I have been slack in not keeping my comments updated for nearly a year, but got disappointed when I never received any comments in return. Though I now wonder if there is something wrong with the site and people cannot leave a comment or that I can see it. Anyway I will try to keep things going.
The following I have currently either as adults or young fry. Austrofundulus leohoigeni Sanare Ven 2009-02 Chrom volcanum Ekondo Titi CB3SR07/21 Cyn griseus Nova Roma BR 2014/05 Fp arnoldi Ughelli TR01 Fp gardneri lacustris Akwen BLLMC 2005-2 Fp gresensi Takwai Fp marmoratus Mbonge Fp oeseri GEMHS 2000-45 Bioko Island Fp spoorenbergi N cardinalis Lisingiri River TAN 1997-27 N eggersi blue form N elongatus Mackinnon Road K2015 N guentheri Zanzibar N kadleci Gorongosa MZCS 08-91 N korthausae Mafia Island N makondorum Melela River MOZ 04-11 N milvertzi Lushiba Chienge ZM 12-20 N palmqvisti Gezani N patrizii "Msumalini Creek" K96-23 N rachovii Beira 98 N rubripinnis Mbezi River TSTS 12-20 N sp. Mugeta TAN 17-13 N sp Lubi Scriptaphyosemion cauveti Kindia Scripaphyosemion guinardi Mamou Script. schmitti Jurazon
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I have just wet 3 bags of Nothobranchius eggs.
The first 2 bags were from 2 strains of N guentheri Zanzibar, one was the normal pure red colour and I collected 5 fry, but the other has a mix of red and blue (which is not in my opinion very nice) colour strains, and I collected 15 fry. Now both of these were incubated at 25-26°C for only 10 weeks, so this is a better response than for the 12 weeks I previously was using. The last bag was from N elongatus Mackinnon Road K2015, with a 10 week incubation, and lots of fry were collected (30+), but I notice that some are unfortunately "belly-sliders". Though there are more than enough to ensure the next generation. All the fry I have recently hatched seem to be doing very well, but my problem now is that all my fry containers are in use, so will have to start moving some of them into larger tanks. Alternatively, I must think of ways to increase the number of fry containers I can fit into my fishroom (any suggestions? - watch this space). N rubripinnis - no more fry, so just 12 from 1st day. Coir has now been redried and will re-wet again in 3 weeks.
N cardinalis - 40 more fry collected on day 2, so now have 80+ in 2 containers. Will have to cull even though I dislike doing this, as have a limited amount of room for the fry to grow in. Coir has been discarded, as no need to re-wet. N korthausae - the fry from the earlier wetting are growing very well, but again at 30 in total I should look at reducing this number at some stage. Probably 6-7 pairs would be ideal to keep for the next generation. N eggersi - have not done an accurate count, but the fry are growing well. Also on the 3rd, I wet (25% tapwater & 75% rainwater) a bag of N rubripinnis Mbezi River TSTS 2012-20, that was collected on the 4/1/17, some 8 weeks of incubation, and yesterday I removed a dozen fry from the hatching container. These fry were placed into a small plastic container with some Java Moss, paramecium and were fed small amounts of microworms and baby brine shrimp. The 8 weeks incubation, could be a bit short, but will wait to see what comes from a second wetting in 3 weeks.
This bag was one of only two that I have, as I lost the male quite quickly, so will re-dry for safety and wet again in 3 weeks. Yesterday I wet the bag of peat/coir from the N korthausae Mafia Island that was collected on the 4/1/2017. I checked the peat/coir before wetting, but could only find one egg (which are very small) and that was ready for hatching (gold iris around the eye). So today I removed 25 fry from the container using a large pipette (kitchen baster). This was not very easy as they were very active, and there are a few more left but they kept hiding in the substrate. There were no belly-sliders, but I had added a 1/4 oxy-tablet to the container.
16th Update - Another 5 fry removed from the original container. 17th Update - No more fry. Have now recollected the peat/coir and it is now drying between paper towels, and will be bagged up tomorrow. The 30 fry will be more than enough for the next generation plus a few extras, but this re-bagged material will be a safe guard in case of loosing all of the fry. I also have another bag that will need wetting in 3 weeks time. Yesterday I wet some Fp gresensi Takwai eggs that had been laid on damp peat for the last 18-24 days, and today I removed 4 fry to another container. There are a lot more eggs that will hopefully hatch over the next few days.
Also removed the mop from the adult pair's tank, and picked off a lot of eggs. I actually lost count due to an interruption when it was over thirty. So these should be ready for hatching by the end of the month. Update 9th - Another dozen fry removed from hatching container. Update 10th - Another 3 fry removed. Will stop collecting eggs now. Probably will now start to find fry in the tank with the adult pair. Fundulopanchax:
Fp spoorenbergi Adults + Eggs Fp marmoratus Mbonge Adults + Fry Fp cinnamomeus Dikoni Bafor Adults Fp oeseri «GEMHS 2000-45 Bioko» Adults + Fry Fp sjoestedti Warri Adults + Eggs Fp gardneri nigerianus P82 Adults Fp gresensi Takwai Adults + Fry + Eggs Nothobranchius: N cardinalis Lisingiri River TAN 1997-27 Adults + Eggs N guentheri Zanzibar Adults + Eggs N elongatus Mackinnon Road K2015 Adults + Eggs N rubripinnis Mbezi River TSTS 2012-20 Adults + Eggs N korthausae Mafia Island Adults + Eggs Others: Aphanius Mento "spring inlet" Adults Chromaphyosemion volcanum Ekondo Titi CB3SR07/21 Adults Cynolebias griseus Nova Roma BR 2014/05 Adults + Eggs Epiplatys ansorgei Massana GJS 00/02 Adults Rivulus xiphidius Crique Boulanger Adults Scriptaphyosemion schmitti Jurazon Adults Scripaphyosemion guinardi Mamou Adults Plus a few bags of peat/coir of other Nothobranchius, so watch this space to see if anything hatches from these. |