Now The Rasbora Are At It!

[Curiosity101]

The macmasteri spawned in my 35l a couple of days ago, and now the rasbora are spawning on mass all over my plants. Sadly they aren't picking easily removable plants like the convenienty place floating amazon sword but nevermind.

I just wanted to say that the only thing I have changed is their diet. I'm giving them live food every other day or so in the form of micro worms. So if you want your fish to breed... it seems live food is the way to go.

 

[neo83]

The macmasteri spawned in my 35l a couple of days ago, and now the rasbora are spawning on mass all over my plants. Sadly they aren't picking easily removable plants like the convenienty place floating amazon sword but nevermind.

I just wanted to say that the only thing I have changed is their diet. I'm giving them live food every other day or so in the form of micro worms. So if you want your fish to breed... it seems live food is the way to go.

Nice one! Do you use any cone to feed the live worms, or just put them straight in?

 

[Curiosity101]

Micro worms... being as small as they are, can't be fed via a cone I don't think... So straight into the tank.

 

[neo83]

Micro worms... being as small as they are, can't be fed via a cone I don't think... So straight into the tank.

ah, along with the water they come in? sorry i never fed live worms or micro live worms ever before and planning to get a cone feeder? did/do you use them at all? sorry to go off topic. Btw, are the macmasteri eggs still there or have they been eaten?

 

[Curiosity101]

You grow microworms on a mixture of porridge oat and water. And you grow them in tubs like chinese food tubs and such. They grow on the surface of the porridge and crawl up the sides and so you pick them off there, give them a quick wash to try to seperate them from the mixture and then feed them into the tank.

I don't think the eggs are there anymore. But I don't think it's cause they were eaten, more likely cause they weren't fertilised.

 

[KittyKat]

Micro worms... being as small as they are, can't be fed via a cone I don't think... So straight into the tank.

ah, along with the water they come in? sorry i never fed live worms or micro live worms ever before and planning to get a cone feeder? did/do you use them at all? sorry to go off topic. Btw, are the macmasteri eggs still there or have they been eaten?

Microworms don't come in water: they are cultivated in a container (at home, using a starter culture) and are collected from the sides of the container

 

[neo83]

Thanks C101 and kitty kat. I'm very

 

[coldcazzie]

Thanks C101 and kitty kat. I'm very

Don't be! How could you know if noone's told you before? And how will anyone know to tell you unless you ask?! The only stupid question is a question that should be asked that isn't!

 

[Curiosity101]

I agree completely cold cazzie!

 

[OldMan47]

You grow microworms on a simple oatmeal bed that is made a bit stiffer than most people would like when eating oatmeal. When the culture is producing well it looks like this. It needs to be reseeded every 2 weeks or so or the microworm culture will end up dieing in its own poisons.

The microscopic strands crawling up the sides are the microworms. When I feed them I simply wipe my finger across the plastic to collect some on my fingertip and rinse off my fingertip in the tank's water. The fish go crazy for them. It is not a particularly well balanced diet so I try to limit microworm feedings to a very few as a treat except when I need to use them to grow out tiny egg layer fry. Some fry just can't eat anything bigger and they are better than nothing for keeping the fry growing. In order to make the worms more nutritious, I feed them on a mix of 2 parts oatmeal to 1 part baby cereal, the dry stuff you would mix with a bit of milk to feed a baby. That fortifies the worms a bit and makes them somewhat more nutritious.

 

[Curiosity101]

Well they spawned again, I grabbed a few eggs this time and it seems that 6 out of the 7 I collected are fertile. I'm giving the 7th one another hour or so to show signs of fertilisation then I'm removing it.

Finger crossed I'll be able to raise a couple of fry from the group. Microworms are ready and bbs can be hatched as and when.

Anyone had any experience with harlequin fry?

 

[Curiosity101]

Make that 1 out of the 7 I collected. lol. I assumed that the developing white dot was the developing embryo. Turns out the clear egg develops a tail... theres no real 'hatching' or so it seems. Oh well, you live and learn.

Eitherways the one I dismissed as in-fertile has now grown a tail and is twitching every now n then. I don't hold out too much hope... as to raise it I'll need a success rate of 100%... which lets face it is unlikely. Specially as it's my first time raising any egg layer fry. But we shall see, wish me luck. I'll try to take pictures but at the moment it's just coming out as a slightly blurry dot.

 

[myrtle]

Congratulations! When I picked my first lot of Celebes eggs I wasn't expecting anything but they were all fertile. At least having one fertile out of the seven means that next time you pick some there'll be a good chance that they are fertile too. Are they still young as they may still be practising? I haven't had any luck hatching brine shrimp so far but I'm going to start with some microworms and vinegar eels instead.
Good luck with your egg, it's not impossible to get 100% survival!

 

[Curiosity101]

I think they are still a bit young. The males seem to struggle with the idea of following the female and wrapping. And equally the female doesn't seem to actually place the eggs on the leaf she's under. More 'projects' them out and they something fall onto and stick on leaves. Sometimes they don't.

Apparently they spawn a few times every few weeks once they get the hang of it though. So fingers crossed. The little one I have now is moving a bit more... still very un co-ordinated but I've read they're not free swimming for a few days anyways. So I'm going to wait till it seems to be 'hunting' for food to try to feed it. Plus it genuinely does just look like a tiny clear tadpole at the moment. Not much like a fish.

 

[myrtle]

It maybe worthwhile adding some moss from the main tank which will contain little organisms which the fry can feed on until you can add the microworms. This is my first time raising fry too and I had some excellent replies from Mikev and Drobbyb when I posted about it regarding feeding and raising the fry so you may want to read that if you haven't already!