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I’ve bought 4 different groups of CPD’s over the last several years. Two of the groups were purchased from importers just selling fish on and the fish were weak and very stressed from all the shipping. One group was from and importer that conditions his fish before selling them on and they were in much better shape when they arrived. The last group was from an individual breeder here in the US and the fish were heads above any of the wild imports for health and vigor.
Dennis
Thanks for the vote of confidence Aquagirl!
I’ve been getting permission to use some photos and little by little I think I’m getting closer to my CPD article.
Dennis
I was very disappointed in the article.
When I complained on the TFH site…
http://forums.tfhmagazine.com/viewtopic.php?f=87&t=27122
… I was told I should write my own article!
I just might!Dennis
@AquaGirl wrote:
Good Lord! If you threw a glass of that at someone’s head you would kill them.
:lol: It makes good water for RL cichlids. I would have thought your water would be similar.
It’s great to see you here, welcome to the forum!
Dennis
I fill a bucket with some aged tank water. Throw in a handful of grass clippings and set it out in the sun for a few days.
The green water contains micro algae and lots of other tiny critters that your baby fish will eat.
Dennis
@lijojohn08 wrote:
…should i just crush my food into very fine powder.
It needs be crushed to dust for new fry.
@lijojohn08 wrote:
i have also got frozen brine shrimp.
It will be a couple of weeks before they are big enough to eat baby brine shrimp.
@lijojohn08 wrote:
i have heard online about green water and also egg yolk but how do i make it properly and how do i feed the fry with it.
When feeding green water I usually add enough just to tint the water green.
The easiest way I’ve found to use egg yoke is to put a small piece into a cup and dissolve it in a bit of tank water. Then use an eye dropper to add a few drops of the mixture to the fry tank.
It is very easy to foul the water with crushed flakes and egg yoke so monitor your feedings very carefully.
Dennis
Hi Blissskr, welcome to the forum!
Hope you have better luck with your new batch of fish.
Things kinda run in spurts around here. When these fish were first discovered and they were in news all the time it was a pretty busy place.
There’s still lots of knowledgeable folks around to answer any questions and lots of good info in the forum.
Dennis
Congratulations on the new fry!
They won’t need any food until they become free swimming in a couple of days. Like Tom says, they need tiny food on a microscopic level. In the old days when we needed something in a pinch, we’d squeeze some boiled egg yoke through a fine cloth.
Best of luck raising the young ones!
Dennis
In their native home the temperature ranges from near freezing in the winter to the mid 90’s F in the summer months.
If the temperature doesn’t drop below 60F / 16C I wouldn’t worry too much. If the room temperature is comfortable for you, they’ll be comfortable too.
Dennis
There are many factors to consider before answering your question.
1. How big is the tank – bigger is better
2. Is the tank well established – cycled and up and running for some time
3. What is your fish keeping experience – just started keeping fish
4. Is the tank set-up where it won’t experience wide temperature swings
5. Any live plants in the tankUnder good conditions your fish will be fine… too many unknown factors to say for sure.
Dennis
I would move the adults into the tank without a filter & heater before trying to keep them in a bag.
I keep most of my CPD’s in unheated tanks and they do just fine with temperatures in the winter months going down into the 60’s F.
Use some of the water from the tank they are in now to start filling the other tank. Then monitor the water quality until you can get some sort of bio-filter started.
Good luck!
Dennis
@lijojohn08 wrote:
please can you keep going answering my question as i am still not sure
What’s left to answer? They appear to be mature Pearl Danio (Danio albolineatus). From the photo it looks like you have 1 male & 2 female. That’s as good as I can do from the pictures. With a little conditioning they should spawn for you. What else would you like to know?
Here’s a good write up on spawning Pearl Danios…
http://www.petfish.net/kb/entry/803/
Dennis
Hi lijojohn08,
In photo DSC02596 it looks like the fish on the left is a male and the other 2 are female. It’s really hard to tell from the photo, but that would be my best guess.
Once again, it’s really hard to tell from the photo, but they appear to be Pearl Danios (Danio albolineatus).
http://www.danionins.com/fish/pearl-danio.htmlThe fish look to be mature and with just a little conditioning should be ready to spawn. Feed them some hi quality or live foods for about a week.
Best of luck with your breeding project!
Dennis
Hi lijojohn08, welcome to the forum.
There are several reason your Pearls may not be too colorful. They could still be young as you mention, they also often try to blend in with the substrate. If you have light colored substrate they will be lighter in color. Their overall mood also plays a big part in their color.
As they become sexually mature, the females will become much fuller bodied than the males. The males will stay rather thin and very streamlined.
I spawn my Pearls Danio in a different fashion than my Celestial Pearl Danio. For the Pearls, I use a breeder box that will allow the eggs to fall through to the bottom of the tank…
I normally separate the sexes for several days prior to spawning and then place the breeders, (2 males per female), into the breeder box in the evening just before lights out. If properly conditioned they will most likely spawn at first light the next morning.
After the fish have spawned, I remove them from the breeder box and remove the box from the tank. In 2 to 3 days the eggs will begin to hatch. The fry will be free swimming in another 2 or 3 days. I normally feed them green water & infusoria for the first 7 to 10 days and then move them on to micro worms.
Best of luck with your breeding project!
Dennis
