Breeding WCMM ?

[fish48]

the normal male and gold female due to spawn today have hade a total of 193 eggs

 

[AmyKieran]

the normal male and gold female due to spawn today have hade a total of 193 eggs

How long does it take from spawning to selling at LFS?

 

[fish48]

they grow quite fast 4 months + it depends on tank temperature and how well you feed them

 

[AmyKieran]

they grow quite fast 4 months + it depends on tank temperature and how well you feed them

What would you recommend their feeding regime be? And what to feed as they grow older?

 

[fish48]

I like to feed them on live foods I start them with paramecium or boiled egg yolk vinegar eels and micro worms/brine shrimp and then on grindal worm and daphnia ,

prepared foods. Granular fry food and flake , care must be taken when feeding baby fish always feed a variety of food never feed the same food continuous and good partial water changes needed

 

[AmyKieran]

I like to feed them on live foods I start them with paramecium or boiled egg yolk vinegar eels and micro worms/brine shrimp and then on grindal worm and daphnia ,

prepared foods. Granular fry food and flake , care must be taken when feeding baby fish always feed a variety of food never feed the same food continuous and good partial water changes needed

Well I change my Malawi tank 75% weekly. Do I do this with my WCMM tank and my fry tank? Or more often?

 

[fish48]

Well I change my Malawi tank 75% weekly. Do I do this with my WCMM tank and my fry tank? Or more often?

 

[fish48]

I don't do any water changes for the first 2 weeks , i only do between 40 and 50% water change weekly

 

[AmyKieran]

I don't do any water changes for the first 2 weeks , i only do between 40 and 50% water change weekly

Sorry to bother again, what would you recommend feeding the breeding tank and how often?

Also- I’ve read about people removing the breeding mop from the tank and putting it into the fry tank every 24 hours and alternating with another one, I thought if you exposed fish eggs to air their would die?

 

[fish48]

Sorry to bother again, what would you recommend feeding the breeding tank and how often?

I Feed mainly live foods up to 3 times a day that works well for me ,care must be taken not to overfeed or pollute the water

 

[AmyKieran]

I Feed mainly live foods up to 3 times a day that works well for me ,care must be taken not to overfeed or pollute the water

I’ve read about people removing the breeding mop from the tank and putting it into the fry tank every 24 hours and alternating with another one, I thought if you exposed fish eggs to air their would die?

 

[fish48]

I’ve read about people removing the breeding mop from the tank and putting it into the fry tank every 24 hours and alternating with another one, I thought if you exposed fish eggs to air their would die?

there are many ways of collecting the eggs and that method is quite good, there is no chance of the eggs dying for the amount of time they were out of water

 

[AmyKieran]

there are many ways of collecting the eggs and that method is quite good, there is no chance of the eggs dying for the amount of time they were out of water

Okay should I only keep 1 spawning mop in or 2?

 

[fish48]

Okay should I only keep 1 spawning mop in or 2?

the more mops you have the better success you would have . most of the eggs will fall to the bottom and the fish and will scatter the eggs over the bottom of the tank

 

[fish48]

close up off of wcmm one day old, i can start feeding them once they absorb their yolk sac

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