KoiAngels Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 Which are easier? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Cory Posted August 11 Administrators Share Posted August 11 In my experience gardneri are easier. You can essentially colony breed them in a well planted tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoiAngels Posted August 11 Author Share Posted August 11 Do both of them spawn in penn plax egg traps. Thanks @Cory can you breed gardneri (pair) in a community tank with kubotai rasboras, cpds, luminatus, and macmasteri Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardedbillygoat1975 Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 @KoiAngelsi would say no. The Macmasteri will take care of any fry produced. The others have such small mouths it would be possible without the Apistos. Gardneri fry are actually good size as the eggs are decent size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schuyler Posted August 23 Share Posted August 23 On 8/10/2024 at 8:19 PM, KoiAngels said: Do both of them spawn in penn plax egg traps Your best bet would be to make a spawning mop. For the most part they spawn on plants, roots, etc at the surface of in dirt on the bottom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAB Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 I have had good luck with both just breeding if free floating moss. as long as there are tons of places for the fry to hide they will be ok. i had gardneri in a bb 10 gal that was about 1/3 dense moss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrGibson Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 Gardneri are dead easy. I had some in a heavily planted 10 gallon and more just kept showing up. If you’re going for numbers pulling a floating mop every 24-48 hours is how I’d do it. I recently traded mine in for credit because I couldn’t get them to STOP breeding. You can dry incubate the eggs in damp peat too. If you pick eggs from mops and place in peat you could potentially get hundreds of eggs all eyed up and hatch them all at once. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mag Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 I've beeb having trouble breeding rhe golden australe. To be honest it's the only fish I've had a problem with. My gardneri aren't using my spawning mops but I have fry that popped up somehow. I could always tell when the female gardneri was gravid.. almost like a pregnant guppy just not as drastic. I have yet to see my golden australe female with any eggs. I'm hoping she is too young.. if not idk. I tried looking online at what age/size aphyosemion became sexually mature and I couldn't find anything. I'm going to try the peat moss dish method. Let me know if you have success. I've found with my apistos PH has a lot to do with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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