Rebuilding my entire fishroom

[ravenlady13]

Too cold to snow! I remember how much I hated those words when we lived in the northeast. We lived in an old building with no insulation whatsoever, and we were poor grad students who had to keep the thermostat at 59 degrees. No fish back then for me!

Ravenlady13, some of our friends have been working on global warming theory for decades. Extreme storms, including freezing cold, are among the consequences. It's been very difficult in this field. One of the guys who graduated with my husband has gotten death threats, not only for himself but also for his family. These are brilliant researchers and do not deserve the treatment they have received.

Oh, I wasn't bashing the global-warming folks- just pointing out that it's not exactly warm.... also, any scientific research can turn out to be incorrect. Although death threats are definitely an extreme and inappropriate reaction to disagreeing with a conclusion.

 

[fishdude3233]

how are the fish doing? its like 26 degrees were I am....

 

[harpua2002]

how are the fish doing? its like 26 degrees were I am....

Lol, probably about the same here, since you aren't too far from me. No new losses that I'm aware of. We managed to keep room temp around 77 overnight, but tonight will be much colder. I definitely have concerns about that.

Club meeting this Saturday, btw. Should be a really interesting talk!

 

[Lucy]

Best of luck harpua.
Hope you can keep things warm!

 

[harpua2002]

Thanks Lucy! So far so good.

 

[fishdude3233]

ya I'll be there!

 

[esteroali]

Having to run the air down here to keep the tanks from overheating

 

[ravenlady13]

Having to run the air down here to keep the tanks from overheating

You make me sad *sits in winter wearing 5 layers of clothes*

 

[fishdude3233]

I need to make a thread like this.....

 

[harpua2002]

Otopharynx lithobates fry. These hatched on Jan. 17, so they will be 3 weeks old tomorrow. They went free swimming on the 29th. You can barely see them, I know (I don't have a light on the tank), but there are probably 35 of them in there.

 

[ravenlady13]

Awww, babies!

 

[Lucy]

Had to google Otopharynx lithobates.
Very pretty fish!

 

[ricmcc]

I am happy to say that your fish room looks just like mine, other than your's appears to be in some sort of order. I am hoping to leave stuff like basic cleaning of the room to my daughter as a sort of legacy-looks great, btw-rick

 

[harpua2002]

Mine? In order? LOL!!!!!

So here is a random video of our 3.5 week old Otopharynx lithobates fry and a couple of other pics.

Tangerine tiger shrimp... these have been breeding nicely.


3 day old Corydoras paleatus fry (and I pulled 22 more eggs today... lol)

 

[fishdude3233]

Are you selling the tiger shrimp?

 

[harpua2002]

Are you selling the tiger shrimp?

Not yet. I'm getting the colony going nice and strong before I start selling them. I will be bringing a bag or two to the March auction. I'm also going to be bringing CRS, yellow neos, and possibly blue pearls if I still have enough of those. If I can get our baby CPOs grown out enough, I'll bring a bag of those too. lol. It's like invert central around here.

 

[fishdude3233]

I feel like the same thing... I now have like 3 RCS tanks, and am getting blue pearls, and tangerine soon.

 

[ravenlady13]

And here I was all proud because my 2 MTS became at least 7 MTS.....

Also, is it just me, or is it nearly impossible to tell fry of different species apart when they're a few days old? They all pretty much look like a pair of eyes with a tail stuck on lol

 

[MJDuti]

I know where to go when I need more shrimp!

 

[harpua2002]

This afternoon I stripped about 22 fry from one of our Protomelas sp StevenI Taiwan.

 

[fishdude3233]

what size tank are you using for the parents?

 

[harpua2002]

A 55 gallon.

 

[harpua2002]

Also, my Chromidotilapia guentherI guentherI spit their fry, finally. Seems like the female was holding forever. These are biparental mouthbrooders, very cool fish.

 

[fishdude3233]

those fry are adorable

 

[harpua2002]

Cory fry and eggs. The eggs are in the process of hatching.

 

[Timz]

how come you get all the fun. anyway congrats! wish I lived near you

 

[harpua2002]

Warning: mute your speakers!


Chromidotilapia guentherI guentherI with fry.

 

[fishdude3233]

Harpua do you use the general cold water change for the Cory cats to induce spawning?

 

[harpua2002]

Harpua do you use the general cold water change for the Cory cats to induce spawning?

I would, but in this case I didn't need it. I noticed them spawning while I was doing the water change. LOL. My fill hose was just normal tank temp because I was filling up about 30 tanks that day.

They spawned ALL EVENING once I filled the tank up. I didn't even collect all the eggs even though I got over 40 of them. Also, I saw spots on the glass where a bunch of eggs had been, so I'm pretty sure they had been doing the deed pretty much all day long.

The eggs in the cup hatched and we now have 12 3 day old fry in addition to the 40 or so in the breeder net. Talk about prolific. The older fry is only 8 days older than the newer fry.

 

[ravenlady13]

I would, but in this case I didn't need it. I noticed them spawning while I was doing the water change. LOL. My fill hose was just normal tank temp because I was filling up about 30 tanks that day.

They spawned ALL EVENING once I filled the tank up. I didn't even collect all the eggs even though I got over 40 of them. Also, I saw spots on the glass where a bunch of eggs had been, so I'm pretty sure they had been doing the deed pretty much all day long.

The eggs in the cup hatched and we now have 12 3 day old fry in addition to the 40 or so in the breeder net. Talk about prolific. The older fry is only 8 days older than the newer fry.

Suddenly, fry!

 

[harpua2002]

Otopharynx lithobates spawned again and I stripped the female today. I lost count around 70 eggs. Lol.

We also got a young colony of crystal black shrimp! Pics in a few minutes.

*edit* pics!




I also moved our Protomelas sp. stevenI Taiwan fry to a bucket in their breeder net until they are big enough for a tank. They are a week old today and I'm pretty sure Dad (the fish in my avatar) is going to spawn with the other female tonight or very soon. LOL

 

[ravenlady13]

Your otos seem a bit excited lately lol.

 

[Timz]

Breeding frenzy

 

[blusshed]

Coming to this thread... One, made me want about 25 more fishtanks... *sigh* And two, made me realise I NEED Purple Fire Guppies, and I even called my LFS to see when they are getting their guppies in, and to hold and Purple Fire (males) they get for me!

It's absolutely wonderful, I love the dedication and work, your fish all look happy!

 

[tdw1989]

very nice set-up