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Sandy, I read your message Adam concerning dwarf
neon rainbows - they sound very cool. I may be interested in some
also.
I also
read that you are planning on putting them in with your discus. What type
of discus do you have and how long have you had them? I am getting started
with a half dozen that I purchased from Samson (Universal Discus) down in
SF. They are very cool fish.
I may
not be at the meeting this Tues due to a funeral. We will have to hook up
some time.
-Dave
Walburger
Hello Adam, I have bred dwarf neon
rainbows. The one thing that got me through the stage where the fry are
too small to eat baby brine shrimp, is a light. It's called night
feeding. I read about it in a fama magazine. You take a very small
light ( I use a small orange night light ) and place it right by the
tank. The idea is to have only a small spot of light, not light up the
whole tank. The mirco organisms that the tiny fry eat are drawn to the
light. The fry are also drawn to the light and presto instant
food. I do not lose fry anymore it really does work! You are right
on with having java moss in the tank, that helps too. Were you thinking
of breeding dwarf neons? They are much easier. You can leave the
parents right in the tank and they don't eat the eggs or babies. The
parents will lay their eggs ri! ght in the java moss. No mops
required. If you want to try with them I have some Beautiful hand raised
young ones just at breeding age. You won't find any like this in the
store. Let me know and maybe we can work out a trade. I
can bring them to the next meeting. They are pretty enough to go in
with my Discus. Which is the plan as soon as I get a bigger
tank.
Sandy
P.S. Does anyone have a 100+ tank
for sale at a reasonable price?
The Ant <t_ant@hotmail.com> wrote:
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"
>Reply-To: gsas-member@thekrib.com
>To:
>Subject: RE: hell!
o?/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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