I think this is a better photograph, these fry, are very very small approx 5mm, very difficult to see with the naked eye.
Taken with cheaper compact digital camera! Told you the macro function was better! (click thumbnail image to view larger image).
If I could associate the breeding success of the Emerald Drawf Rasboras on Almost Natural Tropical Fish Food, I would, but I’ve only been feeding my fish it for the last 24 hours! BUT…
I’m really surprised how readily some of my more fussy fish, take to eating the flaked food, and the Corydoras and Hoplos, L’s love the Shrimp pellets. Report more later.
At the end of March, a label on a tank in a local pet shop caught my attention to some fish called Galaxy Rasbora, which later turned-out to be Microrasbora erythromicron., common names could be Crossbanded or Emerald Dwarf Rasbora.
Male Microrasbora erythromicron
Photograph courtesy of Mike Noren
I purchased these little fish (25mm), knowing they were Microrasbora erythromicron in a hope to breed them, I don’t think these are rare, but at present probably less common than the famous Galaxy Rasbora.
I checked the tank this evening, and I have a few fry from the trio.
I’m ecstatic, I haven’t felt like this since, breeding my first guppies, and that’s a long time ago!
Maybe I’ll now find that elusive Galaxy Rasbora, and give them the same “luving”, in a hope to breed them.
It’s taken over 400 shots to get the following pictures, glad I’ve got a digital camera. These were taken on the digital SLR, I’m running back in with the other camera, it has a better macro function (and it’s cheaper if it falls in the tank!)
fry at approx 5mm (click thumbnail for larger image)
single Microrasbora erythromicron fry (click thumbnail for larger image)
I received my package of Almost Natural Tropical Fish Food today from Ed in Pennsylvania, USA.
I’ve been looking for an alternative product for the fish house to bring fish into condition for breeding for a long time. I’ve received
Excerpt from Ed’s website
“Almost Natural Tropical Fish Foods” are offered by a true-blue tropical fish hobbyist for the other tropical fish hobbyists out there in the world who would rather go the extra mile and feed their fish a top quality tropical fish flake. This tropical fish food is hobbyist to hobbyists driven. One hobbyist helping other hobbyists. After looking at the ingredients and then the prices, you will see that it is being sold at extremely reasonable prices to you, the hobbyist.”
The contents of the package Super colour flake, Freshwater flake, Shrimp pellets.
Let me know if you are interested in placing an order from the UK, we can combine the order!
I’ve been pre-occupied with DIY on the house, but I’ve finally received the additional stands, to add six new tanks to the fish house.
I’ve also been working, on re-sealing the insulation in the fish house, and working on my new RO storage tanks – water experiment.
Not surprisingly the Nannacara adoketa eggs have disappeared overnight, only a few remained in the morning, but those that remained, were “eye-ing” up, so I think I have a good male. I suspect the other Nannacara adoketa or Bristlenose catfish helped themselves.
Not too worry, I’m sure they spawn again, and I’ll have chance to remove the other occupants of the tank. Some other sad news, I’ve lost my male Hoplosternum pectorale, I’ve had a pair for years, but I’ve never managed to get them to spawn!
Some happier news, my tank racking has arrived, so I should be able to increase my tanks by another three :- soon!
My suspicions have been confirmed two out of the five Nannacara adoketa in the quarantine tank have paired-off and to my astonishment have started to spawn this evening. Male and female fish confirmed, as pedicted in earlier pictures posted here.
Female Nannacara adoketa guarding eggs
Male Nannacara adoketa in foreground, female inside plant pot.
Male Nannacara adoketa fertilising eggs.
This is a young pair, and this is their first spawning, I’m not too sure how viable this spawning will be, with three other N.adoketa in the tank, plus a Bristlenose catfish, and the waters wrong, ph 8! But I wanted to get these pictures on the blog, quickly.
What do you think? Does it pass for a Fine Art Installation? I was going to call it “Fishtanks”.
“Fishtanks 1”
“Fishtanks 2”
As I’ve been at home today, babysitting the fish-house due to the power outage, well looking after the petrol generator. I had some spare time on my hands to wash and clean the fish tanks I collected some weeks ago, these six 30x15x12 are due to go into the fish house, when the shelving arrives.
The fish-house was on generated electricity from 8.00am – 3.00pm today, and consumed 5 kWh (units) of electricity.
The petrol generators primed, I’ve got 40l of petrol, I’m ready for tomorrow’s power outage between 9.00am – 4.00pm.
I’m hoping for a warm day, so I can clean six new fish tanks outside on the lawn, otherwise it’s going to be an interesting day listening to the wind-up/solar powered radio. Maybe I’ll catch up on the last 12 months PFKs!
The Royal Tiger Shovelnose catfish Merodontotus tigrinus or Brachyplatystoma tigrinum has got to be the king of all Tropical catfish.
This fine specimen is owned by a fellow fishkeeper, unfortunately not by me. I’ve always wanted one!
12 inch young baby! The Royal Shovel Nose catfish Merodontotus tigrinus or Brachyplatystoma tigrinum
I’m told he eats anything, but he’s feed on white bait,larger prawns,sliced trout,bloodworm and river shrimp
UPDATE Sold to another fishkeeper for 350 GBP UK pounds.
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