Beginners luck?!
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Hi all – new to the forum…have had a shoal of 15 CPD’s for about a year now, and just love ’em! They’re in a 270 litre community and have grown from fairly insipid teenagers into a stunning and feisty bunch. I’ve seen spawning behaviour many times but have never bred any of my fish, so assumed there wasn’t much point in putting any effort into hatching and growing them out – how wrong I was! After reading about successful breeding on the forum, I set up a little 15 liter tank with an air-driven filter, took some moss out of the main tank and shook it out in the the nursery tank, and over the last week have seen a growing number of fry – about 30 now – develop into free-swimming little slivers of glass. Have put some more moss into the tank, done a couple of water changes, and they all seem to be doing well. Just wanted to say thank you for all the great info that’s has prompted me to try this – REALLY enjoying this new aspect of my fishkeeping :lol:
@plunket wrote:
Hi all – new to the forum…have had a shoal of 15 CPD’s for about a year now, and just love ’em! They’re in a 270 litre community and have grown from fairly insipid teenagers into a stunning and feisty bunch. I’ve seen spawning behaviour many times but have never bred any of my fish, so assumed there wasn’t much point in putting any effort into hatching and growing them out – how wrong I was! After reading about successful breeding on the forum, I set up a little 15 liter tank with an air-driven filter, took some moss out of the main tank and shook it out in the the nursery tank, and over the last week have seen a growing number of fry – about 30 now – develop into free-swimming little slivers of glass. Have put some more moss into the tank, done a couple of water changes, and they all seem to be doing well. Just wanted to say thank you for all the great info that’s has prompted me to try this – REALLY enjoying this new aspect of my fishkeeping :lol:
Are your adults in the tank too?
Hi plunket, welcome to the forum!
It’s simply fantastic to hear the site informed and encouraged you into spawning your fish. It is a very nice feeling when fish reward you for your care by providing offspring. After many years in the hobby, the first sighting of baby fish still brings a smile to my face… Congratulations & keep up the great work!
Dennis
Cheers for the welcome Dennis.
I have to say, having not really given a second thought to the eggs and fry that must have been in my main tank all this time, I’m now glued to the nursery, watching for any sign of a problem!
Got another little 15 litre nano to condition the females in so getting ready for the next brood :lol:
Gyles@In2wishin wrote:
@plunket wrote:
Hi all – new to the forum…have had a shoal of 15 CPD’s for about a year now, and just love ’em! They’re in a 270 litre community and have grown from fairly insipid teenagers into a stunning and feisty bunch. I’ve seen spawning behaviour many times but have never bred any of my fish, so assumed there wasn’t much point in putting any effort into hatching and growing them out – how wrong I was! After reading about successful breeding on the forum, I set up a little 15 liter tank with an air-driven filter, took some moss out of the main tank and shook it out in the the nursery tank, and over the last week have seen a growing number of fry – about 30 now – develop into free-swimming little slivers of glass. Have put some more moss into the tank, done a couple of water changes, and they all seem to be doing well. Just wanted to say thank you for all the great info that’s has prompted me to try this – REALLY enjoying this new aspect of my fishkeeping :lol:
Are your adults in the tank too?
Hi there – no, I’ve left the adults in the main tank, so just babies and some moss in the “nursery”…
@plunket wrote:
Hi there – no, I’ve left the adults in the main tank, so just babies and some moss in the “nursery”…
Do you collect the eggs or fry from the main tank and move them? I’m trying to get a picture of your procedure here.
@In2wishin wrote:
@plunket wrote:
Hi there – no, I’ve left the adults in the main tank, so just babies and some moss in the “nursery”…
Do you collect the eggs or fry from the main tank and move them? I’m trying to get a picture of your procedure here.
Sorry mate – procedure as follows….I had a loose mat of jarva moss in the main tank, and I noticed that any spawning behaviour tended to happen around this moss. I just prepared a small nano tank with water from the main tank, set up a small air-driven filter, and then transferred the mat of moss from the main tank to the little nano tank. I couldn’t see any eggs, but just hoped there were some that had been dropped by the females and got caught in the moss….anyway, it worked – after two days, I noticed two fry, and today, after a week, there are between 30 and 40.
I’ve done two partial water changes – used a length of airline to slowly syphon off about 30% of the water, and replacing it with water from the main tank, making sure the temperature is matched.
Main worry is food – going to start baby brine shrimp from tomorrow.
Forgot to mention – IMPORTANT – tie a small piece of filter wool over the end of the air line when you syphon the water out to prevent having any of the fry sucked out in the process!!
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