matt_man Posted January 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2014 6? :dunno: Thought your clowns were all females. Got my first fry from my clowns. Still looking for more killie species Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted January 23, 2014 Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 Yeah im getting eggs from their mop - no signs of a male though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_man Posted January 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 thats great. I see on on wonderworld's web site they've got listed "Two Striped Lyretail Killie" I'm wondering if these are Aphyosemion bivittatum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted January 23, 2014 Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 hmmm - not sure i can justify to the misses ANOTHER shipment of fish hahah, spent quite a bit lately. On the bright side the wet peat storage method for the non annuals is quite successful - put a tray to water from the first 3 days they arrived and this morning there was a bunch of little fry swimming around - not bad considering i've only had them 18 days, will give them their first feed a bit later tonight when the egg sacks are completely gone. Should be big enough to photograph off my phone in a week or two. Downside - seems the clown eggs are unfertilised, but thats OKAY! one thing at a time - still have 4 guppy strains keeping me busy and getting around 20 eggs a day off the p82's - can anyone tell me if the p82 is a gardneri or nigerianus? They look a heck of a lot like Fundulopanchax gardneri/nigerianus - I never had them in my fishroom when they got imported like 10+ years ago, so i never took note of their origins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted January 24, 2014 Report Share Posted January 24, 2014 Fundulopanchax bitaeniatum? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted February 6, 2014 Report Share Posted February 6, 2014 Ive noticed in the australe tanks quite a few fry ranging in different sizes, has anyone had much success with leaving them in planted tanks to spawn and live with their parents if kept well fed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted February 6, 2014 Report Share Posted February 6, 2014 It depends how many you want. The only way to breed good numbers is to remove the eggs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_man Posted February 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2014 Just an update on the fry, almost a month old some of the males are starting to colour up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 Nice job - are they australe or p82? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_man Posted February 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 N. guentheri had an ammonia spike kill over half of my clown fry :tears: so gutted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 Nothos are 10 weeks old now and ready to breed, going to separate out males and females next week and start feeding them up. My second hatch of p82 - first hatch got 18 fry - this time around 60 and have 250 eggs to hatch over the next two weeks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wok Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 wicked, keep it up :happy1: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 Yeah not going half bad! Matt do you still want to trade some nigeranus for clown? have 4 fat females and they are spawning but obviously no eggs are being fertilised as yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_man Posted February 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 I was after striatum but i lost my male clown so im in the same boat as you untill my fry grow or i can get another male.. I've got about 70+ fry of the p82's, 50+ of chocs, 20ish of clowns and 80+ of guentheri and lots of eggs of everything apart from clowns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted March 1, 2014 Report Share Posted March 1, 2014 bugger - i lost both the male striatum and only have 2 or 3 fry - so here's hoping. Just hatched out another 170 eggs of the p82's - very prolific. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted March 1, 2014 Report Share Posted March 1, 2014 Had another hatch this morning of 170 eggs - around 80 fry, so not too bad. A few more should hatch over the next few hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_man Posted March 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2014 lost my female choc australe over night. she stopped laying a few days ago. should have a female ready to spawn in a few weeks at the rate she's growing. hatched out about 40 choc fry over night and about 20 N. Guentheri got some P82 due to wet in a few days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 That is a bugger! ive not bothered with the golden australe yet but i do see some fry in their tank, got around 30 chocs tho - always liked them abit better - some of the males are starting to colour which is neat. Ive now found FOUR striatum fry - so SURELY one will be male, two fat females doing nothing atm. Killing me cause they are literally my fav out of the 6 specie i have. Apparently there is a fulla down south with nothobranchius rachovii - offered $100 just for a pair but nothing. bugger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_man Posted March 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 That is a bugger! ive not bothered with the golden australe yet but i do see some fry in their tank, got around 30 chocs tho - always liked them abit better - some of the males are starting to colour which is neat. Ive now found FOUR striatum fry - so SURELY one will be male, two fat females doing nothing atm. Killing me cause they are literally my fav out of the 6 specie i have. Apparently there is a fulla down south with nothobranchius rachovii - offered $100 just for a pair but nothing. bugger. My chocs are colouring up nicely too. the P82's are really fast growing have a fair number of males already coloured up. I've heard about there being Rachovii around just never found out who had them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 Are any of your p82 fry not blonde? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_man Posted March 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 some are rather dark but it seems mostly the females that are darker... I've been experimenting with spawning the Guentheri on mops. seems to work well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted March 9, 2014 Report Share Posted March 9, 2014 Ive got blonde and grey males and females and im not sure which ones i like more tbh - on the grey the blue is dark on the blondes the blue is light. Cool contrast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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