I got red wigglers

[alcastro]

First time confirmed , hope they attach
Male red face blushing red
Finale blushing red
Wish me luck



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[rickztahone]

Good luck Al! Great news.

[Keith Perkins]

LOL, I really thought you'd started a colony of live worms when I read your thread title. Congrats and continued good luck.

[Allwin]

Oh beauty, good luck al

[alcastro]

Oh beauty, good luck al

Thank you Rick, Kith, Allwin, i will keep you posted on the attachment, if the dont get eaten first.

[MKD]

Looking great. Good luck Al!!!

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[Second Hand Pat]

Hope you get attachment Al :D

[alcastro]

Thank you Tony, Thank you Pat, i hope they attach Saturday that way i can assist like child birth, lol

[wdeleon01]

good luck Al I'm a sucker for reds. they are beautiful.

[Swordsman]

Good luck Al. I've always wanted a breeding pair of Fire Reds from Hans, just haven't had the cash to put in the order. I really hope yours do well. The clutch looks very nice, no apparent fungus either!

[alcastro]

good luck Al I'm a sucker for reds. they are beautiful.

You and me both, Thanks Walter

[alcastro]

Good luck Al. I've always wanted a breeding pair of Fire Reds from Hans, just haven't had the cash to put in the order. I really hope yours do well. The clutch looks very nice, no apparent fungus either!

Maybe you can win the raffle, you got a better shot than the lottery, that reminds me to buy my tickets, thanks Swordsman

[Swordsman]

I did buy 10 tickets! :)

[Swordsman]

The 4 reds in my avatar pic is as close as I've come to getting reds. These are the 4 royal ruby reds I won from Tara's auction last summer. I got lucky and there are 2 breeding pairs.

[alcastro]

You cant go wrong with triple Rs and you are very lucky, i got a curipera x pair, albino blue diamons, albino turks, leopard alvino inter. and altum, and last a golden lollipop snow white pair, yet have not much luck so yesterday i swaped wives, lol

[alcastro]

Ok I get home and I find this

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Now what any advise


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[wdeleon01]

Take the eggs away from them. If the fry dont attach theres always next week.

[alcastro]

This is what I did the wigglers had started to swim so moved the wigglers to the back of the tank and divided the tank with a 4 inch thick sponge pushing filtered water with air

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Hope I gave him enough time to fertilize the eggs LOL


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[MKD]

Congrats Al!!! You're having twin and you become a scientist. Cross fingers for you.

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[alcastro]

This morning they where attached :D, for the most part some are all over the place, the bonus eggs where fertilized than i got to close and she ate them,:mad:

[chaoslite]

Bummer



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[Keith Perkins]

Ah the ups and downs of discus keeping. At least you've got some attachment going on with the first batch.

[alcastro]

O well there is always another day


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[TheMutlu]

Amazing form good luck and congrats


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[musicmarn1]

Wow nice work Al!

[alcastro]

Amazing form good luck and congrats


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Thank ytou

[alcastro]

Wow nice work Al!

Thank you, i put the female with the male last night because i was having problems with attachment, lost a few, now they are all attached i will post pictures later tonight

[chaoslite]

Congrats Al!!


Mishka

[Keith Perkins]

Looking forward to the pics Al.

[alcastro]

Thank you Mishka, Keith
Here are some pics., they are hard to see, they blend in well.


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[Keith Perkins]

Do you have a rough idea how many you have at this point?

[alcastro]

Hi Keith maybe 25 to 30 fry

[Second Hand Pat]

Al, congrats on the attachment...way cool. :D
Pat

[alcastro]

Al, congrats on the attachment...way cool. :D
Pat

Thank you pat

[Keith Perkins]

So are you firing up the bbs hatchery soon? The plus about a batch that size is they get a lot of attention and the odds of having problems with them seems to be a lot smaller.

[Allwin]

Always a gr8 sight to see the attachment and the swapping of frys between the parents.

Personally, I feel frys from small batches are nutritious and can grow out to real potential imo.


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[alcastro]

Here is an update on the fry
Started on bbs sat. There doing good I checked on them this morning and I saw these

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You can always count on your pairs


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[Keith Perkins]

More eggs? If so, I think I'd remove them quickly.

[Allwin]

Lol, egg machine.!

Being a small batch, If the fry's start eating BBS, u can move them to give chance for the new clutch of eggs or just scrap the eggs. Else the parents can very well kill the fry's in another 2-4 days.

[alcastro]

Yes I took the eggs out this morning, they where on tap water already and want to give the fry more time to grow strong.


