Not sure if this is a type of breeding behavior my swamp darters were doing?
Interesting Darter behavior (video)
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, May 07 2013 12:09 AM
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Posted 07 May 2013 - 03:34 AM
Yeah, it looks like it. That's similar to the behavior seen here:
You could try putting them in their own tank for a few days, then putting them back in this community tank. Maybe a week later you'll see fry in the spawning tank. If the adults are left in the same tank they spawned in, they could eat the eggs.
You could try putting them in their own tank for a few days, then putting them back in this community tank. Maybe a week later you'll see fry in the spawning tank. If the adults are left in the same tank they spawned in, they could eat the eggs.
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Posted 07 May 2013 - 09:14 AM
I have two swamp darters in a 10 gal and all they do is chase each other. Actually only one does the chasing. I plan on adding one or two more and hopefully get some of the same activity you have.
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Posted 07 May 2013 - 12:42 PM
So that is breeding behavior
Interesting!... I was unable to access the video you posted, it says it's currently unavailable
Interesting!... I was unable to access the video you posted, it says it's currently unavailable
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Posted 07 May 2013 - 12:46 PM
If you search for "orangethroat darter courtship and spawning" on youtube, that's the name of the one I posted.I was unable to access the video you posted, it says it's currently unavailable
Edited by EricaWieser, 07 May 2013 - 12:47 PM.
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Posted 07 May 2013 - 05:55 PM
Very nice video!
I should separate into a different aquarium with some sand
I should separate into a different aquarium with some sand
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Posted 07 May 2013 - 06:27 PM
And get some live food cultures. Examples of good food for baby fish include microworms, daphnia, moina, rotifers (you can find them in vials of dry hatchable cysts online), baby brine shrimp (similarly hatchable from egg cysts). I got my initial starter cultures from aquabid.com.I should separate into a different aquarium with some sand
It helps to put a plant in the fry tank. I have much better luck rearing fry in a tank with a rapidly growing plant. Here is a video demonstrating how easy spare tanks can be:
http://youtu.be/-uIvjlV6Z38
Its name on youtube is "Holding aquarium / bucket tank".
Check out Table 2. Plants eat even 26 ppm of ammonium in 4 hours: http://www.theaquari...ical_Filtration
Edited by EricaWieser, 07 May 2013 - 06:30 PM.
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