SearunSimpson
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I’d say infusoria is a good start. Put a bucket outside with a lettuc leaf in it for a week or so, and then use a pipette to put a couple squirts into the fry tank. Also, Spirulina mixed with water might be a good idea.
The shrimplets would probably be made a meal by the adult CPD’s. If there is enough hiding spots, which there might not be depending on the planting of your Iwagumi, they should be fine. Of course, it’s collatoral damage. Some will get eaten, but eough should survive.
I’ve dealt with egg scatterers before, and you should be able to see the eggs. If you’ve pulled the breeders already, and the tank is pretty much bare, just carefully shake the mopps or the java moss and wait a moment and then gently lift the mess. The eggs should be lying on the bare glass on the bottom of the tank.
I’m from Vancouver, BC. I have 16 of these guys and are probably going to get more. There is a store there that sells them for $2.50/ea (captive bred, of course). I simply can not get enough of these things and am probably going to do a 90gl of just them as the main fish, plus whatever else.
I’ve noticed in some of your pics that the microsorium is planted. I am assuming that you know your planted aquariums quite well, as you’ve mentioned some key products such as anything Seachem, lol, and the aquasoil. I too am planted tank obsessed and run Co2 and the whole nine yards, and have noticed though, that microsoreum does better without Co2, but everything else you have mentioned, especially the HM, thrives with Co2.
Also, in such a small tank, though 10gls is sorta not that small, DIY Co2 is sorta sketch. I run it, and i’ve been careful with the drop checkers and bubble counters, but remember that Co2 will lower your pH, and in a smaller tank, it has a bigger effect.
Just a cautionary note from another planted tank member.Dropsy is also a sympton of mycanobacteriosis, which, like NTD, is incurrable. I would QT this fish immediately and treat for dropsy, but if it persists, and the dropsy does not go away, you might want to euthanize it.
I have heard negative things about cross breading guppies with endlers. I’ve never done it myself (I got sick of guppies over-breading on me, so gave them away), but have heard that the offspring are sterile, and genetically weaker. Just a heads up for ya.
