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Post by jon carman on Jun 26, 2011 23:03:28 GMT -6
I had a pretty good breeding month.
Today 2 cherry red zebras holding
Today Wild lion head afra spit 6 fry
Flavescent peacock spit 22 fry
3 benga peacocks holding now, 2 spit this week 50+ fry
2 Protomelas (Hap.) taeniolatus red empress spit 50 + fry last month
1 Protomelas (Hap.) taeniolatus ndiwe fireblue holding
2 Albino Ngara flametail spit 60+ fry yesterday, and last week
Xenotilapia Melanogenys spit 19 fry, only have 1 survive
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Post by mruble on Jun 27, 2011 5:45:27 GMT -6
Where are you growng out the fry at?
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Post by angel on Jun 27, 2011 6:03:45 GMT -6
Great work on the spawns!
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Post by jon carman on Jun 27, 2011 6:21:40 GMT -6
I am growing some out at my dad's, and some at my house in some 10g, and the long double stack tank.
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Post by glenoweth on Jun 28, 2011 19:00:02 GMT -6
Xenotilapia Melanogenys spit 19 fry, only have 1 survive
1 out of 19 WTF happened? I have a female holding now.
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Post by jon carman on Jun 28, 2011 19:14:55 GMT -6
They are super sensitive when small. I am not 100% sure what happened, but I have bred them about 10 separate pairs over the past 3 years, and except for twice I usually lose about half. This time they just died. I think they are extremely sensitive to nitrates and what is harmless to most fish kills them. Next time I will put them in clean water with minimal filtration and do daily water changes for first month.
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Post by glenoweth on Jun 28, 2011 22:46:36 GMT -6
Great.... i hope this is not the fate for mine!
If it was water Quality would they not die before she spit them? or are you stripping the eggs from her? mine are looking really health in her mouth she can hardly hold them in.
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Post by jon carman on Jun 29, 2011 11:32:30 GMT -6
they die after she spit. i quit stripping because they cant handle the stress. i then move to a 10g tank. i just breed them for experience for now. i can buy f1s cheaper than the work it takes to grow them out.
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Post by glenoweth on Jun 29, 2011 16:34:46 GMT -6
they die after she spit. i quit stripping because they cant handle the stress. i then move to a 10g tank. i just breed them for experience for now. i can buy f1s cheaper than the work it takes to grow them out. from everything i have read you dont move them until they are a bit older! just leave them with mom until like 1/2-3/4. everyone that has tried to move them right mom spits said they have lost the fry.. some even documented losing them in the Net before they even moved them. If i was you I would let them stay with mom next time you get one to spit. |
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Post by jon carman on Jun 29, 2011 21:13:22 GMT -6
I have the dad in that tank and he likes to eat them when she spits. I empty a cycled 10g and fill with water from parents tank then when she spits I move fry. They can be raised probably easily with 3 or 4 water changes a week, and maybe a couple other easy measures, but I don't have time. Next batch I will give a bit more effort. I am focused on salvaging the salt water tank now.
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Post by glenoweth on Jun 30, 2011 19:53:11 GMT -6
what if you move the male instead? alot of people say just moving thing kills them! like before they ever even touch the other water in the tank!
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Post by jon carman on Jul 15, 2011 9:26:11 GMT -6
Holding as of last night:
1 Blue Orchid
2 OB peacocks
1 Firefish holding, 1 spit
1 Ndiwe fire hap
2 benga peacock
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Post by allierw on Jul 15, 2011 13:59:57 GMT -6
Awesome! You are having great luck with the haps and peacocks spawning.
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Post by jon carman on Jul 15, 2011 14:05:04 GMT -6
yep, if only tangs were that easy
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Post by cbryll on Nov 1, 2011 15:20:07 GMT -6
Jon - I know this thread is a few months old but I'm curious if you figured out how to raise up the small frys?
I had one baby fry in my tank when I bought the setup a few weeks ago and it's doing fine. Since then 'someone' spit and I have three new baby fry's ... I can't net them to move them so they are surviving on their own in the big 75 gallon tank. I am thinking when they get older I'll try to net and move them ... does this approach give the fry's a better chance to survive? (leaving in the big tank for a few weeks)
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