caserole Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 FYI SFBB = San Francisco Bay Brineshrimp - they are smaller than some other species of brineshrimp. This is the strain produced locally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke* Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 Do i need to do anyhting to it to 'prepare it' for the tank? I boiled mine in a pot then let it cool and placed it in the tank. This way it will sink straight away. Use the boiled water of course too cos it will have a nice low pH, lower the hardness (if you have any), and will give that beautiful dusky dark blackwater look to the tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthewY Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 Hey, just wondering how the breeding ended up going. I gave it a try for the last 3 weeks (doing some good quantity of water changes etc with rain water) and no good so wondering if anyone else has had any luck.... I think my flaw was in the conditioning (or lack of) of the fish to begin with Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted July 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 It didnt go yet I found some more platy fry and a betta young that had to go in the tank i was going to use and some of my cardinals died :-? Going to give it a go when all my big tanks are sorted and Have more money in my pocket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpidersWeb Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 Sorry to hear that Dixon I think a big thing people miss when reading the article is the discussion of the water itself. It's more than just pH. He also measures conductivity, and gets the water precise to conditions. I'd mix RO water with either rain or tap water until the correct conductivity is desired (you can buy conductivity/pH meters off tardme). For conditioning I'd be feeding the females microworms, BBS, and decap BBS as often as possible. Plankton worked well for my Danios too (has a crazy protein percentage). If you get them to breed, you want TONNES not just a few, so get as many fat ladies as you can Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthewY Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 SpidersWeb thought I'll highjack this thread incase I can get some good advice too :-) I think you are 100% correct in teh prep side. I've just been using rainw ater hoping that teh conductivity of that alone is enough for them to breed. I've been feeding them frozen brine shrimps, frozen blood worms and some discus tucker (prettyy much any high quality frozen food I can get). I think the flaw has been in both the food and the water which is what you pointed out. I'll need to investigate the cost of the conductivity meters, I remember seeing one from australia which did ph, consuctivity / hardness and a range of other things but no price (and ofcourse I am cheap so prob cant afford it in teh first place). If anyone near buy have one I can borrow for up to a week, I'll be dead keen to try again once my guys (girls)have "plumped" back up. Other issue around water is that i dont have access to RO water, does anyoen know a local place which sells good RO water that I can use for this? I have the cardinals currently floating in a container in my main tank at the moment for conditioning.... that way I dont have to chase them around a 350L tank when i want to capture them for breeding.... With regards to food, do you think the frozen stuff is enough or I really need live food? cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Posted July 16, 2008 Report Share Posted July 16, 2008 I wouldn't worry about using RO water unless the conductivity of your rainwater is high. Generally it should be very low but collection factors can make all the difference. I collected rain water off a metal roof and was surprised to find that the conductivity was pretty close to tap water. If you do choose to use RO water then I would just use that, wouldn't worry about mixing it with other water. When Bryan was breeding the cardinals he used to set up a number of tanks - he wasn't always successful with the pairs he put in. He also talked about other factors such as moonlight in the evening (although this seemed to apply more to the rummynose). HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new zealand discus man Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 http://www.fnzas.org.nz/fishroom/breedi ... 31115.html Check it out as been going for a bit...Got to start and see notes re breeding.........And feeding...........Cheers Phill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke* Posted August 9, 2008 Report Share Posted August 9, 2008 I reckon you don't want to scimp on the food.... i'd definitely invest in daphnia, whiteworms, find some mosquito larvae, microworms. these seem to really get fish going when it comes to breeding. any more luck? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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