Breeding splash tetras....

[rasmusW]

Here is a few pictures of some of my c. Nattereri fry. Now, they actually looks like fish.

-r

 

[anewbie]

Wow they are taking form quickly. I really should learn to breed pencil and tetra esp my n. epesi and h. eilyos but in truth i have no clue where to begin.

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

Wow they are taking form quickly.

They look really good.

I really should learn to breed pencil and tetra esp my n. epesi

I think N. espei are quite tricky, which is why you very rarely see them for sale, but we have a thread. Ste Chester is definitely a 'man who can" - <"https://apistogramma.com/forum/threads/breeding-pencil-fish.11045/post-59433">. The Alan he mentions was the late Alan Vassiere, a famous UK aquarist
<"https://schester89.wixsite.com/digitalaquarist/nannostomus-mortenthaleri">.

and h. eilyos

I'd expect plenty of live food to condition them, and then some way of stopping the spawning fish eating the eggs (and probably) fry. Access to some sunlight in the morning may also help.

but in truth i have no clue where to begin.

I was going to say a male and a female? But I realise that probably isn't very helpful.

Cheers Darrel

 

[rasmusW]

<"https://schester89.wixsite.com/digitalaquarist/nannostomus-mortenthaleri">.

That site should be on the “useful links” thread.

Here is a small run-through of what I have done so far in regards to my copella:
-They lay eggs on leafs near the surface (approx 1cm. Below the waterline). So that is number one thing to add.

Water… i use rainwater and don’t test it in any way. So this is a guess. ppm: low, pH around 5-5,5, since my a. Atahualpa breed in the same water.

Dim lighting.

Good food. I use live or frozen.

When I spot eggs on a leaf (fairly large clear eggs), i add them to my “shallow” breeding box. I try to place the leaf about the same distance to surface as where it came from. This can be tricky in a of the shelf breeding box.
Add a airtube with low flow, opposite end and bubbling downwards.

Start feeding very fine grained dryfood twice a day (-I’m sure greenwater or similare, would work even better).

After a week or two i try with BBS.

Move the fry to a slightly larger tank, still with the air tube at a low flow. Feed BBS or similare sized foods.

My next move will be to move them into one of my 75liter tanks untill they can be added to the “main” tanks.

Hope a bit of this made sense. If not, please write.

-r

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

That site should be on the “useful links” thread.

I only found it when I was looking for Alan Vassiere. I assume that Ste Chester is too busy for much "hobbiest" activity now, he owns two? Shops in NW England

Here is a small run-through of what I have done so far in regards to my copella:
-They lay eggs on leafs near the surface (approx 1cm. Below the waterline). So that is number one thing to add.

Same for me, in my case a dead beech (Fagus silvatica) leaf, just below the water level - <"https://apistogramma.com/forum/threads/copella-id.24291/page-2#post-118617">

Water… i use rainwater and don’t test it in any way.

Same for me, our rainwater actually has some carbonate buffering (dKH), it is all limestone here.

Dim lighting.

Good food. I use live or frozen.

That one. I don't know why everyone doesn't culture some live food, and have floating plants.

Start feeding very fine grained dryfood twice a day (-I’m sure greenwater or similare, would work even better).

Have you tried nematodes? "Banana" worms (Panagrellus nepenthicola) are small and incredibly low maintenance to culture.

Cheers Darrel