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In my other journal I've talked about hatching and raising some nothobranchius guentheri (Guenther's Killifish) but that journal is getting a bit jumbled so it's probably time to make one dedicated to raising (and hopefully breeding) these fish. Normally, serious breeders well keep them in bare tanks with maybe some floating plants. I'm not a serious breeder and all of the places that a tank could go are highly visible so it will need to look nice. Basics about the hatching and initial setup Eggs harvested: Sept 20 Eggs hatched: Dec 12 Spawning medium: coconut coir Initial count: ~40 Current estimate: ~30 Food: Industria, BBS, and hikari first bites Current tank setup: large flat Tupperware with a small sponge filter, tiny preset heater, 4 ramshorn snails, moss, guppy grass, and floating plants Moving to New Tank Now that they are a few weeks old, the larger should probably be separated out to reduce competition. They can hopefully be transitioned to frozen foods. New Tank Setup Size: 10g Filter: Fine sponge filter (getting seeded in established tank) Substrate: leftover Fluval Biostratum mixed with Black Diamond Blasting Sand Plants: tall val, mixed floating plants, possibly moss (mostly pulled from existing tank) Hardscape: Random assortment of leftovers If I use the lava rock it will be covered in moss using a dry start method and then added in later The general idea of the tank will be to have the filter, main rock, and val all on one side so that the val comes out and arches over the rock and the rest of the tank. Then the spawning cup will be put on the other side.
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So I have a breeding pair in a blackwater tank with lots of salvinia. I took some salvinia out and put it in my shrimp tank because I had to much in my killi tank. About a week later or so I see 30+ fry. So the shrimp tank is hard water and my breeding tank is soft water, what should I do? I've had them in my shrimp tank for coming on 2 weeks and I'm not sure if I should grow them up some before trying to slowly acclimate them to a blackwater set-up or what. I don't want to stress the fry out, they are literally just 2 eyes and a stomach floating around still. Seemingly none have passed and all seem to be doing fine. Any one have experience with fry being born in an extremely different pH then what they should be in?
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I've had my male gardneri for about a year and I added the female about 2 months ago. She is hardy, active and now chunky! I put together a spawning mop and did some research on preparation of the mop and placement. About a week after I placed the mop in, I took it out to check for eggs and mistakenly missed all the eggs. I made the mistake of not looking hard enough the first time I took out the mop. You've got to look at the top of the mop! I left the mop out to dry so that I could try in a week. I was cleaning the mop before putting it in again this week and found the dried eggs. I was bummed but still put the eggs in a tank water filled cup. The tank is planted and has a trio of CPD This week I've been more on top of it and now I've got eggs! Happy valentines day to my fish-o. Just about 20 eggs. I will update with incubation. I am not sure which Gardneri I have but my guess is P82 Tank: 5.5 Spec V Water Parameters attached
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I was given some eggs from a local breeder a few months ago. Now they're finally ready to hatch. I set up a Tupperware container that holds roughly 1 gallon of water and put in a small sponge filter. The water is mostly from my shrimp tank which is full of microorganisms. Initially I was using a jar with the coconut coir that held the eggs but it was about an inch deep on the bottom and I was worried the fry would be buried. After about an hour I moved it over to another large flat container like the one in this picture. About an hour later the reflections of their eyes were visible in the coir. Using a turkey baster, I moved the fry to the clean container with the sponge filter. This way the left over coir can be dried and saved to try again in a few weeks just in case she eggs weren't ready. Also, some eggs have a built in protection against "false spring" and need to be wet twice before actually hatching. I'm not sure how often that happens with n guentheri but it couldn't hurt to try. All the online instructions mention how small the fry are but I still feel like I want prepared for just how small they really are. Here is a picture of a fry with a seed shrimp for scale: The water has some salt to reduce the risk of fungal infections. A huge thanks to the guy who gave me the eggs: @Zach T
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When saving certain Killifish eggs, we pull from mop and save in damp paper towel, wetted with Rooibos Tea water. After a week or so, the fertile eggs begin to display a dark mark - the eye of the killifish development. Killi breeders call these eggs “eyed-up.” See attached photos marked up for examples.
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I appreciate more and more when Cory suggests “leave them alone” and “sometimes don’t do anything” as a solution to various fish situations. Obviously, as he always qualifies, there’s a time to treat in earnest and do a lot of maintenance! But... by way of illustration... we just returned from a two-week vacation. A grade school friend was invited to “feed fish if you’re able” once a day (she did great). But everything else went on hold. We arrive home after vacation to loads of Killifish eggs hatched (Fundulopanchax Scheeli), Dwarf Gourami Fry (hard to see), and a handful of Goodeid fry (Xenotoca Doadrioi) Killifish Fry After Vacation... Dwarf Gourami Fry After Vacation... (watch closely along back and surface) Goodeid Fry After Vacation...
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