fishcrazzy Posted December 10, 2008 Report Share Posted December 10, 2008 looking for some tips at breeding these Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caserole Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 I don't have them and never breed them however I have breed a strain of M. Splendida. Both species are breed in the same way. Your fish are more then big enough. To breed all you need to do is give them a place to lay there eggs, plant/spawning mop, feed normally >>assuming you feed them well. If your fish are in a community tank the other fish will go for the eggs and or fry - that are very small. Best to remove and place in a tank of there own, over all size not importand as long as it is not to small. In this tank should be a sponge filter and a clump of spawning mops( dark like black, navy or deep green I use black for my killies). The eggs have a hard shell like killies and can be picked from the mop and placed in a container of tank water with a little blue to keep fungus of the dead eggs to a minimum. Any dead eggs should be removed on a daily bases. Eggs hatch in 10-14 days. The fry have small mouths and need microscopic foods. Microscopic foods:- Green water, liquid fry food #1, eggs wash and the liquid from a microworm culture. There are many others. I can't remember how long it took before they were able to take bbs as I breed M. Splendida close to 10years ago. Spawning Difficulty :- dead easy!! Raising fry Difficulty :- not so easy, but not difficult. Was this what you were after?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supasi Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 I am currently breeding Melanotaenia praecox (dwarf neon 'bows) Im am doing it exactly as caserole stated, and I agree with the statement that spawning is easy, and raising fry is not so easy. temp is about 26-27 degrees and water changes are done with cold water which makes the go nuts and spawn due to the small size of the fry they need microscopic foods. I use green water, liquifry #1 , micro worms, and keep adult daphnia in with the fry. The bigger fry feed on the newly hatched daphnia. The fry grow very slowly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caserole Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 Yes forgot that the fry do grow slowly, until you get them on to BBS then things speed up heaps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishcrazzy Posted December 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2008 yep that was just the advise i needed! thanks , i put my boesmani's in there own tank with a sponge filter and covered the bottom with some java moss, have been feeding them bloodworm, checked them this morning and found some eggs! :bounce: ... thanks again for the info! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caserole Posted December 22, 2008 Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 Happy to help. Congrats on the spawning :bounce: :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
land_lubber Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 Have you got an update? did you find more eggs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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