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I have used the fluval boxes as well. Grab a bit of filter media and add it to the over flow back to the tank. Helps keep from washing any fry back into the main tank. I carefully siphon out the fluval hang on tank with a bit of airline tubing, but its hard to foul the water since its getting a constant water change with water from the tank its attached to.

If you are breeeding outside... find a pond store with water hyacinth and let them go to town on their own.

Drip acclimate them to the new water. Grab air line hosing and drip tank water in to at minimum double the amount of water they shipped / packaged in, if you are patient go longer. The longer you go the less shocking the difference is between their original water and yours. Best of luck, my 10 gallon has thrown an insane number of shrimp over the last couple years.

Following. Seems like such a great concept, looks cool… but seems like it’s probably better in theory than real life practice

Black plasti dip

Calcium chips? what exactly are these and where does one acquire? I have the hardest time keeping mystery snails alive even in well established tanks. I throw cuttlefish bone in and have moderate to moderately hard water and still no dice.

I run a hang on tank fry box that sits outside the tank (fluval). I airline tube siphon the fry box daily. The water isnt really changed because its pulling in water from a 10 or 20 gallon tank depending. Once the fry are in a 10 gallon of their own, i change a gallon a day to ensure clean water, and encourage growth.

I have 5 pygmy corys in a 10 gallon tank. Threw a dozen shrimp culls in there, and now i cant see the pygmy corys for all the shrimp in the way. So... pygmys are pretty darn shrimp safe.

I sink a breeding box to the bottom of the tank. Throw java moss on top. Early afternoon i shake the java moss above the breeder box, then grab a pipette and suck the eggs up of the tray of the breeder box, and underneath the breeder box tray. Toss em all in a tank just for baby cpd and before you know it i have fry and cpds.

No strain, no rinse. Eye dropper straight into the tank. Hasnt ever seemed to be an issue for me.

Apistos would do well in a 40 gallon, adding the rainbows will likely put an end to successful breeding. I raise apistos in a 35 gallon 2 female 1 male, siphon out the fry with airline tubing and raise them seperate. I dont think with rainbows you would have any survive.

I breed apisto cacatoides. I have a male and two females in a 35 gallon tank, they are the sole fish occupants. There are plenty of shrimp in the tank. Have a few coconut shells, and apisto caves in there. Have plenty of java moss as well. Break up the line of site of the fish. Even with all that you do have to watch for the fry. I siphon them out with airline tubing and raise them separately from the parents. Lots of water changes gets them spawning. Feed golden pearls, and baby brine shrimp. Lots of regular water changes to keep water clean, and off you go.

I have bosemani rainbows and cherry shrimp in the tank… the shrimp survive in dense Java moss. But the poor shrimp that gets caught out from cover when the lights turn on… well it doesn’t last long. would not recommend rainbows and shrimp together if you want to to see the shrimp.

So the mop was a good idea but I am not sure it was necessary. The loose babies in the tank seem to be growing and surviving with no issue. The s was re out and about loungin around near the adults. my original concern was predation by parents hence the mop but does not seem to be a issue. I think if you had no other soft scape in the tank they would choose the mop as they seem to favor moss, mop, etc. the mop would be nice if you choose to have a fry tank where u can make it easier for food to get to fry. the downside to the mop because there is one… some babies that hatched out in the tank with parents decided they wanted to hide in the mop… so as I pulled eggs from the mop I had to detangle a few babies. This could be solved by moving the entire mop to a fry tank and letting them hatch out… but then you might have the problem in the fry tank. so moral of the story… I don’t think you need to remove eggs but if you do the mop works well just be sure to check the mop for fry

Good to know. Appreciate the heads up. I’ve got golden pearls super fine and spirulina powder on hand. Will likely start with those and go from there. That’s a good call out if those aren’t successful. They worked for bosemani rainbows which are also insanely tiny at birth.

Collected cpd eggs. Hoping to raise a bunch up. This should be a recurring daily activity for a while.

They are basically water puppies. Extreme energy and then total exhaustion laying around everything. pretty sure I’m gonna work towards a 50 hall on plus tank with them cpds and shrimp.

So I had placed the mop Monday afternoon, Wed afternoon I removed it and pulled 20+ eggs off the mop. I noticed they were concentrated at the bottom of the mop where it almost touched the substrate. I think the easiest strategy would be have a tank to just plop the mop and eggs in one into they still laid eggs elsewhere in the tank but the mop definitely worked.

So… there’s already at least one egg in the mop. Like three hours later. I’ll plan to let it hang out in the tank till Wednesday evening then pull count and transfer to the breeder box. That would put the oldest in mop a day or so from hatching.

Razor blades are where it’s at for glass lids and tanks.

No idea but I need them…

Decided to add to my experiments… noticed that they were happily laying eggs in Java moss…. thought to myself I have a spawning mop for collecting bosemani rainbow eggs…I wonder if they will lay in / on the mop. Would sure make collection easy if I were to raise the eggs/fry separate from parents. Just get a couple mops. Rotate every two days or so into your grow out tank. Rinse and repeat. will post back with success/failure.

I have a set of 5 pgymy corys in a 10 gallon with a handful of neocaridinia shrimp that i set up to breed the pygmy corys. Mine have been laying eggs on java moss and the glass in the corner of the tank. My understanding is that they will look for an area with a good bit of water flow which seems to be born out by my tank. The eggs if fertilized will go a brownish color and take 4ish days to hatch. They are super small, and if you have a gravel substrate you will likely see them disappear. I just got mine to spawn in the last two weeks after they grew up a bit. I am currently experimenting to see what method makes more sense - leave in tank with the parents or pull the eggs and hatch in a hang on fluval breeder box. The parents do not seem to be interested in eating the eggs, and general internet knowledge seems split 50/50 on if they will eat their fry. So we will see what method will lead to a higher hatch rate. Currently have 14 in the fluval breeder box that are growing. Feeding baby brine shrimp and super crushed flake food. I threw a couple bits of indian almond leave in the breeder box and some java moss. They seem to like to hide under the indian almond leave bits at this point. If you have neocaridinia shrimp they are like my favorite trick for hatching / raising fry. Toss em in with the eggs, they eat the fungused ones (seem to ignore healthy eggs) as you start to feed the fry they will scavenge and eat whatever the fry dont eat. They are the nanny's of the fry.