Rainbow fish question

[nshepler]

I noticed my autrailian rainbows doing the dance yesterday, so I went and cut some mops for them. They are using the mops but I don't see any eggs? Are they just really small or should I be able to see them without a doubt? I have 6 Australian rainbows Two males and 4 females.


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[nshepler]

Well I have some clear eggs but they are very small, are these fertilized?


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[Fishobsessed7]

What do they look like now? Are they even there still?


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[nshepler]

I put the mops in a breeder box and they are still semi clear eggs. They haven't changed any.


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[Fishobsessed7]

I think they are fertile, but I don't know that much about rainbowfish breeding.


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[nshepler]

Yea, there's little to no information out there. And all the info I have found is very vague. So I'm gonna just do what I feel is right and hope for the best.


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[Coursair]

Rainbowfish breeding and spawning

Breeding and raising rainbowfish

regenbogenfische.com

There certainly seems to be plenty of sites on the web about breeding rainbows. Plus videos on YouTube.


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[nshepler]

That third link answered my question thank you.


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[nshepler]

These are a few eggs from this morning.


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[nshepler]

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[nshepler]

The older eggs have small dark dots in them I believe are the eyes.


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[Fishobsessed7]

You might want to get some green water to feed the fry, as they are really tiny!


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[brennae]

Following as I have rainbows too.

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[nshepler]

I've already started making the green water, I also went and got some hikari first bites for when they are big enough.


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[brennae]

Can you get a hold of a micro worm culture. That would be a good second food for the fry.

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[nshepler]

I might be able to, I planned on feeding baby brine shrimp also.


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[nshepler]

I'm not to concerned with the food situation. My biggest problem is where to keep the fry to grow them out at least until they are big enough until they can be with the rest of my rainbows. Right now I have somewhere between 50-75 eggs. And no free tank to put them in. I'm thinking of putting as many as I can in my neon only tank it's a 30 gal heavily planted with only 15 neons and some cory cats.


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[nshepler]

I woke up to 8 little fry this morning!!


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[brennae]

Yay!! Good luck!

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[nshepler]

Thanks as of now, I have 11 and I'll be putting them in a 10 with a sponge filter and heater.


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