Caryl Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 I was answering alanmin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 MMMMMMMMMwwhhhaaaaaaaaaaa Alan 104 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 White clouds have been a prohibited import for as many years as long as I can remember (maybe 40) but they have been like axylotls and go in and out of popularity with MaF. What are these gold morphs like, might be worth getting some. I just gave my normals to a friend to keep the mossies down in his half wine barrel lilley ponds today. I was at a meeting many years ago when a rep from MaF was lecturing about all the nasty fish that had been smuggled into the country including white clouds and an old guy down the back (looked about 100 not out) started waving a bit of paper he claimed was a letter of approval from way back to import them. I did't follow it up but it always makes me wonder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PENEJANE Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 So what do the eggs look like on these guys? The female that I have has got me worried lol but then again I worry about any super large female fish. I have found two little white coloured little round things which I would like to hope are eggs on the outer edge of the java moss. When the female drops her eggs will there be a big change in her body shape? like will she lose the plumpness of her belly to let me know that yes there maybe some eggs in there? Hoping to add these little guys to my soon to be set up breeding room Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 Eggs are very very small and clear, if there white, then there infertile. Doubtful you will see drastic changes, but if your lucky, she will become skinny and normal again, and then you'll no, either she was blocked up, had a gas biuld up, or spawned. Shae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted November 11, 2005 Report Share Posted November 11, 2005 My females remained pretty fat because they do not dump all their eggs like most fish, they seem to lay a few each day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PENEJANE Posted November 12, 2005 Report Share Posted November 12, 2005 What is the recommended food for these guys? I was told that normal goldfish flakes would be ok but I haven't seen them eat it. I have given them a small amount of blood worm (jiggled a piece about till a few worms fell off) and thats all. I am soon to have microworms and whiteworms. Untill then would goldfish flake be ok or would I be better with tropical flake? cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted November 12, 2005 Report Share Posted November 12, 2005 alanmin, if you didn't look closely, you'd think that they were albinoes. Suppose that was why they were labled that way. But the shop keeper Dave, agreed with me that they weren't true albino, just looked that way. No pink eyes is a sure fire way of telling that. Alan 104 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted November 12, 2005 Report Share Posted November 12, 2005 Sounds like the normals would be a better looking fish. The young fry are quite attractive and look a bit like baby neons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted November 12, 2005 Report Share Posted November 12, 2005 I'd agree on that alanmin, as with most things that humans muck around with, what they started with is a design for a purpose that didn't need mucking around with. The long finned oscars is a classic example, as is the colour morphs of the dwarf gourami, all the shades, almost, of the rainbow, but now, compared with the "naturals", are very poor at breeding and are so delicate, you only need to sneeze in the same room as them and they'll get whitespot or dropsy, etc Alan 104 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted November 25, 2005 Report Share Posted November 25, 2005 I had a heap of these in a 3 ft tank that was pretty well planted and fed them well rtc and they spawned pretty much every day, I never removed any babies and they just swum around and the parents didn't bother them... Needless to say it didn't take long for the tank to fill... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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