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Ty Crosby

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  1. Today I found an interesting blue medaka juvenile in my 250gal indoor pond build. I tried to find a scientific term that describes this fish but the best I could come up with was Chimera. The coloration on this fish is split right down the middle. I think this fish has both gene sequences of the darker and lighter blue medaka I keep in this tank. You can see one of the darker blue juveniles in the second picture to show the differences. If anyone knows anything about this mutation I'd love to learn a bit more. I'll add more picture of this fish in the future when it grows up a bit.
  2. I've heard that ricefish fry release growth stunting hormones. I have a few rainbow shiner fry growing out in tanks with and without ricefish fry. The RS fry that are with the ricefish fry are growing noticeably slower but as long as you keep up with water changes the effects are diminished.
  3. Hello Everyone! I wanted to start a conversation about ricefish so we could learn a bit more about them. If you keep ricefish maybe share a few details you find interesting about the experience. What variations do you like or really want to find for your own collection?
  4. Hey Taco Playz and Mako13, thanks for commenting! Taco Playz, good luck breeding medaka, it'll be a fun experience. I use spawning mops to collect the eggs and will usually leave them in the bucket for about 1 to 2 weeks before I remove them. I put the mops in a separate container that is heated for another 2 weeks but, most of the eggs will hatch after 10 days. I don't use methylene blue just cycled aquarium water. I add the fry to the larger bucket a week after they stop hatching. I feed aquarium co-op's fry food everyday, they start eating just a few hours after hatching. I have not tried baby brine shrimp but I'm sure it would be the best food for all of your ricefish. I change the container water after I complete a hatch. Mako13, that'll be a great project! You'll have to post the results, I'd love to see that variation. Here's a fun update from my fish room. I found some rainbow shiner fry in my 250gal indoor pond. They are the newest inhabitants of the pond and are accompanied by orange and blue medaka, medaka fry, cherry shrimp, bladder snails, rams horn snails and the adult 5 rainbow shiners. The first photo is of a shiner fry so you can see the difference between it and the medaka fry. I've also added a photo of my most recent red cap hatch.
  5. Hello, I thought I would share some photos from my red cap medaka breeding project now that a few have grown to maturity. I started breeding these guys in a colony of 10 fish, about four months ago. The process started slow but, now I hatch out around 50 to 100 every two weeks. I've started slowing down on hatching now that I have around 500. I also keep a few orange medaka as well as some blue medaka and rainbow shiners that are not pictured. Image 1: 17gal Muck Bucket with Red Cap and Blue Medaka fry + juveniles Image 2: 17gal Muck Bucket for Red Cap Breeding Image 3: 55gal Red Cap grow out tank from above Images 4,5: 55gal Red Cap grow out tank from the side (Sorry that the fish are out of focus the iPhone camera can only do so much)
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