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November 29th, 2008
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| | Fish Helper
| Spawning net for any "egg robber"
Materials:
Nylon Net - 1 yard purchased from local fabric store - $0.99
Scissors
Small clamps - purchased from local hardware store - $3
2 - Small/Medium rocks - used to even out net and also a place for fish to spawn
Directions:
1) Clamp back of net to rear of aquarium
2) Place rocks in net and let sink to desired depth - about 6-8"
3) Stretch net to remove all overlapping areas
4) Clamp net to front of aquarium
5) Cut off all excess netting
6) You are done!! Simple as can be!
I made this net because my danios like to eat their eggs like its going out of style. I tried every thing I read online about danio breeding including using medium rocks and marbles as substrate. My danios would just push their way down through the rocks and marbles to get the eggs. After they spawn, which for my fish, was every morning when the lights come on. I let them spawn for 2-3 days. I then removed the adults and lowered the water level to about 4-6". This makes it easier for the fry to find food since they will naturally travel toward the light in search of food. Make sure to place the heater as close to the bottom of the tank as possible. Also, I like to bring the temp up to 80-82 degrees once adults have been removed.
My spawning tank is a reg 20 gal tank, with a cascade 300 filter with pantyhose over the filter inlet, and 1 air stone.
When I lowered the water level i turned off the cascade and just left the airstone running, as the fry get larger I will gradually increase the water level and start using the filter again. With this being said, I have purchased a corner filter that I have placed in the bottom of the tank while the water level is down to keep up with filtration and not harm any of the fry.
My idea is by no means anywhere near perfect. This should be a good jumping off point for anyone trying to breed "egg robbing" fish.
If anyone has better ideas and/or modfications please post them here so people can adapt the best setup to suit their needs.
Thanks for reading.... | 
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November 29th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| Nice! Thanks! | 
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November 29th, 2008
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| | Fish Helper
| Here are some fry photos....They are 3 days old and still very small and extremely hard to photograph. | |
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November 29th, 2008
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| | Moderator
| Nice concise article  Thanks
Carol | |
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November 29th, 2008
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| | Fish Helper
| Not a problem... I am a better builder than a writer haha. | |
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November 30th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| Not only will this type be easy to set up,and efficient for keeping "egg-robbers" away from the eggs,but it would be good to keep live bearers from getting to the new fry as well,assuming the netting allows the fry to swim to safety. | |
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November 30th, 2008
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| | Fish Helper
| I never even thought about that... I should stick all my guppies in there. Those "ladies of the night" seem to be knocked up all the time. | |
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November 30th, 2008
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| | Fish Mentor
| Great article
-Matt | |
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November 30th, 2008
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| Quote:
Originally Posted by soldieroffortune1974  Not only will this type be easy to set up,and efficient for keeping "egg-robbers" away from the eggs,but it would be good to keep live bearers from getting to the new fry as well,assuming the netting allows the fry to swim to safety. | Agreed, now if we could convince them to swim down through the net. Most livebearers tend to swim up to the top of the water or into plants.
Egg scatterers like Characins(tetras, pencilfish, silver dollars) and cyprinids (barbs, danios, rasboras) would work out with this set up.
Carol | |
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December 21st, 2008
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| | Fish Helper
| Update: Photos of new fry and 1 month old fry
Ok so the net did it's job again 2 days ago and I have another 300+ fry. Here are some photos of the breeding group, 1 day old fry, and 1 month old fry. I have about 60 1 month old survivors from the first group. | |
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December 22nd, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| Gosh, they aren't much bigger at one month old, are they? At least you can see them with the naked eye. Great invention! | |
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January 1st, 2009
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| | Moderator
| Great article and thanks for sharing. This is the thread of the month for the next mag.
Thanks,
Mike | |
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January 1st, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike Great article and thanks for sharing. This is the thread of the month for the next mag.
Thanks,
Mike | MPrudent good job,YOU'RE GETTING PUBLISHED  Nice | |
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January 1st, 2009
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| | Moderator
| Great idea!
Carol | |
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January 1st, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| WOOHOO!! My thread made the mag...Now I feel like a real fishlorian! | |
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January 1st, 2009
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| Updated photos once again... New 58 gallon grow out tank. Their stripes are really starting to come in now. | |
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January 1st, 2009
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| | Fish Addict
| wat u going to do with the babys
so cute | |
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January 3rd, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| Well originally I started breeding the danios because they spawn like crazy and I figured I would get 50+ fry weekly. My original plan was food for my South American tank. This way I knew they were healthy and could feed them food that I would want the others to eat. I have grown quite attached to these little guys so the first batch will make a nice school in my 125 gallon community tank. As for the others, their fate is still undecided. I keep saying they will be food but with every batch I find a reason to keep them. | |
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