[m.clausen]

@ballpc wrote:

@m.clausen wrote:

how do you condition your CPDs to breed?

I don’t actually separate and condition my CPD’s simply because they never stop spawning.

I do feed them live daphnia, grindal worms, and micro/walter/banana worms. I also feed Golden Pearls, shrimp pellets, algae wafers and crushed flakes.

@m.clausen wrote:

…what do you feed the fry when they hatch?

I start my fry with green water. After about a week I feed micro/walter/banana worms and powered Golden Pearls. As Tom said, they will eat micro-fauna from java moss too.

Best of luck with your breeding project!

Dennis

your post gives me 2 more questions….how do you keep the parents from eating the eggs/fry?

and what are golden pearls and walter/banana worms?

[m.clausen]

all of them have sponge filters? and if so, what do you have them hooked up to?

[m.clausen]

my god…..

thats just beautiful

i want to do that, but w/ 3 rows of 4 tanks

what kind of lights did you set them up with? and was it just 1 6′ strip?

[m.clausen]

@Tom2006 wrote:

you’ll be surprised. Once settled they soon get on with spawning…and then eating all the eggs and fry! :lol:

not to really hijack the thread…but doesnt it seem counter productive that CPDs eat their own eggs/fry?

[m.clausen]

@ballpc wrote:

I’ve set them up in breeder baskets like this before….

I just put a small amount of moss or nylon yard in the basket and the eggs will fall through to where the adults can’t get them.

Dennis

is that just a mesh basket attached to the walls of your tank? or is the mesh at the top of your tank holding it up?

i love your set up…are those 10 or 20 gallons, and how many do you have lined up?

[m.clausen]

well, i havent seen a single white spot on my cpds since i last posted…

so i lowered the temp back down to 72-73F and they seem much happier now.

so…let it be known that they can be successfully treated w/ a temp. raise and daily water changes .

now i just need to get them into condition to spawn…

it seems perfect though (from what i can tell) ive got 4 males and 6 females

[m.clausen]

the temps been at 86-87F , and the CPDs are looking just fine. Thank god i caught it early, ive been doing daily water changes to reduce the # of tomonts/theronts floating around in there….ive yet to see another trophant form on another one of my fish since friday night.

Gonna keep the temp up till next sunday just to be on the safe side.

I did drop in an air stone just to be on the safe side though, and it confused the CPDs for a bit, they tried to eat the bubbles a few times :p

[m.clausen]

sounds good

[m.clausen]

im almost tempted to try it….but im not 100% sure about it. ive had great luck w/ angels, apistos, and a few other s.american fish.

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