plymbloke
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by squeezing it out of the bottle into the flow of the water. it spreads out in to the water where the fry are.
they are now in the breeding net
The only reason i did a water change is because there was zero filtration and the water that replacing the ‘old’ was from the main tank anyway so didnt think it would be a problem.cheers
cheers all,
I dont have any filter or water movement in there at all, thats why i change the water every day (water is taken from the breeding tank with 100% change – i gently syphon out 50%, top it back up again, then syphon another 50% before topping back to full so i dont disturb the fry too much). I have got a net breeding thingy to go into the main tank but i wanted the fry to be a little bit bigger before they went in there, as i found with my pencilfish fry that they survived only after they had been free swimming for a few days first.
Ill try the feed before water change method though – makes sense, and after about a week ill put them into the net breeder i think – give that ago!
many thanks
thankfully my bloodworm hatchlings have never escaped the tank, but i have found a few nyphs floating on the surface the following morning!
when feeding anything but bloodworm, which i clear away pretty sharpish if not eaten lol, i leave it for at least 10 hours before cleaning it away, and as i said, i always do a small water change every other day to get the bits ive missed.
well i have only tried bloodworm once, live. the pencil fish ate a few but nothing from celestials. i didnt put too much in as i find if the fish dont eat bloodworm then they bury in the sand and actually hatch. Yes brine shrimp live in saltwater but usually stay alive long enough in freshwater.
Chris: i dont see any of the food left, but then the tank bottom is 90% covered in plant life, so any remaining food gets lost in there and i do a small water change every other day to remove any old uneaten food. the tank is in a bedroom where only i go to sleep and is left completely alone all day. there are no kids or other pets either. deffinately thinner than when i bought htem – and the fish shop only fed them on crushed flake food.
Atlantis: I think that (picking food off of plants etc) is how they are surviving to be honest – i’ll give your idea of the small bowl a go to see if it will work – how do you get the food to stay in there?
Thanks ot both of you for your help
the tank is approx. 10 gallons, the only other living creature in there is a young golden pencilfish, that the celestials seem happy to shoal with etc, and its planted half with a grass type of plant and the half with cabomba and a big clump of java moss. If i can work out how to do it ill post a photo
I have tried larger brine shrimp – what i can only presume is adult, but they seem to be afraid of it – swimming up and having a quick look before hiding away again. They all seem healthy and full of colour (well the males) its just they seem to be getting thinner
Thanks for that Chris, ive made another topic in the feeding section, as mine hardly ever seem to eat, live food or not, so i guess really ive got to get them eating before they will breed. Thanks again
Chris
Hello,
Ive got what i think are 3 males and 3 females (that share a tank with a baby golden pencilfish lol) half the tank is covered in what i can only describe as grass and the other half has cabomba and jave moss. I’ve had the fish for approx 2months now and they dont seem to be doing anything at all. Are they really as easy as people say they are to breed?
cheers
chris
