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Silver
06-07-2011, 03:00 AM
My Leopard pair recently laid eggs bunch of them, but then they decided to eat them and left 11-13 eggs unguarded so I decide to take out the cone and raise them artificially...

http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh300/Doming275/blue%20diamonds/IMG_1242.jpg
Silver
06-07-2011, 04:05 AM
In this video all the black dots are the wingglers is hard to tell only 10...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgmpimXQgjU

So this is what I did, when they all became wingglers I took them and put them in to a net on my 10 gallon...

http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh300/Doming275/blue%20diamonds/IMG_1246.jpg

http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh300/Doming275/blue%20diamonds/IMG_1248.jpg



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3rGFhMr3c8
Silver
06-07-2011, 04:18 AM
In this video all the black dots are the wingglers is hard to tell only 10...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgmpimXQgjU

On this one they start swimming for the first time


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3rGFhMr3c8
wendy9722
06-07-2011, 11:01 AM
What are you planning on feeding them?
rdub
06-07-2011, 03:25 PM
Can't hardly wait for updates.
Sean Buehrle
06-08-2011, 08:34 AM
I remember seeing jack wattley doing this, seems impossible without a parent fish.
Good luck. Maybe you could take them to swimming then reintroduce to the parents.


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ericatdallas
06-08-2011, 10:19 AM
I remember seeing jack wattley doing this, seems impossible without a parent fish.
Good luck. Maybe you could take them to swimming then reintroduce to the parents.




Lot's of people do this ... Al has a post on it somewhere here too and there might be something on the main forum. I was looking into this just in case as well. I wanted to be prepared to do it just in case.
Silver
06-09-2011, 02:16 PM
This is what I plan 2 the beginning:

http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh300/Doming275/blue%20diamonds/IMG_1241.jpg
http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh300/Doming275/blue%20diamonds/IMG_1265.jpg

and I did put the paste on the net too.
http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh300/Doming275/blue%20diamonds/IMG_1273.jpg


rdub:
sorry no more updates.. :(

sean:
I actually follow Jack Wattley instruccions on his book but I make a mistake and lost them all....
rdub
06-09-2011, 02:21 PM
Do you know what your mistake was?

Carrol Frizwold (sp), Alta Dena Water Gardens, also raised all of his fry artificially over 40 years ago.
Silver
06-09-2011, 03:10 PM
Well my mistake was the every day i clean the net and apply more paste food so the every day routine was to sock them with a tubing lane and put them in a plastic cup so I can wash the net, well while I was putting the net on the 10 gallon tank some how I push the cup to the floor and I could find but one and I put it with the parents but it would attach to them and next day it just was gone :( it was my fists time doing this so I gain some experience ...

I will end up this with the last video I took of them swimming.. thanks all..


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGSMT6-W-64
rdub
06-09-2011, 04:10 PM
Thank you for sharing this. I'm sure it will help me when I get to that point.
wendy9722
06-09-2011, 11:24 PM
Sorry to hear about losing them. What is the green paste?
mmorris
06-09-2011, 11:51 PM
Sorry to hear they didn't make it. Hopefully the parents will decide to raise the next batch. I tried artificial rearing with an albino batch and had no luck. If you are interested in artificial rearing, you might want to read up on what Cliff does - he's the expert around here.
Silver
06-10-2011, 01:44 AM
I remember seeing jack wattley doing this, seems impossible without a parent fish.
Good luck. Maybe you could take them to swimming then reintroduce to the parents.

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I follow the instructions here on this book :
http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh300/Doming275/blue%20diamonds/IMG_1291.jpg


Thank you for sharing this. I'm sure it will help me when I get to that point.

Yeah no problem.. thanks for looking.


Sorry to hear about losing them. What is the green paste?

Is The Jack Wattley Formula: egg yolk, spirulina and artemia, it looks green because I put to much spirulina it should look more like yellowish ..


Sorry to hear they didn't make it. Hopefully the parents will decide to raise the next batch. I tried artificial rearing with an albino batch and had no luck. If you are interested in artificial rearing, you might want to read up on what Cliff does - he's the expert around here.

Oh ok, they laid eggs yesterday but this time I put a egg guard so they wont it them hopefully it works, check it out....

http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh300/Doming275/blue%20diamonds/DSCN0251.jpg
rdub
06-10-2011, 10:19 AM
What did you use for your cone guard?
wendy9722
06-10-2011, 11:00 AM
What did you use for your cone guard?

So the parents dont eat the eggs.

Edit: my bad. It looks to be gutter guard. I use the plastic. I'm uneasy about putting metal in a tank with very expensive fish. Without knowing what metal is safe for the tank. A lot of people use plant weights to help hold it down. I use a glass bowl for on top.

http://i1185.photobucket.com/albums/z345/wendy9722/068.jpg
rdub
06-10-2011, 11:16 AM
Not why did you use a cone guard but what material did you use. Looks much better than what I tried.
Silver
06-11-2011, 01:05 AM
What did you use for your cone guard?

It's just wire mesh, it may corrode but is going to be in my tank only for 3 days so I think it's ok ..
Silver
06-12-2011, 11:58 PM
OK so I put the egg guard and they hatch and the parents started to eating them so I decide to save 10 again to try raising them artificially one more time I will post pictures soon to see the progress thanks..
Northwestcoastdisc
06-13-2011, 01:40 PM
Keep trying, you can always find other way to successful artificail rasing.

My suggest is you can do pratice with angelfish artifically raise when you have lot of skills to do then you can artifically raise with discus. That is worth to try with that.

Good luck

Duncan
Larry Bugg
06-13-2011, 02:16 PM
OK so I put the egg guard and they hatch and the parents started to eating them so I decide to save 10 again to try raising them artificially one more time I will post pictures soon to see the progress thanks..

Arturo, did you leave the egg guard up till they became free swimming and then they ate them?
Silver
06-13-2011, 11:25 PM
Arturo, did you leave the egg guard up till they became free swimming and then they ate them?

Yes I did but it was like 1/2 inch away from the cone so when they hatch some how the parents were able to suck them, even the ones the fell down so when they went down to 1o I pull them out and I'm going to try artificial again :) it seen like they want to lay egg again. This time I just going to let them do their thing I'm not going to mess with them and see if it works..