GBR(Mikrogeophagus ramirezi) breeding help

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I've removed them to the container. Thinking I should see wrigglers in the next 8 hours or so when I get home. Have been removing any white ones, so far so good. I think...

Wait for them to consume egg sac and then feed?
 
coralbandit said:
Start feeding after they are free swimming.
Good luck and keep us posted here.
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Ok thanks i will, got to get free swimmers first. Is it going to matter that I haven't used blue menthyl if that's what it is. I've been changing the water every 12 hours or so.
 
Methylene blue. Its fine if you didnt. I just get bigger rears when i use it. And by the time they're free swimmers by a week its usually been mostly removed by WCs. Good luck.

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At the moment I haven't had any hatch. Could this be because I haven't been able to keep the water higher then 25-26?

Had about 8 eggs that were white that I removed, still got another twenty or thirty tan eggs.
 
Hi, sorry to jump in but I've had no luck with my GBR raising there fry. I've had a young pair since December last year and they have laid eggs 7 times but as soon as she lays them the male starts eating them. It's really frustrating. Any tips or advice would be most welcome.


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Most of them just won't raise their own fry anymore. You'll have to remove them if you want to raise them.
 
Your going to need a bigger heater as well. 26c isnt warm enough.

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PoppaRyno said:
Your going to need a bigger heater as well. 26c isnt warm enough.

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I figured the heat wasn't going to be enough to hatch them. Oh well I can try next spawn in the past I've kept the tank at 26-28 and then when I want to spawn them I can raise it to 30. I'm keeping it at 30 now because we are heading into winter here. Have rearranged the tank with a nice hollow log too so maybe they won't dig it up next time....

Thanks for the help.
 
GBR

The first week after they become free swimming ( no egg sack) I mix a little GP 5-50 with water and soak it then I use a medicine dropper and shoot it into the cloud of fry I also put some banana worms in with the GP I feed small quantities at least 4-6 times a day
After the first wk I add frozen BBS to the mixture and change the GP to50-100
As time goes on I increase the GP size after 4-5 weeks I start crushed flakes and Grindal worms
The most important thing is water changes 30 to 50 percent twice or three times a week
The fry seem to jump in size every time the get a water change
Get rid of the uneaten food or put baby Cory fry in with the GBR to clean the tank
Steve
 
THANKS!
I will certainly give this a try also!
Seems like 75% of my stock is taking a break now?
Only 2 hatches in last 2 weeks.
I was/have been thinking the GBR breed like discus with almost 40 weeks a year being productive and 2@6-8 weeks on recovery.
I do think they are most productive late Nov. till end of Feb.
I'm a little better set up this summer then last year and a little more experience under the belt so hoping to get better at this.
 
Ok ok ok.... so what are golden pearls??? Lol. I must be sleepin on it.

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So little update;
I think most pairs are on break lately?
Have always thought they breed like discus with 2 cycles on 2 cycles off annually.
Eitherway I pulled a few(very few) fry from the dorm last weekend and a full set of fry this am.
I think all my trouble revolve around my feeding schedule.
I just don't have time for 4-6 feedings while working 12-14 hours a day or feel good adding so much food so fast?
The fry from last week seem to be fine and surviving on 2-3 feedings of my golden pearl mix and some vinnegar eels.
We'll have to see how these guys do as I did just treat the dorm with prazi yesterday.:popcorn:
 
sinibotia said:
still following! any updates?
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Only one new set of eggs from the pair in the 29 that went infertile in 24 hours this week.
This pair has been proven so I just decided to do massive waterchanges all the way around adding ro/di without any remineralising to accommodate any build up from evaporation that may be taking place.
I treated the dorm yesterday to dose # of prazi and all seem well.
The fry in 40b are at about normal survival rate(10%) with mostly just dried food once or twice daily.
I do just think they are on a little break and will get back to business before the end of June?
The fish in the dorm have been more active and they are on almost 8-9 months with 16-20 together in a 40b.
They are all probably in the 1 year old range now?
It is an interesting species tank.
That's not all bad IMO(y)
Wondering if anyone had a lead on wild or F1 rams from a reliable source?????
 
Fry and grow out tanks all the same.
Looking to move to 10g tanks for pairs in a rack system I have been pondering for a while.
Big shake up on the dorm as I pulled all plants and moved all pots to thoroughly clean before adding a new aqua clear 70.
Wigglers in 1 pot so they are still breeding!
I left them till tomorrow at least.
Big water changes today and again tomorrow .
Sitting on WAY TOO MANY GBR!!!!(75,55,33 long FULL of 4-8 month olds!):whistle:
Might have even brought out my own gold strain,but really need to wait and change their water parameters a few times to be sure.
The 30 b has aprox.30 juvis in the 2-3 month range with like ZERO color except 2 who have horizontal bars.
Usually the largest( 6-8 out of these 30) would color up but this is not happening?:popcorn:
 
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