RE: hello?/rainbowfish

["The Ant" <t_ant@hotmail.com>]

Hi,

I have breed Boesman Rainbows. I have the fish spawn in a mop of yarn and 
then moved the mop into the clean tank. I didn't mess with any spawning 
trays and it worked fine. On my first try I got about 20 fry swimming 
around. Only 5 made it past 2 months though... My next attempt is going to 
be with Neon Rainbows. I'm going to put the mop in a tank with moss, and 
very green water. My hope is that the green water will help get them past 
the first few months. That trade off is that it's not sterile, but the only 
way to find out is to try (or ask this list). BTW, I'm using 10 gallon tanks 
for breeding and raising fry. If anyone out there has suggestions or 
comments, I'd like to here them.

Adam

> From: "Eric Johnson" <etj@nwlink.com>
> Reply-To: gsas-member@thekrib.com
> To: <gsas-member@thekrib.com>
> Subject: RE: hello?/rainbowfish
> Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2000 09:30:06 -0800
>
> > Eric,  are you local in Seattle?  I've seen the turquoise rainbow at the
> > Fish Store, Bellevue and at the Renton Fish Gallery in the last few 
> days.
> > I thought this list was for announcements, but it would be cool to use 
> for
> > local communication about any aquarium related topics.
>
> I think there's a gsas-announce list, and i thought this was a discussion
> list. if I'm wrong, I'll shut up :)
>
> I'm in bothell - I'll make a trip to the fish store, they usually have
> better quality fish than most of the other places.
>
> Does anyone here breed rainbowfish? I'm not having any trouble getting them
> (in this case, Boesemans) to spawn, but fungus always seems to kill the 
> eggs
> before hatching. I've been treating them with an antifungal, with appently
> little effect... once i get them to hatch, I have a sterile rearing tank 
> set
> up and ready for them, but the fungus is pretty discouraging

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