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[Keith Perkins]

More eggs? If so, I think I'd remove them quickly.

I should really expand on this comment. Allwin is right, that if a pair spawns again while still parenting a prior batch that are also eating bbs the first batch can be removed. I immediately suggested removing the second batch of eggs based on two things. First, I believe this is the pairs first successful spawn and they still have plenty of parenting skills to learn. Second, and the larger reason, the eggs were laid on the bottom of the tank. It is my understanding the odds of having bacterial problems are much greater in this case.

[alcastro]

I should really expand on this comment. Allwin is right, that if a pair spawns again while still parenting a prior batch that are also eating bbs the first batch can be removed. I immediately suggested removing the second batch of eggs based on two things. First, I believe this is the pairs first successful spawn and they still have plenty of parenting skills to learn. Second, and the larger reason, the eggs were laid on the bottom of the tank. It is my understanding the odds of having bacterial problems are much greater in this case.

My thinking exact Keith and tds at 400 bad odds


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[alcastro]

Oh I saved the eggs, just in case.


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[chaoslite]

She likes to spawn. Can you tell her to send some her spawning mojo over to a few of my pairs Al. Looking good!!

Mishka

[alcastro]

Is the house of lust lol


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[Mikemeets]

Im loving that u are getting it right breading them so often haha

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[alcastro]

Im loving that u are getting it right breading them so often haha

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Thanks is fun and challenging


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[Mikemeets]

Tooo cute, they alive? Ive heard egg yolk but ill leave that topic to the big boys that dont play around with fish like i do lol

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[MKD]

Congrats on 40 fry. you can try artificial raising fry, you can do it Al!!! Practice to become master.

[alcastro]

Yes I have made some big bobo before trying since I am not home all day, the egg works if you change the water every 10 minutes so not a good option ?


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[Mikemeets]

Yup then very fine flake food, crush it to a powder and let that sink... give it a try it wont hurt, if it doesnt work then i dont know haha all the best

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[Mikemeets]

To make flakes sink just slosh it around in the water, after u see them not eatting it do a vacuum and water change :)

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[alcastro]

Yup then very fine flake food, crush it to a powder and let that sink... give it a try it wont hurt, if it doesnt work then i dont know haha all the best

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Thanks, I have Forrest fry food it may not work on free swimmers, all the other pairs are in r/o can't foster unless I pull one out maybe I will bbs them till they bump into it.


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[Keith Perkins]

I would try BBS from the get go for sure and maybe a pinch of First Bites, unless you have any fish that might foster them.

[Mikemeets]

BBS?

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[alcastro]

I would try BBS from the get go for sure and maybe a pinch of First Bites, unless you have any fish that might foster them.

Keith you and I think alike

BBS. Baby Brine Shrimp


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[Keith Perkins]

Keith you and I think alike

I feel badly for you. :)

[alcastro]

I feel badly for you. :)

That`s great

[Allwin]

+1

Now we both think alike :D


I feel badly for you. :)

[Mikemeets]

Ahhh... i got brine shrimp eggs in a test tube... anybody know how to hatch them???

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[Quintin]

Drill hole in lid of 2 liter bottle insert airline tubing face bottle up throw eggs.Wait 24 to 36 hours filter water and you have baby brine shrimp.Its easy to do and all fry love it incl bettas.One teaspoon of eggs = 1000+ shrimp

[rickztahone]

Is the house of lust lol


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Or is your house the house of Tequila? are you sharing with your breeding pairs?

[Mikemeets]

Thanx i hope these brine shrimp eggs will hatch cos they are 6months old and got them from my lfs but never kbew how to hatch them :)

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[alcastro]

Or is your house the house of Tequila? are you sharing with your breeding pairs?

Rick if you must know, the tank and the tequila collection is in my Bed room lol


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[Mikemeets]

These are the most beautiful discus ive seen around would love to buy some here in South Africa someday

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[chaoslite]

Rick if you must know, the tank and the tequila collection is in my Bed room lol


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How does your wife like that Al?

Mishka

[alcastro]

She likes them both, well the tank is not in the room but the tequila collection sure is don't want to find out one day that they have been watered down


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[Crunchy]

These are my favorite strain!

[alcastro]

Here is an update, doing well on bbs growing nicely, the egg I saved died my fault I forgot to supply a water flow.

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Great parents so far


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[Mikemeets]

Awww i love it

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[Swordsman]

Al, so just out of curiosity, did you happen to notice if the parents turned any darker than normal? I've been wondering how the red variations would do as far as darkening up to attract the fry.

[alcastro]

No big change in color


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