gioNVA
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I've been a member here for a while and have known @revhtree before the club zoa days. After meeting him at MACNA, I told him I will try to post more. The updates may come slow but I will try to keep up.
I've had the female from Doni's first batch in sometime in 2009 or maybe 2008 but I don't remember exactly. I recently paired her up with a male that is from a Doni/Onyx pair. The female doesn't constantly lay eggs on schedule. Sometimes it's months before she lays eggs again. This time I was ready and was able to transfer a small batch of eggs (probably about 80 or so). Anyway, here's a video of the mom and dad.
I don't have any photos of the setup but here's what I have:
2 5g buckets to culture rotifers
Rotigreen Omega to feed the rotifers
7g old minibow for the fry (I only use 5g of water in it since this is a small hatch)
50g Aqueon heater (not the pro version) -
petco airstones
whisper air pump for a 20g
Seachem ammonia alert
Here's my feeding schedule:
Day 1-4: Rotifers and try to keep the water tinted green up to day 3.
Day 5: introduce TDO Chromaboost A
Day 6-8: Try to feed TDO A and rotifers. Watch if the fish are darting for the TDO pellets.
Day 8-10: TDO A and introduce TDO B1
Day 11-14: TDO B1
I always try to have fresh saltwater mixed in case I need to perform additional water changes. Monitor ammonia levels using the ammonia alert. Here are my notes for this hatch:
Day 1, I season a sponge filter by placing it in the parent tank.
Day 2: Drip 1/3 gallon of RODI water to lower the salinity slightly to about 1.022
Day 3-7: remove 1gal water and then slowly drip again water change.
Day 8-9: no water change as the babies hit metamorphosis stage.
Day 10: change another 1gal water and then add another 1 gal of saltwater to bump up the tank volume to 6 gal.
Day 11: add the seasoned sponge filter
Day 11-13: regular 1g water change
The fish are at day 14 today and I have about 40 babies left.
I've had the female from Doni's first batch in sometime in 2009 or maybe 2008 but I don't remember exactly. I recently paired her up with a male that is from a Doni/Onyx pair. The female doesn't constantly lay eggs on schedule. Sometimes it's months before she lays eggs again. This time I was ready and was able to transfer a small batch of eggs (probably about 80 or so). Anyway, here's a video of the mom and dad.
I don't have any photos of the setup but here's what I have:
2 5g buckets to culture rotifers
Rotigreen Omega to feed the rotifers
7g old minibow for the fry (I only use 5g of water in it since this is a small hatch)
50g Aqueon heater (not the pro version) -
petco airstones
whisper air pump for a 20g
Seachem ammonia alert
Here's my feeding schedule:
Day 1-4: Rotifers and try to keep the water tinted green up to day 3.
Day 5: introduce TDO Chromaboost A
Day 6-8: Try to feed TDO A and rotifers. Watch if the fish are darting for the TDO pellets.
Day 8-10: TDO A and introduce TDO B1
Day 11-14: TDO B1
I always try to have fresh saltwater mixed in case I need to perform additional water changes. Monitor ammonia levels using the ammonia alert. Here are my notes for this hatch:
Day 1, I season a sponge filter by placing it in the parent tank.
Day 2: Drip 1/3 gallon of RODI water to lower the salinity slightly to about 1.022
Day 3-7: remove 1gal water and then slowly drip again water change.
Day 8-9: no water change as the babies hit metamorphosis stage.
Day 10: change another 1gal water and then add another 1 gal of saltwater to bump up the tank volume to 6 gal.
Day 11: add the seasoned sponge filter
Day 11-13: regular 1g water change
The fish are at day 14 today and I have about 40 babies left.
