In this video I'll cover my approach to breeding and raising Aspidoras Spilotus. I'll explain the methods I used to sex the adults, encourage spawns, hatch the eggs and raise fry.
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This was a great video! I enjoy the way you present the information without wasting time. I'm looking forward to the Chili rasbora breeding video if you ever make it work. Good luck and keep up the good work!
Love these little ones! Yes, Rainbows are slow growers apparently. I've had surprise fry in a batch of plants last year. One survived and turned out to be a painted rainbow (I suspect because I've brought it to my lfs after just over 4 months) sort of grew one cm per month. I didn't keep it because it's requirements are so different from my South American tetras.
Awesome video, I’m halfway through. I would say next time there is a story time, I would put like a video of the fish or something so we have something to watch. :)
Thanks for your videos. You make the best content👍👍 I'm breeding panda Cory. For their first weeks I use a ziss breeding box, with some leaves but no sand. I have no fins deformation, but a small part of the very young dies. Do you think with sand it's doing to be better? And do you ever clean it and how?
@MakeMoreFish could you please tell us, what's the dry food you introduced in this case? I mean the nano pellets... Thank you for all your videos, they are just amazing!
Hey Lowell, apologies if thats not you real name.., i'm a university student, too broke to afford an RO water filtration system, and i'm currently trying to breed fish that require water parameters far more acidic than my tap water. The internet seems to suggest white vinegar is a safe alternative, however I'd like to get your input on the matter. I don't want to kill my fish and your oppinion would mean a great deal to me considering your interest and experience in the hobby. Thanks, all the best, keep up the great content!
Without a filter unit I would check with your local fish stores and see if they sell RODI water. Any shop that sells salt water stuff likely sells it. Just be sure to test the water with at least a TDS meter to make sure the shop is maintaining their filter units. Some don't change the media and will sell you RODI that's basically tap water. Maybe also look into distilled water as a substitute. I know it's prepared in a different way but if it ends up without buffering minerals, I personally don't know why it wouldn't work. You could buy that by the gallon from a grocery store. Maybe google that and make sure I'm not crazy. As for acidifying water, there are a number of acids that could be "safely" added to lower pH and I've done so myself; however I'm extremely hesitant to make recommendations because it's so easy to screw up. You need to be able to accurately measure the pH of the water and my guess is, if a RODI filter is out of your price range, an accurate meter would also be too pricy. I've been there. What I would do is get your water soft in one way or another and then let it acidify naturally. Fish waste will do it, peat products, catappa leaves, alder cones, anything that might release tannic/humic/fulvic acid. Soft water on its own will easily acidify down into the 5s and for all but some really extreme cases, that should be plenty low enough.
@@MakeMoreFish Thanks for the tip, I'm thinking of leaning towards the distilled water plan. I only know of one good saltwater shop in Montreal... kindof a dead market here so I expect I'll likely get ripped off for tap water.
Do you have a trick at getting the eggs off of your finger? My cory eggs are so sticky it's always a mess trying to relocate them all. You make moving the eggs look so easy, I'm jealous. It's probably your vastly superior amount of experience
It takes a little practice. The key I think is to do it in a rolling motion while applying very light pressure. You want more surface area contact between the egg and the hard surface than between the egg and your finger. It's tough when the eggs are first laid but some hours later the adhesiveness declines a bit and it gets easier. Then 12+ hours after that they will hardly be adhesive at all and will be very difficult to re-adhere to something.
I do, I've been keeping some for the last year or so. I can't say they are any different from other, more common species I have kept and bred. The overall game plan is exactly the same. All the variability in pair forming and aggression comes down to individual temperaments. Nothing special to account for in my opinion.
@@MakeMoreFishSorry for bothering you but considering that I would love to breed dwarf chiclids to see parental care do you think Ramirezis would be a better choice? I am really undecided...
honestly, bronze corydoras whenever you have enough flow in your tank, are basically like guppies. you can raise them the same way as explained in the video
