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On 7/27/2022 at 7:12 PM, Patrick_G said:

Are you still going to try the eggs you bought or are you going to concentrate on eggs harvested from these fish?

I tried the eggs… got 2 fry… they didn’t last.

So just these! Breed them, or they die 😬

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On 7/27/2022 at 9:35 PM, Patrick_G said:

Pressure!

I'll say this: if I successfully breed these Nothobranchius rachovii, I will attempt to gift some of these to you, @Streetwise, and others who keep gorgeous, (relatively) small, planted aquariums. They're everything you fell in love with when you set eyes on a colorful Tetra . . .  and then moments later on a Betta . . .  for the first time ever. They even move their fins like little Pygmy Sunfish too. 

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On 7/27/2022 at 6:50 PM, Fish Folk said:

I'll say this: if I successfully breed these Nothobranchius rachovii, I will attempt to gift some of these to you, @Streetwise, and others who keep gorgeous, (relatively) small, planted aquariums. They're everything you fell in love with when you set eyes on a colorful Tetra . . .  and then moments later on a Betta . . .  for the first time ever. They even move their fins like little Pygmy Sunfish too. 

That’s so nice of you. I would absolutely love a pair of these. They’re truly the orchids of the freshwater world. 

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On 7/27/2022 at 10:13 PM, Patrick_G said:

hey’re truly the orchids of the freshwater world.

Yes. This is so true. They also remind me of brilliantly colored (sometimes cantankerous) hummingbirds.

Nothing would make me more pleased than to see one of your wonderful planted cubes sporting some of these!

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N. rachovii setup…

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I plan to pull the peat / eggs every 3x weeks.

Males are really colored up! Better than anything I imagined!

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Females are pearly in appearance. To me, they look like Medaka…

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Time to try hatching N. guentheri. I have struggled to make it past 72 hrs with Nothos fry. I think I’ve got a good process going now. Just doing 1/2 of the bag at first…

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Very light air running. Sponge running, but the uplift is above surface. Just the peat eggs were stored in, plus cycled water from discus tank.

I’ll check back every hour here…

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OK! It's going to be "release day" for these guys. I'm tired of watching them in the floating tray. Here's the release to the full 20 gal. long...

And... a bit later... here's a BBS feast...

I've probably got 20-25 fry. It's easy to count about 18x. We shall see how they all do over the next month. I would absolutely love to see a lively colony tank like this video shows:

 

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