Madagascar Rainbowfish Breeding

[Vanish]

I forgot to post this one before. Some of the 80+ eggs after the Methylene Blue bath. I only removed 3 or 4. Did not feel like 80+. They are in the tray now, and things are still looking good a day later.

[Vanish]

I need to hatch eggs the separately. It is impossible to know how many have hatched otherwise. I can say it is not 80 for certain. I think I lost most of them to fungus. Gary Lange said you only need to methylene blue them the first night, but I think I am going to do what I've done with the angels on the next mop pull, and reduce meth blue over the course over several days.

I'd really like to build another fry box or two. Anybody got a spare hour? 😄

[Vanish]

Pulled 42 eggs from the mop. Let's see if I do any better this time. Going with the meth blue method, but not just overnight. Will do partial water changes while they hatch ( cause they are all various ages, including some that look imminent )

[Vanish]

So far this has been much more successful! 12 fry moved from the hatching container to the fry box this morning.

[Vanish]

Getting great hatch rates this time. Seven more fry pulled today and only one bad egg. I may be moving the parents back to the 90g soon.

[xXInkedPhoenixX]

I love you get to see the eggs have little eyeballs. That's awesome!

[Vanish]

Six Nine more fry this morning. I am considering moving the largest fry out of the fry box and into their own 10g as they are more than twice as long as the new fry.

Edited March 1, 2022 by Vanish

[Vanish]

Four more fry hatched this morning. That wrapped up the recent mop pull.

I transferred 7 fry at 5/8 inch to their own 10g growout as I was worried about predation. Hopefully they can still find the food.

I think I am going to pull this last mop and move the parents back to display.

Edited March 2, 2022 by Vanish

[Vanish]

I have 24 eggs hatching, 20+ fry in the tray and 7 in the 10g, so yesterday I moved these back to the display tank. I can always pull them into the breeding tank again. Considering I pulled 80+ eggs one time from the mop, it seems I have a lot to learn on how to hatch these more effectively.

I'll continue to document their growth.

Edited March 4, 2022 by Vanish

[Vanish]

8 of the eggs have hatched with the others looking imminent.

[Vanish]

The big 7 are actually starting to look like their parents! Some are obviously males with the red tipped fins, but I failed at getting a photo.

[Vanish]

I now have 14 in the 10g tank and perhaps 6 more in the fry tray still as I thought they might be too small, ie food, for the bigger ones.

[Vanish]

Growing! Older ones mostly in front, with younger in the back.