[mummymonkey]

@tan wrote:

@zzyzx wrote:

Mine stay in a corner in the back of the tank unless:
– they are being fed
– I switch off the air-driven sponge filter

I wonder if they prefer perfectly still water and the filter/bubbles/noise is also putting them off.

Has anyone tried keeping them in a tank without a pump running, or switching the pump off for periods of the day to encourage breeding?

good point! i’d not thought of this! be interesting to know if those who have bred them had air bubbles (filter or pump) stirring up a current.

My breeding tank has a box filter with a constant stream of bubbles. Doesn’t bother them in the slightest.

[mummymonkey]

@zzyzx wrote:

Well, I suppose when you ask a vague question, you get a vague answer.

I was actually hoping you could remember exactly what the temperature was when your fish bred. “Room temperature” can be different for different people. (I’m imagining that in Perth, it’s slightly lower than it was here in London yesterday, for example.)

I liked your answer though.

They breed all the time. Every day there are new fry. The temperature varies, I wouldn’t worry about it. When they started producing fry it was December and the central heating was on. Now the heating is off and there are still new fry. Set it for the low to mid 20s C and you’ll be fine.

[mummymonkey]

@zzyzx wrote:

Mummymunky – can you define “room temperature” for us?

http://www.answers.com/room+temperature

[mummymonkey]

I like to keep fish in my tanks! Seriously it sounds way too much hastle and a big tin of cysts costs about 20GBP and lasts a year.

http://www.aquarticles.com/articles/management/Berg_Growing_Shrimp.html

[mummymonkey]

Breeding:

Growing fry:

[mummymonkey]

There are some pictures on the long petfrd thread.

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