Re: [RML] Breeding tanks

Dennis Holmes (dhdesign at onthenet.com.au)
Tue, 13 Jun 2000 09:06:04 +1000

Wright
Wouldn't the food spoil before the eggs hatch?
The hatchlings have an egg sack for a while, don't they,
wouldn't uneaten food make thinks messy

> From: Wright Huntley <huntley1 at home.com>
> Organization: HOLOGRAF
> Reply-To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au
> Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 07:01:29 -0700
> To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au
> Subject: Re: [RML] Breeding tanks
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> Dennis Holmes wrote:
>>
>> Ok so once this is done they spawn, right?
>> Then you put the mops in a bare tank, right?
>
> No way.
>
> *If* they have some eggs, I put them in a tank (or shoebox) with lots of
> plants, and encourage infusoria growth with a couple of drops of Liquifry #1
> or some mashed egg yolk (the size of a rice grain). Rainbow and Blue-Eye
> babies need lots of microfood. I haven't found any good way to feed them
> quite enough without overdoing it. Live infusoria in the tank can make up
> for a lot, and green water can do the rest. YMMV.
>
> Wright
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