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  1. JoefishGofish
    The spawning frenzy taking place over my pump is crazy. I turned the pump off hoping some eggs settle underneath and I can collect.
  2. JoefishGofish
    They spend some time over the stones I placed there yesterday.....but they also keep swarming around my pump. I placed an airstone there to hopefully make it less appealing. Any eggs that go into that pump get shot up to a tank above it full of Blonde White Clouds and a densely planted tank.
  3. JoefishGofish
    Like clockwork my Shiners are starting to spawn. Every 14 days. It’s remarkable there consistency and predictability. I’m excited to put the @WhitecloudDynasty plan into motion. I’ll let you know if I collect many eggs.
  4. JoefishGofish
    An instructional video would be great! Your videos have all been very well done. The bar is set high. No pressure.
  5. JoefishGofish
    That’s the plan! I’ll let you know how it goes. Fingers crossed!
  6. JoefishGofish
    @WhitecloudDynasty I will definitely do that. if you have time to type up a To Do List from egg harvest to free swimming feeding I’d benefit from it.....you have nothing better to do, right?:) here’s my plan..... 1. egg harvest with 24 hours in methylene blue. 2. change out water with clean RO water using only low flow airstone 3. Maintain darkness and 1/2-1/3 water changes with RO only for 5-10 days 4. day 10-12 fry should be free swimming? and ready for Hikari fry food and try BBS. 5. If there are several and they are free swimming and need more space....transfer to 30 gallon.... Any thoughts?
  7. JoefishGofish
    @fishfolk mine look similar to yours until they spawn. Then they really flash reds and pinks for 24-36 hours. @WhitecloudDynastyi had them covered and then decided to put duckweed on top as shade from lights. If it simply a light issue, I should have no problem next spawn. Hopefully this coming week.
  8. JoefishGofish
    Well, I’m down to 3 fry. I don’t know what’s up. The 1/2 gallon (hang on side) fry tank is connected to, and circulating with, a 30 gallon tank with 40 Danio fry, 2 (3 mnth old) shiner fry and 12 Cherry Shrimp. Everyone else is doing well. Just the latest Shiner fry are dying off. Any thoughts or suggestions?
  9. JoefishGofish
    I thought I was doing everything right. I’ve had a high death rate among the fry. Down to about 20 or so from initial 100. I have Planaria in the tank and wondering if they are killing or simply cleaning up carcasses? not sure what to do. next spawn I’m going to use strictly RO water in a the same fry tank with air stone until free swimming. Not circulating through larger tank.
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    fun to watch how quickly they develop eyes. I look forward to feeding them BBS
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    So attempt #6 (likely more) with the Shiners is proving better. -shiners spawned and I had to go to work so I put the container with rocks in -I left it In place for 48hrs, normally I take it out in the evening when their colouring fades -harvested 100-150 eggs. -methylene blue for 24 hours in simple fry tank -I think my problems in the past may have been a fertilizing issue... -approx 100 fry finishing their yolks 6 days later.
  13. JoefishGofish
    Most definitely going to use Hydrogen Peroxide or Methylene Blue on the eggs next time. It’s worth a shot. I’m wondering about treating the fungus even now with Hydrogen Peroxide on dead eggs to aid the hatching ones...? Any thoughts?
  14. JoefishGofish
    Down to about a dozen eggs that have activity inside. Tails are flicking around. Should hatch by end of day.
  15. JoefishGofish
    I must be having issues with fertility rates. I’m watching the eggs turn cloudy and white. About 30-40% are dead eggs. frustrating.
  16. JoefishGofish
    So I’m calling it a day. I collected about 200 + eggs from the net cup/jam jar that the Shiners chose to spawn in. I put 100 eggs in the little HOB fry tank with lotsa green algae in it and 100 eggs in the Ziss Tumbler 65 for hatch rate comparison. I really hope this yields me some more fry.
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    Note to self, and to others perhaps, I was feeding my other tanks bloodworms and thought I’d add some to the the spawning shiners and within 30 minutes the snapped right out of their brilliant colouring and took a break from their frenzy. I did not expect this. Im waiting to see if they colour up again or is this it for the spawn......
  18. JoefishGofish
    My makeshift jam jar with net pot in the top has collected approximately 100 eggs so far. I only hope they’ve been fertilized too. I’ll post videos on YouTube.
  19. JoefishGofish
    So it appears the Shiners are spawning anywhere but on my collection area so far...... they were collecting in dark corners of the tank and really going at it. I've placed collecting jars with a couple of stones in a net cup on top. we’ll see. Egg collecting might be difficult this round. It’s still early. They’ll be at it all day.
  20. JoefishGofish
    They are at it again this morning. I’m hoping to collect eggs in this plastic container with a single layer of stones over a floor with gaps in it for the eggs to fall through. Fingers crossed.
  21. JoefishGofish
    So what do you suggest for an egg laying containment?
  22. JoefishGofish
    I’ll try just a single layer of stones then. They definitely seem attracted to wherever I place the container. It’s been in other corners too. That’s a great thought on the fertilizing. where do you find Methylane Blue? Can you show me a pic of what you use? There’s a few odd looking products on Amazon.
  23. JoefishGofish
    I’ve been letting the algae grow on my smaller fry tank to offer some nutrient(?) and natural atmosphere for newest fry. What are your thoughts on this?
  24. JoefishGofish
    Here’s my setup. 2 x 75 gallon unheated tanks. top tank is Gold White Clouds. Some brought inside from backyard pond, smaller ones are new that I’m growing out to put outside in the spring. I’m up in Canada near Toronto. I don’t think I can risk overwintering these guys. Bottom tank is Rainbow Shiners. They were outside all summer and I brought them in to try breeding (and because is so cold too!) My 20 gallon fry tank. Exterior fry little tank. Egg tumbler. I collected my first few batches in a small cup with stones Eggs are now collected in glass container with stones. Easier to see when the eggs are deposited. Not all eggs have been fertilized in the past. Maybe 20% have made past the 2-3 day mark. The Tumbler took care of fungus and clumping eggs. Next time I will slow the Tumbler down once the eggs have hatched. I’ll leave them alone for additional 5 days before moving them to small fry tank. Currently my 20 gallon fry tank has Cherry Shrimp, 1 Shiner fry, and 20 Gold White Cloud fry.
  25. JoefishGofish
    I too am trying to breed my 13 Rainbow Shiners. I could use some pointers. they consistently spawn every 2 weeks. Temp is 66F started with a DIY egg bubbler and hatched some fry....very little success upgraded to a Ziss Egg Tumbler 65 and love it but I’m still losing fry once the tails have formed I've collected 4 batches of eggs now, 1st attempt - 30 eggs-eggs grew fungus - no successful fry 2nd - 100 eggs collected- some fungus- about 20 eggs remained viable- 1 fry (6 weeks old) now eating BBS 3rd - 50-60 eggs collected - 4 fry (3 weeks old) about to go in a fry tank to hopefully eat BBS soon 4th - 100 eggs - 20 lasted the week, now 1 week old, have tails, played around with flow in Tumbler, I think I killed them all but a few it’s so disappointing. I kept the flow high enough that they didn’t all stick together. Once the dead eggs had dissolved and the remaining 20 had formed tails I turned the flow up to see if they were active but I think I killed them with too much flow any thoughts for next time? I should have another spawn in a week
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