I just need to buy a turkey baster, lol | |
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October 1st, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| I've never used a turkey baster and I am a lesbian mother AND raiser of fry!
I use the gravel vac to catch the lil' buggers...my partner catches them in the vac and then slowly releases the water and fry into my waiting net. We've had to get REALLY good at it because we use a python and its hooked up to the sink! 
I also have mad skills when it comes to the use of a net...but only with molly fry in my 30g tank, can't do it in the bigger tank...which is why that is now a male tank! | |
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October 7th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| I have never heard of using a turkey baster, would anyone be so kind and tell me how to  | |
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October 7th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
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October 7th, 2009
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| I need some happy thoughts from everyone, please. Tomorrow (if she hasn't eaten them yet), it's "The Catching of the Fry" in Karma's tank. They were born Sunday I think. They should be free swimming by then, right? | |
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October 7th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Yup! 
happy thoughts headed your way!!!  | |
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October 7th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| First squeeze the air out of it. Then put it in the water just above the fry and let go and the fry will get sucked into it. | |
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October 8th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Turkey basters are great....mine just sprouted legs and left my house or is with the runaway nets hiding out. I also use a kids medicine dropper that you can get at wallyworld...takes a while but it works too. Both are great for removing leftover food and catching fry. | |
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