What do I do now please?
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Hi, I’m a newbie so hope you will all be gentle with me.
I’ve got 6 CPD, 2 male and 4 female, and have totally fallen in love with them.
I’ve got a 27 litre tank that’s coming to the end of its fishless cycle. I’ve decided to make it into a breeding tank for the cpd’s.
At the moment they’re in my 60 litre community tank with 2 mickey mouse plattys, 1 blue platty, 1 dwarf guarami, 3 male endlers, a figure of eight freshwater puffer (who is very placid and shy) and a few platty fry.
I’ve got plastic plants in my 60 litre tank with a large jug for hiding away in, which has been good enough for the platty fry.
What should I put in my 27 litre tank as far as plants and gravel is concerned?
It’s got gravel in at the moment, should I take it out?
I’ve got some java moss coming tomorrow, should I put that in my 60 litre one until everyone’s happy and then take some off and put it in the small tank for spawning?At the moment I’m feeding them on flake and brine shrimp. Is there anything else I should be feeding them?
Do I need to separate the male and females for a couple of days beforehand or can they just be moved together for spawning?
Sorry for all the questions.
Grateful for any answers and help.
Thanks,
EmmaHi Emma,
CPDs are very easy to breed. If your CPDs are mature, they are probably breeding even as we speak — the eggs and fry, unfortunately, are appetizing for other fish (including bigger CPDs). No special arrangements need be made like separating males and females for a few days — just put them all in together. I think your food is fine. Besides crushed flakes and baby brine shrimp, I also have very small pellets that I feed mine.
Simply set up your new tank well. Plants are nice and help keep your tank healthy — and CPDs like plants, though they will use them as a hiding place. The java moss is a good idea. The java moss hides the eggs fairly well — the CPDs will likely lay their eggs in the java moss, if it is available. Some persons are able to leave their fry in the tank with the adults, but this is more of an exception than a rule, since CPDs will eat their own fry, too. Probably the simplest thing for you to do is to put your CPDs into your “breeding” tank for a couple of weeks and then remove them. Chances are you will see fry swimming about in a few days after removing the adults.
I’m not sure how mature your CPDs are. Mine were very small and not ready to breed for a few months after bringing them home.
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