When I recently got java moss from mail order, I put the moss in 10gal which has group of bluefins, medaka and rainwater killies. Some males of rainwater/bluefins are colorful up and do dancing front of the females so are they spawning or soon to be? Both the species are ignored each other. I guess the bloodworm feeding cause them in breeding mood.
Are my killifish spawning?
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, Apr 11 2008 11:25 AM
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Michael Wolfe
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Posted 11 April 2008 - 11:27 AM
Could also be little things in the moss that you can't see... I keep some java moss outside during the summer and put it in my ellassoma tank... they see stuff in there that I cannot, and they hunt it and eat it... always gets them revved up in the summer.When I recently got java moss from mail order, I put the moss in 10gal which has group of bluefins, medaka and rainwater killies. Some males of rainwater/bluefins are colorful up and do dancing front of the females so are they spawning or soon to be? Both the species are ignored each other. I guess the bloodworm feeding cause them in breeding mood.
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Posted 11 April 2008 - 01:57 PM
Yes.
If you have male and female rainwaters and the male is displaying, and you have clumps of java moss, you have killie eggs.
If you give them a spawning mop and change it out every few days or so, you will get fry.
If you leave them all together, you will not see the fry. Apparently the parents eat them.
I bet if you took out your java moss and put it in a shallow container of clean water, you will have fry within a week.
Keep feeding blood worms and they'll keep breeding.
Mine came from 60 F saltwater in September and have been breeding all through the winter. Doesn't matter if I have them in saltwater or fresh, heated tank or room temp, 15 hours light or ten. As long as I feed blood worms, they keep breeding. I don't save very many fry but I could if tried harder.
If you have male and female rainwaters and the male is displaying, and you have clumps of java moss, you have killie eggs.
If you give them a spawning mop and change it out every few days or so, you will get fry.
If you leave them all together, you will not see the fry. Apparently the parents eat them.
I bet if you took out your java moss and put it in a shallow container of clean water, you will have fry within a week.
Keep feeding blood worms and they'll keep breeding.
Mine came from 60 F saltwater in September and have been breeding all through the winter. Doesn't matter if I have them in saltwater or fresh, heated tank or room temp, 15 hours light or ten. As long as I feed blood worms, they keep breeding. I don't save very many fry but I could if tried harder.
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