twinkles Posted April 25, 2009 Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 Firstly, my gardneri blues have been breeding very well for a couple of months, laying on the gravel and with me siphoning out the fry once they get to a couple of weeks old and start coming out to be caught. Determined to do things properly at last, i made them a mop last week, which they love, and am getting 10 or so eggs a day. Am putting eggs into a container with water from parents tank and floating it on the fry tank, with some meth blue, but lots are going fungused, that is, of the almost week old ones, 6/20 have eyes, the rest went fuzzy. The newer ones i've taken a couple of fungus ones out and the rest i can't be sure on yet. So what am i doing wrong? I'm sure they had higher hatch rates when left in the tank, or maybe I just didn't see the bad eggs. Is it the lack of water movement in the containers? Had a search on google and found two other ways which sounded good, either putting the whole mop in a little tank with an airstone, or squeezing the water out, ziplocking it, and putting it back in water after 2-3 weeks. So has anyone tried these ways and want to share how well they work? Second question, I had a beautiful, perfect male who was doing all the breeding, but he jumped out of the tank 2 weeks ago, and now the other male has taken over, but his colouring on his tail isn't the same, the yellow/orange on the top only goes 1/3 the length down his tail, where on the first boy it was the whole length to match the bottom. Does it matter? Should i keep breeding him, or try to find another one with better markings? What are they supposed to look like exactly? I don't really want to replace him, I love him and he's having fun with the girls, but don't want to breed badly comformed fish if thats what it is. Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrie Posted April 25, 2009 Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 Your here on Thursday? I can show you what I do but yes, Ive taken the mop out as well I rest mine on peat and any fungussed eggs can be removed straight away See what he throws is the simple thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinkles Posted April 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 ok thanks, will take a look at yours. just frustrating that they were doing better left to their own devices Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrie Posted April 25, 2009 Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 they possibly were doing no better, its just that you only see the good results when you breed them like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinkles Posted April 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 i wondered about that, but i pulled out 30 fry over two weeks, plus alot were eaten and sucked up the filter before i could catch them. But they might still be laying on the gravel too, how many eggs do the girls usually lay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrie Posted April 25, 2009 Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 I have pulled over 60 in 2 days from 2 f/ms but sometimes none others 10... there is no rule Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinkles Posted April 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 ok, will check carefully when i siphon the gravel later, they're probably laying all over the place. There's 3 girls in there, one huge one and two smaller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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