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Joe’s Notropis chrosomus Breeding Attempts


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7 minutes ago, JoefishGofish said:

I turned the pumps right off. There’s enough plants to oxygenate.
Let them just be for a week. 
 

They get out of the way when a cherry shrimp walks by. There’s quite a few in there dead but many have survived so far. 

Idk why they are dying..mine is close to 100% hatch rate and survive rate

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They seem so delicate.   If they get disturbed or pushed by current during a water change they croak?

I feel like the simple act of pouring them into the tank kills them.  
Next batch I’ll dump them into a grow out tank on day 3 or 4 after they’ve hatched in a tank with no shrimp.  

Then I’ll  leave them alone until they can take food. 

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4 hours ago, JoefishGofish said:

Could be weak stock?

@WhitecloudDynastyhow could i get my hands on some of your stock?

Im up in Canada, have you ever done cross border shipping?

I can't tell, if you have weak stock. But the breeder looks fine and beautiful. 

I never ship to Canada, and I believe itll have to be imported.

Hopefully your shrimp aren't hunting them down

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The shrimp may get a hold of them. 
they cleaned up the dead ones which was helpful. 
It might not work out this round. 
I think I blew it with this batch. 
But that was my best hatch rate yet. 
The Methylene Blue was a win. 
The fry just seem incredibly fragile. 
 

I’ll clean out a different tank that had just shrimp in it. 
move the shrimp to the planted tank and start again with the next batch. 
 

So close, yet very disappointing. 

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18 hours ago, JoefishGofish said:

I’ve put in Hikari Fry Food and freshly hatched BBS but I think they’re still to small. I think at 2 weeks roughly they may eat?

There’s 6 or so bouncing at the tops of the plants to the surface and back down. 
Not nothing!!

How many babies did you end up with?

 

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I think there has to be a dozen or so. 
It’s day 10 and they rest in the plants or on the bottom then dart up to the top for a few seconds. Then fall back to where they started. 
Maybe I’ll be lucky and there are more hiding amongst the plants. 
I quickly lost track of them in that tank. 
 

I’ve got a different tank prepared bare bottom for the next round of fry. 
I’m eager to see that play out. 

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1 hour ago, JoefishGofish said:

I think there has to be a dozen or so. 
It’s day 10 and they rest in the plants or on the bottom then dart up to the top for a few seconds. Then fall back to where they started. 
Maybe I’ll be lucky and there are more hiding amongst the plants. 
I quickly lost track of them in that tank. 
 

I’ve got a different tank prepared bare bottom for the next round of fry. 
I’m eager to see that play out. 

All of mine hatch and most are free swimming now

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so here we go again. 
May 6. The spawn. 
Watching the female drop the eggs is wild. And then for every 10 she drops 9 get eaten immediately.  But this is going on for hours so there should still be a good collection.
If there’s a better egg collecting contraption out there let me know please. 

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7 hours ago, WhitecloudDynasty said:

How many eggs did you get?

A few hundred for sure. 846134C7-A7D1-4254-AC86-FCCB180A1416.jpeg.d748de9797531057fe7e65733904f580.jpeg

Unfortunately a small female got chased and pinned in amongst some stones and couldn’t get out. She is in rough shape. Might lose her along with an old female that’s pretty beat up now too. 

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