Macropodus erytheopte​rus - Red shouldered Paradise fish - Dan

[Dan_G_Calgary]

So, I seperated out what looked like the biggest fish (male) and the plumpest one with smaller size and fins (female)

and now I have about 2 jillion wigglers!

Got some pics of his weak *** bubble nest, and the tank they spawned in, as well as some of the fry that I have transferred to a small rearing tank.


yay!

[Wingin' It]

Yay! glad to hear!! Guess you don't need a female after all!!!

[vince0]

Congrats Dan! I will be eagerly awaiting pictures. And I guess this gives me one more reason to head up to your place?

Ps. I still need that glass cutting lesson.

Again.. Congrats Sir.

[Dan_G_Calgary]

yah. If we could set something up this weekend would be great Vince. Your 6 S. santanae are ready to go! they're eating bbs and doing quite nicely.

[vince0]

Hmmm...Ill pm you... Sunday is most likely best for me.

[Dan_G_Calgary]

Thanks Vince. Not sure what the heck is going on this weekend. All plans seem tentative... I'd really like to get these spotted, as well as the Farlowellas (which I now think are acus, but still gathering info)

wierd thing with these fry. I seperated them from dad quite early. He was doing a great job but they were in my rack that all the tanks are connected. Any free swimmers were likely to head down to be food for the tank below.

Anyway, I have them in a 1 gal tank, and they have formed little rafts of fry. All stuck together, hanging head up, floating around the tank. I am hoping to get a picture before they seperate as it is really wierd looking.

[Dan_G_Calgary]

Pics as promised.

His faux pas bubble nest! As weak as it looks, it held around 100 plus wigglers!

http://i970.photobucket.com/albums/ae184/Grimblyd/Anabantids/morevarious006.jpg

The boys deciding who is the big boss, while the girls watch. I put the big male back in with the group while I raided his bubble nest, and the 2nd biggest male took exception to the attempted return.

http://i970.photobucket.com/albums/ae184/Grimblyd/Anabantids/morevarious008.jpg


Just a picture of them milling about. I love the dark look and reddish orange fin tips of this species of paradise fish!

http://i970.photobucket.com/albums/ae184/Grimblyd/Anabantids/morevarious011.jpg

this is supposed to be a picture of the wigglers, but I was having a nightmare of a time getting the camera to focus on them. Hopefully some of it came out. They were all stuck together by head filaments, floating around in a big raft! They're free swimming now though.

http://i970.photobucket.com/albums/ae184/Grimblyd/Anabantids/morevarious018.jpg

[Dan_G_Calgary]

couldn't find my Dumbsh** that I have done lately thread, so will have to update it here.

So, I have 2 5 gal pails of water that I 'age' by filling then using the next day.

Today I refilled one of them, then decided to do a 100% water change for these fry. I think you can see where this is going...
took the water from the pail that I had just filled, instead of the one that had been aging...

Wiped the entire spawn.

He's building a nest, and has a female in tank with him. I think I will be raiding his nest again...

[Wingin' It]

Ooops...thats sucks.
At least you still have a pair to work with!

[CACAdmin]

Sorry to hear that, Dan but thankfully he's building another bubble nest so you'll get a chance to do it right next time round.

[silvak]

It could have been worse.......but that does suck. It's something I would do.

[vince0]

who does 100% w/c? sorry for your loss dan, I'm sure you will remember this valuable lesson next time..... till you forget again...

[Dan_G_Calgary]

who does 100% w/c? ...

me, quite often with smallish fry tanks.

[Dan_G_Calgary]

raided the other males nest tonight. Lots of free swimming fry already! We get a do over! I think I might put a pair of these in the fall auction. They're beautiful!

[CACAdmin]

We get a do over! :thumbup:

[Dan_G_Calgary]

Vince came over and ended up leaving with what I believe is a pair of these. between the 3 of us breeding them, we should be able to get them going strong in Calgary. They are amazingly pretty.

[Wingin' It]

They definately are. Hopefully we get good numbers of females!

[Dan_G_Calgary]

Put my last female in with a male last night. Wish I'd had my camera handy to take a few pics. I think he made himself dizzy twirling around her...

Turned the lights out immediately to settle them down, and let her acclimatize. Hopefully they will spawn today.

[CACAdmin]

Sure sounds like the male is eager. Let's hope he convinced the female to go along. Fingers crossed they will spawn right away.