nemines Posted October 16, 2007 Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 how long do t. duboisi eggs take to hatch? i have a female thats been holding for about 12 days now. im thinking about stripping her but only if the eggs are in the larval stage... any thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted October 16, 2007 Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 They will be hatched but probably not free swimming, you can strip them as long as you tumble them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiden Posted October 16, 2007 Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 As Ryan has said they probably wont be free swimming but close. Tropheus can hold for like 6wks also, I have stripped at 7 and 10 days old and they needed another weekish to free swimming I think. As Ryan also said you need to have some air bubbles/movement in whatever you put them in after stripping. Is it her first holding? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted October 16, 2007 Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 I think he has had previous spawnings he posted earlier saying one had spat.. Good luck with it nemines Tropheus is something that I really want to keep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemines Posted October 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 ive got the eggs in a seive positioned over an AquaClear so that a gentle flow of fresh water rises up through them and they roll about a bit. hopefully it should work...... :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted October 16, 2007 Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 That should work, I usually tumble them in a glass jar with an airstone and some meth blue, you can adjust the height of the airstone to adjust the amount of tumbling they get.. Are they hatched? And how many did you get? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemines Posted October 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 i got four eggs, they're not quite hatched but seem to be quite bumpy, some sort of whitish protrusion that isnt fungus. fingers crossed, my temp varies from 25.5-26.5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted October 17, 2007 Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 Man thats taking a long time for them to hatch! Good luck keep us posted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiden Posted October 17, 2007 Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 Hmmm.....Thats weird, must have to do with temperature perhaps cause mine have been wrigglers/half swimmers at that age as their stomach/egg sack is to big for them to swim properly. :oops: Sorry I didnt pick up on the earlier thread I do remember it now :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemines Posted October 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 i think they must be infertile as they're the same as before ill just recondition her back up and try again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted October 19, 2007 Report Share Posted October 19, 2007 It will probably take the male a few times to get it right, from what ive read its quite common for the first few spawn's to be unsuccessful due to the male.. I'm sure the next few times will go well for you I'm surprised that the female held unfertilized eggs for that long? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiden Posted October 19, 2007 Report Share Posted October 19, 2007 Hey there, bad luck on the eggs man. But it can only get better I'm gonna strip my female over the weekend and I can post some pictures if you like either on this thread or a new one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted October 19, 2007 Report Share Posted October 19, 2007 lol you breeding some for me Tiden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemines Posted October 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2007 pictures would be great!! may as well keep them on this thread... do any of you guys know if a protein skimmer would work on a tanganyikan tank? i know that they dont work on fresh water but do you reckon, if the water was hard enough with calcium salts etc and not sodium chloride, it could work? or is NaCl required for the ionic precipitation process to work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted October 20, 2007 Report Share Posted October 20, 2007 I know you can buy surface skimmers for freshwater tanks I have one here that I brought with all my tanks etc for a fluval have never used it or seen the need.. What are you trying to achieve? I think I read on the net somewhere the other day that some jullie breeder used skimmers on his freshwater tanks to eliminate any overfeeding or anything. Id rather just not overfeed and do water changes.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemines Posted October 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2007 with a skimmer though,you'd get much more stability between water changes... i change 50% per week and dont overfeed but with a skimmer i could get nitrate right down from 10ppm to nearly 0ppm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemines Posted October 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2007 one of my females has got another brood and it looks like the big bulge yet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted October 21, 2007 Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 Awesome man how many females do you have ? Let me know when you have some for sale Regarding the skimmer I probably wouldn't bother your obviously doing something right if your fish are all happy healthy and breeding If you want to get nitrates down you might have to do water changes more often.. If it ain't broke don't fix it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiden Posted October 21, 2007 Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 Here's some pictures for ya. Close up shot Contents of mouth just a couple of snails :roll: Breeding Trap She was 14 days holding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemines Posted October 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 i think ive currently got 1 male and 6 females (though only two of the six have held broods so far) awesome pix Tiden!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiden Posted October 21, 2007 Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 Thats a great ratio :bounce: I have 2 Male and only 4 Female and 2 of those have held but the other 2 are only just getting solid bands. Are yours Yellow bands then nemines? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemines Posted October 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 yeah they are... some of them aren't too good in terms of colour though. the female brooding at the moment has a band on one side then almost nothing on the other. my mal equite nice though.. tint of blue in all his fins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiden Posted November 16, 2007 Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 Any news?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemines Posted November 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2007 no news yet...i've got three holding females but whether any will go the full duration. i guess time will tell 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiden Posted November 20, 2007 Report Share Posted November 20, 2007 Well that sounds like good news to me Let us know how they do for ya. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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