Nothobranchius breeding set up .

[GaryE]

The females look healthy, but not laden with eggs. Can you separate them and get them something like white worms for a couple of days? I used to do that with Nothos, and found it gave me more good eggs. No expert on them here, just a dabbler, but the more eggs, the better you are.

That person's 55 must be a show.

 

[Magnos]

I have so many eggs but after 3 months I drop them in water and I have 0 fry. I kept the eggs at 73 degrees for 3 months.Any idea why they didn't hatch?

 

[GaryE]

You need to take something to magnify the eggs, and look at the eyes in there. Just timing it isn't enough.

The usual advice is to look for the golden rim around the eye in the transparent egg. When you see it, it sees you, and it's ready.

 

[Back in the fold]

They’re settling in slowly . That’s a good idea to separate the sexes and condition them . I am going to do exactly that . I’ve only seen one female in the spawning jar once . There’s one particular male that seems to think it’s his own personal man cave and drives everyone else out . On the plus side these fish are good eaters and wolf down anything I give them . I might remove the spawning jar in a few more days and replace it with another one . I’m curious to check the coir and see if I have eggs yet .

 

[GaryE]

The male will claim the jar, and females will come to him if they like the looks of the guy. If they don't, or if they aren't full of eggs, they stay out.

That's why it's good to feed them well apart from each other, so the females are ready to choose. Although with one jar, if they want to breed, it's the one male that controls the spawning media.

 

[Back in the fold]

I finally saw the spawning act itself . It’s cool to see .

 

[BigDog]

Very nice looking fish

Glad to here there spawning for you already