matt_man

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nope that ship has long since sailed

I breed plenty of rainbows. sort of just trying to see who else does,so maybe could do some egg swaps since you can post eggs sort like you do with killies. I really want to get some blue eyes but cant find any around here

Does anyone one here actively breed Rainbows? Or even blue eyes?

26 but still need more

still looking for any nothobranchius types that i can get my hands on or any other peat spawners for that matter. any old peat bags that may have had eggs in them are always a good start.

Did anyone on here buy any of the Nothobranchius foerschi from HFF ?

If you dont want to hatch out the eggs straight away you can store them on damp peat in a sealed container I store a weeks worth of eggs for 3 weeks for choc australe and 4 weeks for p82 before wetting. Its alway better to feed killie fry on live food as the movement triggers natural feeding response. Vinegar eels are a great food source it you dont want the hassle of brine shrimp.

which retailers ?

yep they should be may just need to let the grow abit more

I had my breeding trio in about 10 ltrs with floating mops, with water change twice a week. In the wild they can be found in very small puddles. most literature I've read says to keep them in around 15-20 ltr for a pair or trio.

:cophot: Looks really good, glad they've gone to a good home

yeah i did he'll let you know what else he's got if you ask

contact Pauljones on T/m for the first 2. I dont believe the last 3 are around anymore. But in saying that i think wonderworld had some Aphyosemion bivittatum within the last year but have no idea what happened to them. I'm starting to get a nice population of`clown killies(Epiplatys annulatus) going, really slow growing compared to the other killies i have. I myself would love to get hold of some Aphyosemion bitaeniatum and Fundulopanchax amieti

have you thought about what type of killies you're after ?

some are rather dark but it seems mostly the females that are darker... I've been experimenting with spawning the Guentheri on mops. seems to work well

My chocs are colouring up nicely too. the P82's are really fast growing have a fair number of males already coloured up. I've heard about there being Rachovii around just never found out who had them.

lost my female choc australe over night. she stopped laying a few days ago. should have a female ready to spawn in a few weeks at the rate she's growing. hatched out about 40 choc fry over night and about 20 N. Guentheri got some P82 due to wet in a few days.

I was after striatum but i lost my male clown so im in the same boat as you untill my fry grow or i can get another male.. I've got about 70+ fry of the p82's, 50+ of chocs, 20ish of clowns and 80+ of guentheri and lots of eggs of everything apart from clowns

N. guentheri had an ammonia spike kill over half of my clown fry :tears: so gutted

Just an update on the fry, almost a month old some of the males are starting to colour up

1 to 1 and female MUST be removed after spawning. the male looks after the eggs and fry

keep the tank water level down a bit to give a good air gap at the top and with a good fitting lid will help to keep a zone of warm humid air. a good supply of green water is a must for the fry untill they're big enough to eat vinegar eels or BBS. A bit of ricia floating on top is good to help hold the nest together. Have a hiding place for the female and make sure you remove her after spawning.

thats great. I see on on wonderworld's web site they've got listed "Two Striped Lyretail Killie" I'm wondering if these are Aphyosemion bivittatum

Try this link http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Free-Shipping-10Pcs-1-To-1-Way-Air-Flow-Controller-Stainless-Steel-Aquarium-Switch-Regulator-Air/1253560571.html I buy a bit of stuff off this site.