malawi_man Posted June 17, 2004 Report Share Posted June 17, 2004 they sure r kool fish but i dont hav the money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kim Posted June 21, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2004 babies are selling well!! the 2nd lot of babies are looking so good alot better than the 1st lot as they are eatting more, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malawi_man Posted June 21, 2004 Report Share Posted June 21, 2004 how old r they?????????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kim Posted June 21, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2004 1st lot are coming up 2months old on the 29th of this month 3-3 1/2cm long. 2nd lot are 19 days young , they are so cute 1cm some are 1 1/2 cm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_au Posted June 21, 2004 Report Share Posted June 21, 2004 OK Kim, tell us your secret ! Takes me 12 weeks minimum to get common bristles to 3 cm SL, depending on the time of year, some times longer! And I have been breeding them for more than thirty years What sort of super growth food are you using ???? Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kim Posted June 21, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2004 its all in the food, water changes and temp! first off my temp is 26 and thats what it was when i breed them! i have food in 24/7 i use the jbl plecochips they are great they dont fall apart like most bottom feeding food, they get peas shelled, and other veges and i do small water changes twice a day but i dont put new water in i use water from my plant tanks that way i can do as many water changes as i like. and i tell them they are going to grow nice and strong for mummy hahaha (joke) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malawi_man Posted June 21, 2004 Report Share Posted June 21, 2004 how much r those jbl pleco chips??? and where do u get them from??? :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kim Posted June 23, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2004 kribkrazy- you can buy jbl at most shops but only a few of us are jbl agents that means we could sell it cheeper than most other shops $10 -50gm $18 - 140gm $45 - 500gm those are my prices Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malawi_man Posted June 23, 2004 Report Share Posted June 23, 2004 k thanx :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kim Posted July 1, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2004 how to add fuel to the fire i put the female back in the tank with another female so the male will give the woman time out and the randy so and so has already tried it on with both of them :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malawi_man Posted July 1, 2004 Report Share Posted July 1, 2004 sry i don't under stand........can u say that again???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kim Posted July 1, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2004 normally when you try to breed catfish you have 1 male and 2-4 females that stops him bugging the same female every time, well when i breed them i only had one male and one female so what i did the first time was take the male out and put a new male in after a month (that gave new blood lines), this time i took the female out as he was wanting to breed again after two weeks because he wasnt looking after the babies, he was being hard on her and as its hard to get females i didnt want to lose her so out she came, but to give her time out i got my hand on another female and put the two of them in with the male , well fire works he is a stud and wants them both :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malawi_man Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 hehe lol :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kim Posted July 3, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2004 the stud did it again!!!! kribkrazy- in other words they breed again yesterday :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatBrat Posted July 4, 2004 Report Share Posted July 4, 2004 Wow Kim...again How many times is that? I have to get me a female. Cheers, CatBrat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shar Posted July 8, 2004 Report Share Posted July 8, 2004 Just noticed that someone from Auckland on Trade Me is selling Black-eyed Golden Bristlnose fish for $20 heres the link - http://www.trademe.co.nz/structure/auct ... ermanent=0 Just thought it might interest someone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kim Posted July 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2004 CatBrat - its the 3rd time , this time i had a young female in and by the looks of it she has only had 30 babies , but the dad is looking after most of the babies this time and stopping them from swimming away, every time has been easier :lol: , i cant sex my babies yet but when i can i can save you a girl or i could try and get you one or two in, shar - thats the same price as mine are :lol: but i have 60 + up for sale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kim Posted August 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2004 after talking to a friend yesterday i realised that mum and dad hadnt done there thing this month so i put in another male to get the other male going as mum is so full of eggs she will pop if he didnt get his act together, well it worked he now is flirting with her again, i dont no men hahaha i took the other male out because dad was going to kill him if i keeped him in over night. fingers crossed they will lay more soon . babies are selling well i have only about 30 left to sell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kim Posted September 17, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2004 well the male is sitting on eggs again its great timing as now i can bring some of my older ones down to the fish show for the auction Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatBrat Posted September 17, 2004 Report Share Posted September 17, 2004 That's great news Kim Cheers, CatBrat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kim Posted September 23, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2004 i have lots of babies and a really pissed off dad ..... this time the dad looked after all of the babies in the nest but yesterday i had to take them out because im going away today..... i didnt want them going up the filter when they came out of the nest in a few days .... my olds are looking after them. oh they are so cute at this age Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kim Posted October 31, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2004 up date; on the 10th of this month they breed for the 5th time, about 50 babies then on the 30th they did it again so i have 100's of babies. have sold out of bigger ones so will have more for sale in 3 weeks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatBrat Posted October 31, 2004 Report Share Posted October 31, 2004 Thats great Kim :hail: How many females do you have spawning? Just one? My pair seems to spawn every 25 days or so. Is this similar to your pair/group? Cheers, CatBrat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kim Posted October 31, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2004 yes i only have one female . thats great CatBrat its so much fun watching them grow up a. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylefish02 Posted November 1, 2004 Report Share Posted November 1, 2004 CatBrat doesnt see them grow up LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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