Fish Folk Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 (edited) Recently, my Notropis Chrosomus have been “fired up” in spawning mode. I added a trio of Xenotoca doadrioi to their tank for fun, and shot this short — shows a few of the shiners still turned on… And this evening, I thought I’d check out the rock pile Pyrex container to see if there were any eggs. I still can’t believe what I found (sorry for my giddy excitement)… I laid the lid back over, and set a couple pieces of cupboard liner on top to further diffuse the light. These fry are not big fans of bright light. I’ll serve up some vinegar eels and Sera Micron until they can try out BBS. Kind of excited! Not sure I’ll sleep tonight… 😂 Edited August 6, 2021 by Fish Folk 6 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted August 6, 2021 Author Share Posted August 6, 2021 I’m guessing the _fry_ are from this spawning session I filmed last week… There are some eggs from today’s spawning. We’ll see how things unfold in the days ahead… 6 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted August 6, 2021 Author Share Posted August 6, 2021 (edited) I’ve decided to make this into a journal. It’s been too long waiting for this… I’m so thrilled! So, after finding the fry & eggs last night, and moving them to my “Java box,” I knew that I must begin feeding. Vinegar Eels are my first choice for fry this small. My culture needs to be split — since this tank is at my workplace. So, I bought Vinegar “with the Mother” at the grocery… I take about 20-30 ml from my vinegar eel culture, and add to a new vinegar solution made from this. Now, today, I’ve brought the culture to my office… Here’s a look at the Rainbow Shiner Fry rising to near surface in the Java Box… Here’s prep for Vinegar Eel feeding — using Sodium bicarbonate to lower acidity of vinegar eel culture… Here’s the food mixture, ready to serve… And here’s the first feeding! Edited August 6, 2021 by Fish Folk 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArchwayAquatics Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 Congrats on the success thus far!! The excitement is understandable. I wouldn't shut up when I got my first white skirt fry!. 🙂 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted August 6, 2021 Author Share Posted August 6, 2021 This is so awesome. Never gets old. Fry after 2nd feeding today. There may be more than 12x. So small and hard to see… 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted August 7, 2021 Author Share Posted August 7, 2021 Feeding the baby Bows today… Many more in here than I originally thought. Plus, if eggs are hatching, it will be brimming! I lifted the glass top up to feed the main tank (29 gal) and found a few shiver fry tucked up high among the Valisneria… 5 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted August 9, 2021 Author Share Posted August 9, 2021 Adults put on spawning pink tuxedos again today… 7 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted August 9, 2021 Author Share Posted August 9, 2021 And here’s a video feeding Shiner fry… with me rambling a bit… 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 I’m ORD but wow! Nothing beats these guys in breeding colors. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhitecloudDynasty Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 I'm glad you got some babies 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted August 10, 2021 Author Share Posted August 10, 2021 On 8/10/2021 at 7:16 AM, WhitecloudDynasty said: I'm glad you got some babies How soon do you feed BBS? What other early foods do you use? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted August 10, 2021 Author Share Posted August 10, 2021 Performed a small 18 oz. water change last night using airline with sponge piece over intake to protect fry… 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhitecloudDynasty Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 On 8/10/2021 at 7:20 AM, Fish Folk said: How soon do you feed BBS? What other early foods do you use? When they are freeswimming they will start taking food, I use powder food for the first week, and bbs till they can take .1mm pellets. I wouldn't worry too much about water change right now, the amount of waste they produce is very small, unless you are over feeding. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted August 11, 2021 Author Share Posted August 11, 2021 Did a water test, comparing fry box water — pH / Ammonia / Nitrate — vs. tank. Higher pH in box plus some ammonia. Got to make plans for moving fry to better space before long… 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhitecloudDynasty Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 On 8/10/2021 at 9:05 PM, Fish Folk said: Did a water test, comparing fry box water — pH / Ammonia / Nitrate — vs. tank. Higher pH in box plus some ammonia. Got to make plans for moving fry to better space before long… All my fries get to start out in a 10 gallon half filled. With a jetlifter it drop water down instead of blowing bubbles at the surface 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted August 11, 2021 Author Share Posted August 11, 2021 On 8/11/2021 at 12:00 AM, WhitecloudDynasty said: With a jetlifter How do you keep fry from being draw up? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhitecloudDynasty Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 On 8/11/2021 at 12:03 AM, Fish Folk said: How do you keep fry from being draw up? They won't, its in a sponge. I have some platies babies that went through my whole filter system and survived..now they live on the top tub in stead of the bottom lol 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted August 12, 2021 Author Share Posted August 12, 2021 Here’s a look at a younger batch of hatchlings — from the eggs caught in the stone tray — mixing in now with earlier fry… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted August 16, 2021 Author Share Posted August 16, 2021 Rainbow Shiner Update: fry doing well… they begin BBS in a few days. Difficult to count, but est. 20x or more fry. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picklepuppy Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 This is AWESOME!!!! Great job 👏!! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuernavaca Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 Congratulations on the new babies and the success so far. Thank you for keeping the journal; very useful for new fish keepers like myself who hope to experience some breeding of rainbows in the future. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted August 24, 2021 Author Share Posted August 24, 2021 I’m posting this all-in-one / top-to-bottom explanation about breeding Rainbow Shiners here. I came in to work, and they were all fired up — after a water change yesterday, and a new glass rock pan I added. It’s about 7 mins long, but should answer some important questions. I wish I’d seen this online when I first started keeping these. 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted August 24, 2021 Author Share Posted August 24, 2021 BOOM!!! Wait for it… Wait for it… Cheddar!!! Gonna be LOTS ‘o Rainbow Shiners!!! 6 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted August 25, 2021 Author Share Posted August 25, 2021 Here’s the eggs most recently dropped. Some fungus… some hopefully healthy… Here’s the net breeder where the first batch of fry have been moved to. I counted 16x fry total… 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted August 26, 2021 Author Share Posted August 26, 2021 Baby ‘bows hit BBS in Net Breeder…. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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