Breeding Trap ideas for livebearers
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Andy Sager
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Amazing , isn't it, that in order to get a good trait, they had to keep a very bad trait in the line. 
I haven't kept swordtails in years and now, I'm rethinking having them at all. I love the black ones from years past but I want larger fish with longer swords so it sounds like Montezumas or nothing Anyone selling wild swordtails anymore?
I haven't kept swordtails in years and now, I'm rethinking having them at all. I love the black ones from years past but I want larger fish with longer swords so it sounds like Montezumas or nothing Anyone selling wild swordtails anymore?
Andy Sager
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I finally found the best breeding trap.
Look for Penn Plax Nursery in Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0002APXM8
It is a contraption that uses air from your air pump to siphon babies into a separate compartment. Worked great for my molly. Got 40 fry on Saturday. Worked great on my 3 inch swordtail. Got 45 fry from her!!!
The product got bad reviews on amazon because the reviewers were (very obviously) novice fish keepers who were angry that the product didn't come with a free air pump. By reading all the negative reviews, I learned that this might actually be the best product on the market for my needs.
I've used a heavily planted tank before which contained java moss and floating Cabomba comprising 80% volume of a 10 gallon tank and I could only rescue 5 to 20 fry that way.
Again this is only necessary for some livebearer species such as albino high fin lyretail koi swordtails who are absolutely crazy killer cannibal moms. If you have guppies and platies then a planted tank will suffice in most cases.
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Look for Penn Plax Nursery in Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0002APXM8
It is a contraption that uses air from your air pump to siphon babies into a separate compartment. Worked great for my molly. Got 40 fry on Saturday. Worked great on my 3 inch swordtail. Got 45 fry from her!!!
The product got bad reviews on amazon because the reviewers were (very obviously) novice fish keepers who were angry that the product didn't come with a free air pump. By reading all the negative reviews, I learned that this might actually be the best product on the market for my needs.
I've used a heavily planted tank before which contained java moss and floating Cabomba comprising 80% volume of a 10 gallon tank and I could only rescue 5 to 20 fry that way.
Again this is only necessary for some livebearer species such as albino high fin lyretail koi swordtails who are absolutely crazy killer cannibal moms. If you have guppies and platies then a planted tank will suffice in most cases.
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Andy Sager
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Looks like an interesting setup. Thanks for the post
I had another successful birthing this morning. Over 40 fry, possibly over 50. This is from a swordtail mom who killed most of her fry (I found only 11 hiding in the bushes) last month in a heavily planted 10 gallon single fish birthing tank.
Of course by rescuing these fry I am inadvertently propagating the genes responsible for the cannibalism behavior. To eliminate this behavior one would have to throw away any fish that show this behavioral trait, which in my experience is every albino swordtail I've come across since 20+ years ago
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Of course by rescuing these fry I am inadvertently propagating the genes responsible for the cannibalism behavior. To eliminate this behavior one would have to throw away any fish that show this behavioral trait, which in my experience is every albino swordtail I've come across since 20+ years ago
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Here is a video of my newly found success. All these fry were born within the past 5 days from 3 mothers, 2 of whom are certified fry killers.
Swordtail and molly fry - YouTube
Swordtail and molly fry - YouTube
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congratulations!! great video
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