Fish Folk Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 (edited) Treated this 40 gal breeder with API Fungus Cure. Water looks like engine coolant. Electric Blue Acaras could care less, and chose to spawn on a big shell. I'm trying to figure out exactly how I want to try to pull the eggs . . . Edited May 17, 2021 by Fish Folk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted May 17, 2021 Author Share Posted May 17, 2021 EBA Eggs on shell pulled. Treated with 1 ml. 3% H2O2. Airstone added . . . Used the tank water filled with Malachite Green (aka Victoria Green) treatment. Maybe it will ward off fungus in the hating container. Will keep a close eye out for any fungus. If they drop off the shell and become wigglers, the fun begins! Takes a few days. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johannes Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 Cool eba's are on my wishlist. I keep mostly cichlids and bottom dwellers with some livebearers and tetras 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted May 19, 2021 Author Share Posted May 19, 2021 Eggs are “eyeing up.” Hopefully we’ll have Wigglers by the weekend. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted May 19, 2021 Author Share Posted May 19, 2021 BOOM! EBA wigglers.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted May 22, 2021 Author Share Posted May 22, 2021 Dad EBA vigilantly guards Wigglers through the “glass” of a specimen container... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountaintoppufferkeeper Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 Cool stuff. Did you see a higher hatch rate / lower fungus rate by leaving them in the Victoria green than you would otherwise expect? Congrats 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted May 22, 2021 Author Share Posted May 22, 2021 11 minutes ago, mountaintoppufferkeeper said: Cool stuff. Did you see a higher hatch rate / lower fungus rate by leaving them in the Victoria green than you would otherwise expect? Congrats Well, it looks to be a decent sized spawn. If they all go free swimming in the next few days, there’s a chance we’ll be well over 100+. I know they can yield more, but that’s as big as we’ve ever had. But it’s a touchy time right now... they need to get free and clear of the pile, eat off their yolk sack, and start on micro foods. We shall see! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jollypop4321 Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 Awsome stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted May 23, 2021 Author Share Posted May 23, 2021 Free-swimming now. Here’s “first flight”... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted May 25, 2021 Author Share Posted May 25, 2021 Sponge filter added to specimen container. Water changed with R.O. Bottled water each day. Feeding vinegar eels+ sera micron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted May 25, 2021 Author Share Posted May 25, 2021 EBAs spawned again. Pulled the shell they laid eggs on. Going to do a pretty serious EBA year! Grow-out tanks are getting cleared and ready. Fed 1st batch Co-Op BBS this morning. Nice and small when they hatch — great eggs for breeders! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted May 28, 2021 Author Share Posted May 28, 2021 Here's an update on the EBA fry. Some java moss has been added, along with several flowers of water lettuce. Lots of ammonia spikes in these little containers, so some greens help to moderate and absorb that between water changes. Feeding on mix of baby brine shrimp, vinegar eels+sera micron+new life spectrum fry powder. Also, the newer container / batch are all lively wigglers. They'll be free-swimming in a few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted June 1, 2021 Author Share Posted June 1, 2021 Both batches of EBA fry are going strong! Feeding all on baby brine shrimp. Kudos to Co-Op BBS — nice and small, great for very young fry. Sponge filters, water lettuce, Java moss, and alder cones added to each. Water is partially changed daily with mixture of R.O. bottled water, and cycled tank water. There are a few dead ones each day, but less and less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted June 5, 2021 Author Share Posted June 5, 2021 Both batches of Electric Blue Acara fry are coming along nicely. We’re going to be moving out Mbunas, tossing in hardy plants, and making this 55 gal. tank their long term grow-out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben C. Posted June 6, 2021 Share Posted June 6, 2021 I love how the EBA are like "yeah, seems good time to breed". Fish are weird. Hope to get to this level of fish fatherhood someday though! Keep up the good work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted June 10, 2021 Author Share Posted June 10, 2021 While I do live feeding BBS, it’s a special cause for celebration when young fry are willing to take some flake food. Here’s the EBA fry, eating finely crushed Bug Bites color enhancing flake food... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted June 14, 2021 Author Share Posted June 14, 2021 Well, the EBA grow-out tank is all ready now Of course... the Bristlenose Pleco pair left in decided they loved the new wood... and the quiet... so they’ve spawned Looks like this is going to be a trial-and-error “breeding for profit” tank 😅 Took a video of the EBA fry before tank lights turned on this morning And for any interested NERMs, here’s how I change water in fry containers I use a small, fine pre-filter intake over a siphon tube to extract 16 oz of specimen container water that the fry are in. Then I replace with 16 oz. bottled water from R. O. (WalMart drinking water uses an R. O. source) — which have been already floating in the tank to match temperature. Here’s a video... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted June 20, 2021 Author Share Posted June 20, 2021 HERE WE GO! Moving 1st batch of EBA fry from specimen container to 55 gal. grow out. Such a tiny space... to such a huge one... And here’s a perk at their “first day in school”... anyone else remember how huge things seemed in Kindergarten?? 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted June 20, 2021 Author Share Posted June 20, 2021 It’s waaaay too much fun watching the fry enjoy the 55 gal. Here goes the 2nd batch... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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