livebearer_breeder Posted February 26, 2005 Report Share Posted February 26, 2005 Yesterday morning at about 6:30am i spawned my New Black widows, got heaps of eggs and now they've hatched, there between the stage of swimming and wriggling, just wondering if theres anything i should know about feeding etc. Im just gonna use watered down liquifry. Shae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caserole Posted February 26, 2005 Report Share Posted February 26, 2005 congrats is that your first tetra shae ? When there at the free swim stage feed micro worms and bbs in small amounts as often as you can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted February 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2005 i havnt feed them yet? but i thought they were too small for microworms and bbs, yes it is my first tetra. Shae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caserole Posted February 26, 2005 Report Share Posted February 26, 2005 most tetras can take them from the free swim stage,even a neon tetra can. when i breed the bw tetra it did as well, so does black phantom,black neon,glow light and many more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caserole Posted February 26, 2005 Report Share Posted February 26, 2005 i do know there small but they have large mouths for there size, unlike wcw minnows and danios which apear to be the same size but have mouths to small for bbs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted February 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2005 Thanks, will feed them tonight then. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted February 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2005 Thanks, will feed them tonight then. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve slack Posted February 26, 2005 Report Share Posted February 26, 2005 congrats shae how did you go about spawning them? ie:tank conditions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted February 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2005 I got a very fat female and a male outta a pot luck comp from our club on weds, brough them home, put the female in her own tank, fed her up on BBS, then put the male with her the next night, turned on the lights at 6:30am the next day, left them in there for a couple of hours then removed them. Shae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted February 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 It looks like i have maybe 20+ fry sticking to the walls of the glass and a few free swimming fry, so not a very succesful spawn, am in the proccess of conditioning the female again, hopefully i get bigger numbers this time. Thanks for the help, Shae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caserole Posted February 27, 2005 Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 did you use rain water or just aged water ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted February 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 just aged water, i know rain water is softer, so next time i will use that, however bilbo was just here and pointed out, what my eyes couldnt see, it appears i have more than double the original estimation, so am a bit happier, i spose thats ok for the first ever spawn of tetra ive done. Shae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caserole Posted February 27, 2005 Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 very good as you didnt use rain water Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucid Posted February 27, 2005 Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 turned on the lights at 6:30am the next day, left them in there for a couple of hours I thought tetra's had to be blacked out, as they spawned in the dark, is this not so for all tetra's? B Would love to know, as have not had a chance to look up info on my serpae's yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted February 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 hmm they might have spawned that night then, i am not entirley sure, however they were doing there spawning dance when the lights went on. Shae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucid Posted February 27, 2005 Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 thats cool, congrats anyway. Can someone still shed some light or dark on this for me :lol: as I would like to try and get mine to spawn. B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caserole Posted February 27, 2005 Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 No it's not ball. you black out the breeding tanks of some tetras because the fry are sensitive to light before the free swim stage , it will kill them. i' ve never bred serpaes so do not know wether you need to cover the tank or not. but it would not hurt thats for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucid Posted February 27, 2005 Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 Might do some research then and post my findings in the breeding section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted February 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 so will the light Kill my fry? Shae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caserole Posted February 27, 2005 Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 i didnt cover the tanks when i breed black widows and got well over 100 fry , so i'd say no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted February 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 Ok few Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted March 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2005 Heres a pic of about half the Black widoe Fry, most are on the left hand corner beside the Filter. The flaming snail eggs make the tank less than desirable. Shae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted March 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2005 Thats Great Mystic! Hope all goes well, if the eggs are white then there infertile, the clear ones are really hard to see. Will take some more pics in a week or so, they look like mini Black widows now, about 5mm long and 4mm high. got there black fins aswell. Shae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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