fishyNZ Posted November 21, 2015 Report Share Posted November 21, 2015 Found free-swimming fry yesterday; the pair must have laid eggs several days back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishyNZ Posted November 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2015 Closer look of the fry. flatfish 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted November 21, 2015 Report Share Posted November 21, 2015 Nice one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishyNZ Posted November 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2015 Nice one.Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted November 21, 2015 Report Share Posted November 21, 2015 You should be able to - click on edit at the bottom of that particular post, scroll up past your image, edit it and resubmit it. Let me know via message if you can not and I will take a look.Anyway good job - keep us updated with how they progress. fishyNZ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danval Posted November 21, 2015 Report Share Posted November 21, 2015 Nice work. What are you feeding the fry? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishyNZ Posted November 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2015 Nice work. What are you feeding the fry?Thanks. Have not feed them yet but I have loads of decapsulated brine shrimp, as well as some frozen mysis shrimp. I failed miserably once doing the hatching (brine shrimp) thing and been too lazy to try again.Got any other food suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danval Posted November 22, 2015 Report Share Posted November 22, 2015 I would start feeding them soon or they will all disappear... I have had success with microworms and egg yolk mixture when free swimming. Small brineshrimp are probably best but I have never tried. I followed up with daphnia and newly hatched mosquito larvae when they were a little bigger. I have successfully raised numerous species of Apisto's using the egg yolk and microworm procedure. Good luck. land_lubber and Adrienne 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishyNZ Posted November 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2015 Will definitely try both, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danval Posted November 22, 2015 Report Share Posted November 22, 2015 I used to feed the egg yolk mixed with green water. Feed sparingly otherwise you will foul your tank. Adrienne 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishyNZ Posted November 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2015 Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted November 23, 2015 Report Share Posted November 23, 2015 Try brineshrimp again. Once you get it going it is not hard to do. You may have been using old eggs. fishyNZ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishyNZ Posted December 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 Approximately day-30; fry have been separated and are growing up nicely. Also eating good, have tried feeding repashy as well and they just devour it. kiwiraka, JJWooble, danval and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 Well done fishyNZ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishyNZ Posted February 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 (edited) Quick update.Most of the separated fry went to a good breeder. It was a busy holiday period and I don't have properly setup fry/grow-out tanks at the moment.Some were returned back to the parent's tank. Actually it's within the same tank, just separated by plastic breeder boxes. I used a larger plastic container and floated it when the fry got bigger.A number of fry escaped being separated; they survived with their parents and other tankmates (black neons) unhindered. Surprisingly (for me), they grew much faster than those separated. Here's a comparison: Edited February 12, 2016 by fishyNZ JJWooble 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gligor Posted February 12, 2016 Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 Wow that's really interesting, did you feed different food between the two? That might be the reason for the faster growth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishyNZ Posted February 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 Here's a video for better comparison: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishyNZ Posted February 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 (edited) Wow that's really interesting, did you feed different food between the two? That might be the reason for the faster growth. First 2 weeks after separation, the fry were directly fed with bbs and mysis. After that, I started giving slivers of repashy and eventually stopped/replaced the bbs.As for the unhindered fry, I didn't fed them anything directly so they survived with bits and crumbs that their parents fed from (bloodworms and the same repashy). Perhaps due to the quantity of food that made the difference in growth. Frequency of feeding are roughly the same (at least twice/day). Edited February 12, 2016 by fishyNZ JJWooble 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishyNZ Posted February 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 Here's the tank setup; 6-foot and slightly over 300L. It is subdivided into two sections: one has a pair of apistomac, 5 black neon tetras and an L140 pleco whilst the other, a trio of apistomac, 5 black neons and an L140 pleco as well. danval 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishyNZ Posted June 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2016 (edited) Tank update (left side only). They breed easily and almost continuously. Several third generation fry are growing up already. Edited June 11, 2016 by fishyNZ danval and JJWooble 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danval Posted June 18, 2016 Report Share Posted June 18, 2016 Nice work fishyNZ. I also used to find these easy to breed once you get a good pair. Also the Apisto Trifisciata were also easily bred.Do you have any other Apistos? There doesn't seem to be much variety here in NZ at the moment... fishyNZ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJWooble Posted June 18, 2016 Report Share Posted June 18, 2016 Very nice I have a group of 9 juvenile steel blue apistos and am looking forward to when they may start breeding for me fishyNZ and danval 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danval Posted June 19, 2016 Report Share Posted June 19, 2016 fishyNZ do you still have the Panduro's? Any luck with them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishyNZ Posted June 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2016 fishyNZ do you still have the Panduro's? Any luck with them? No luck unfortunately. Over several months I lost one by one to unexplained deaths, most with bent spines. The last three died recently due to an ich outbreak over several tanks; even with early detection and treatment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danval Posted June 19, 2016 Report Share Posted June 19, 2016 Oh bugger... that can be the way with Apisto's sometimes. As I remember you got them when in pretty average condition... I still think the nicest Apisto's I have seen in NZ would have to be the Hongsloi. Jennifer Hamblin from Christchurch managed to breed some but lost most in the big quake. I managed to get a pair (1 male from Jennifer and a female from Auckland ) but the female was already in poor health and died soon after. Still waiting for the next shipment of Apisto's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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