[andrewt]

I have to agree with RCD you really need a big clump of Java moss. The moss will have a few uses, a hiding place for the adults, a place to lay the eggs and somewhere for the fry to hide.

You could probably take the divider out and spawn the fish in the main tank, although you probably won’t get as many fry due to predation by the parents. I have an 18″*12″*12″ with a big clump of java moss and constantly have fry,at the moment I have approx 8 very young fry and have altogether somewhere around 30 fry over the last 3 months. I have noticed that the number of fry from each spawn seems to be increasing. The fry tend to spend their time at the top of the tank whereas the adults will spend most of their time hiding under the moss.

Good luck with your breeding project, they are gorgeous little fish and really easy to keep. Once you start to spawn them they don’t seem to want to stop!

[andrewt]

Congratulations on your breeding success Vezary!

I feed my CPD fry with a very fine powdered fry food, although being in a mature tank there is plenty of natural food in the java moss and in the detritus on the sand.

[andrewt]

Cheers Guys, I have now found 9 fry from 3 spawnings. These little guys grow quite quickly don’t they!
I intend to take the fry out when they get a bit bigger and try spawning them in a separate tank as you would with other egglayers but at the moment my fish house is pretty full.
The Cory eggs have gone, but I haven’t seen any fry yet (i assume they’ve hatched), but that said the tank is full of moss so i’d need to lift it and I don’t want to stress the CPD’s or corys while they’re happily spawning regularly.
To top this week off my Ancistrus have a load of new fry in their tank, I love spawning these fish as much as the CPD’s.

Thanks again guys.

[andrewt]

A few more additions –

2 * Syno Multipunctatus.
10 * Pearl Danios.
1 pair of P. Taeniatus Nigerian red.
3 * Cory Zygatus.
Trio * Xiphophorus Xiphidium.
4 * Cory Pygmaeus.
11 * CPDs.
2 * African blockheads.
1 breeding pair albino corys.

And last but not least a pair of Betta Umbra.

[andrewt]

At the moment I have the following all currently residing in 25 tanks in my Fish house.

Black bar Endlers. Only about 5 at present, but not had them long.
Tiger Endlers. 2 males, should be getting some females soon.
Gardneri Killis – About 9 but numbers increasing all the time.
Golden Wonder Killis – 5 recently purchased and waiting for them to spawn.
Glowlight Danios 5.
L. Caeruleus – 11 adults, 8 fry and a female currently holding more eggs.
Red top Hongi 5 adults.
Rainbow Cichlids – 6 adults including a pair guarding wrigglers.
Odessa barbs – 5 adults and 4 juveniles.
Julidichromis Gombi – 1 breeding pair & about 50 juvs.
Julidichromis dickfeldi – 1 breeding pair & 10 juvs.
L. Leleupi – 1 breeding pair and 30 Juvs.
2 S. Barbatus.
Danio SP. Borneo approx 50 adults from 2 spawings. New species trio picked up in an auction last year.
Pauli Asche guppies * 20 adults, 30 fry.
Ancistrus 4 adults 20 juvs.
P. Pulcher * 15.
Soon to be the owner of 10 CPD’s.

I still have 3 tanks empty and will be looking for future breeding projects.

[andrewt]

Altaaffe can you give me your details (if you don’t mind) as there is a guy we know that breeds livebearers who has a friend that lives somewhere in Scotland but comes down this way for fish shows and auctions.
If you do not live too far apart and both you and he don’t mind maybe we could arrange to get him to pick up some CPD’s for us (if you still have any) and we can agree on a price

[andrewt]

There seems to be a shortage of CPD’s in South Wales, I haven’t seen any in the local Maidenhead or any of the other LFS.

I managed to pick up 3 at an auction, but lost 2 to dropsy. The one i have left is in an 18″*12″*12″ with loads of Java moss, so this tank should be perfect for breeding.

[andrewt]

Shame, are you breeding them or do you have a shop?

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