forever_and_a_day Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 (edited) in celebration of the last fry that ended up free-swimming despite the fact that it looked like it had come out of the egg wrong and died, i'm starting this log. probs more for me to document my first attempt than anything else. harvested (by davo): 29/12/2011 hatched: from 9th to the 22nd jan total: 12/13 fry pretty unimpressive at the moment. two eyes and a tail. some are slightly bigger than others. 10-20% wc almost everyday with a pipette and a film canister. currently in a round pasta sauce container with java moss and 3 mini cherry shrimp. currently on MW and whatever microscopic things that live on the moss. edit: solved time traveller issues Edited June 4, 2012 by MT Syndrome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhong89 Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 pictures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fletch Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 Very interested in this. Thanks MTS. :-). The growth rate of these guys must be quick, can't wait to see it. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 Congratulations! When are you going to start feeding bbs? They should be able to take them fairly soon I would expect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillieOrCory Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 Good luck with them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melbournebetta Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 Exciting, I'm toying with the idea of killies - looking forward to seeing your progress (note SEEING.... pik-chas!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forever_and_a_day Posted January 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 thanks guys. pics will be up when they're a bit more impressive to look at and i get a replacement for my mysteriously disappeared camera charger. ^-^ finally found some mosquito rafts so that will be their primary food, but i'll still leave some MW for the smaller ones. i'll try some frozen bbs once every while, but i'm not going to hatch any if i can help it >_> it's my last resort XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_95 Posted January 25, 2012 Report Share Posted January 25, 2012 Wow you must be a time traveler I think you mean January not February lol best of luck with them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forever_and_a_day Posted January 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2012 LOL! thanks for pointing it out, all fixed now ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forever_and_a_day Posted January 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 moved these guys to two separate, bigger raising trays now (6 in one, 7 in the other) still on mozzie larvae. no more MW. thrown in some mini seed shrimp, but not sure if anyone is eating it. besides fat, black bellies, the fins on larger fry are beginning to develop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillieOrCory Posted January 30, 2012 Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 If you have plenty of MW I'd keep feeding them that as well as the other stuff. I find mine eat MW even when they are 2cm or larger. To feed fry; in a container I put newly hatched BBS and MW, and use a pipette to feed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davo Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 remember to change the water regularly Also the colour should start coming out soon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forever_and_a_day Posted February 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 thanks Serkan. MW i have plenty of, so I'll thrown it in @davo: yup, i've been alternating the days on which i increase water level or do w/c. can you give me a rough idea of the ideal growth rate? (eg: 1 week = 0.4cm, week 2 = 0.5 cm etc) thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melbournebetta Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 pho tos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forever_and_a_day Posted February 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 haha yes. next week when the camera charger arrives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fletch Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 Really, another week?? Use your phone camera. Bad photos are better than none. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melbournebetta Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 Seconding Bussy! I can't wait to learn more about these frilly killy fishes.... they so preddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazell Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 Photos would be good :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forever_and_a_day Posted February 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 alrighty here we go. crappy photos they're pretty fast and most of these pics have the flash cropped out. I'm convinced they're a little undersized >_> what else can i do but wc and feed them? *sigh* the average age is verging on 3 weeks now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forever_and_a_day Posted February 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2012 many different sizes, but i'm trying to be more aggressive with the wc and it seems to be working... that and the fact that they're now stuffing themselves with grindals XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forever_and_a_day Posted April 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 these guys are growing slowly, but finally colouring up... uni life has made me very slack with water changes >_> looks like most of these guys are turning up male O_O i hope the runts (didn't get a photo of them) turn out female... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 Very cute! What species are they? Gardneri N'sukka? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Nut Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 Nice looking killies. Gives me hope my three little specks might actually become real fish I love killies. They have such friendly little faces and lots of personality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davo Posted April 8, 2012 Report Share Posted April 8, 2012 Looks good guys I see the fry are developing very nicely. Don't despair, the females would usually show up later. I have never experienced any runts from these fish so you should not have a problem. Let us know of the progress ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forever_and_a_day Posted April 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 thanks guys these are meant to be a mix of Nsukka and Jos Plateau (correct me if i'm wrong davo?) on that note... how would i be able to tell the females apart? from what i've observed, i believe the Jos plateau are more blue and the nsukka are more gold with more prominent red dots? am i right in assuming that? they're settling into a grow-out tub now, i'm thinking it's better to double the volume and do water changes every other day than them sitting in a smaller tank and me having to do changes everyday (mainly because i tend to do them at ungodly hours XD) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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