First Breeding of CPDS!

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  • January 18, 2009 at 9:15 pm #10636
    DarrylR
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    Well today my CPD’s spawned today. And now I am busy siphoning eggs, but pictures soon to come! :D

    January 19, 2009 at 2:47 pm #13863
    altaaffe
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    Nice one – good luck with the fry

    January 19, 2009 at 5:42 pm #13864
    DarrylR
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    Very AWESOME site on the growth of an egg to fry stage, hopefully I can get some good pictures myself :).

    http://www.danios.info/fish/margaritatus.aspx

    January 19, 2009 at 7:59 pm #13865
    DarrylR
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    I found fry in the main tank! I was swishing around the java moss and I saw a fry cling to the glass :). Hunting time!

    Seeing I have fry already, they must have bred a few days before :O

    4:25 PM

    January 21, 2009 at 4:26 pm #13870
    DarrylR
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    The eggs hatched! Either yesterday when I was at the inauguration or today.. Having to stay up since 4 AM till midday I was knocked out so I was unable to check out the CPD tank.

    They just hatched so not freeswimming yet, and because I do not have an uberleet camera to take pictures of I am borrowing them from this site.( http://www.danios.info/fish/margaritatus.aspx) And this is what they look like currently:

    They do not swim to move much UNLESS you move em yourself by moving a net towards them or a siphon, but they just cling to the glass.

    January 21, 2009 at 7:51 pm #13872
    DarrylR
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    And now my Fry Sorter :S.

    January 24, 2009 at 7:45 pm #13875
    DarrylR
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    Update:

    The CPD’s recently spawned yesterday and collected around 10 eggs, I think that only 1 or 2 females mated and missed a bunch of eggs.

    But for now here is a picture of the tank with the new anubias barteri, nana, and windelov fern.

    January 29, 2009 at 10:45 pm #13886
    DarrylR
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    Update!

    Prolific fishies, the fry are growing big and one fry already looks like a mini CPD adult without his/her colors.

    I just did a siphon and finding around 20+ eggs.

    Time to find another grow out tank :P.

    February 2, 2009 at 10:41 pm #13888
    DarrylR
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    Free Swimming!

    The Adults.

    February 6, 2009 at 7:17 am #13897
    DarrylR
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    Fry around I guesstimate….3 months maybe. Big enough to eat Baby Brine Shrimp.

    Now for the dog!

    February 6, 2009 at 5:05 pm #13899
    BallAquatics
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    DarrylR, what were you feeding them before the brine shrimp?

    Dennis

    February 6, 2009 at 5:37 pm #13900
    DarrylR
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    @ballpc wrote:

    DarrylR, what were you feeding them before the brine shrimp?

    Dennis

    Hikari First Bites though at the stage after hatching I was unsure if they were eating it at all. But at that time they were still absorbing their yolk sack. And I found out they disliked liquidfry food and was very messy. You can also add in plants like java moss and pelia so the fry can eat any microscopic life.

    February 6, 2009 at 6:35 pm #13901
    BallAquatics
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    Thanks for the info! I’m keeping them in a ten gallon that’s about half full with java moss… should be plenty of micro fauna to eat.

    Dennis

    February 8, 2009 at 3:13 am #13907
    DarrylR
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    Best pictures I can get of the current eggs I have at the moment and are actually hatching right now. Around 20+ eggs.

    February 8, 2009 at 6:37 pm #13910
    altaaffe
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    Nice shots Darryl.

    Are you sure they are about 3 months ? They still seem quite small.

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