spawning trigger for elassoma?
#1 Guest_skalartor_*
Posted 19 April 2010 - 01:34 PM
i'm trying to get my elassoma evergladei and okefenokee ot breed for several weeks, but still there is no positive result at all. i raised the temperature up to 19°C and separated one male and one female in an appropiate tank. they are fed with bloodworms, artemia shripms and daphnia. males show dark black breeding colors and their typical breeding behavior. but still nothing happens.
does anyone know any further trigger for these tiny brilliants? i usually get some larvae, but i first recognize them when they are about half an inch, and then most of them are already dead... so there shouldn't be a problem about fertility.
thanks for your tips
torben
#2 Guest_gerald_*
Posted 19 April 2010 - 02:27 PM
#3 Guest_keepnatives_*
Posted 19 April 2010 - 10:45 PM
First, are you sure you aren't just missing them, my E okefenoke spawned about a week ago and I could barely see the fry with the naked eye. It was just by luck I noticed one on the glass wiggle, even now that they are freeswimming they are tiny.good evening everybody,
i'm trying to get my elassoma evergladei and okefenokee ot breed for several weeks, but still there is no positive result at all. i raised the temperature up to 19°C and separated one male and one female in an appropiate tank. they are fed with bloodworms, artemia shripms and daphnia. males show dark black breeding colors and their typical breeding behavior. but still nothing happens.
does anyone know any further trigger for these tiny brilliants? i usually get some larvae, but i first recognize them when they are about half an inch, and then most of them are already dead... so there shouldn't be a problem about fertility.
thanks for your tips
torben
You may want to put in a tank divider keeping the male separate from the female while she fattens up then remove the divider and watch out!
#4 Guest_gerald_*
Posted 20 April 2010 - 09:50 AM
You may want to put in a tank divider keeping the male separate from the female while she fattens up then remove the divider and watch out!
#5 Guest_skalartor_*
Posted 20 April 2010 - 09:57 AM
I like Mike's divider idea. In a small tank the male can intimidate the female so bad that she doesnt eat enough. Or put the male in a wide-top jar inside the female's tank.
thanks for the ideas. maybe i just haven't seen the fry, but i always looked for a reduction of the females body mass because of the missing eggs. but until today i haven't seen anything. maybe the tank divider is a great idea. would a fitting glass plate fullfill this job? maybe i also will remove the heater since it's getting warmer in germany, so i can return to their usual diurnal rhythm.
#6 Guest_keepnatives_*
Posted 20 April 2010 - 07:59 PM
I use either the green plastic tank dividers with the tiny holes all over at many pet shops or the craft plastic grid sheets I suspect the ability of sight and water movement back and forth helps perk up the desire. Though glass would probably work well enough.thanks for the ideas. maybe i just haven't seen the fry, but i always looked for a reduction of the females body mass because of the missing eggs. but until today i haven't seen anything. maybe the tank divider is a great idea. would a fitting glass plate fullfill this job? maybe i also will remove the heater since it's getting warmer in germany, so i can return to their usual diurnal rhythm.
#7 Guest_gerald_*
Posted 21 April 2010 - 10:49 AM
#8 Guest_PhilipKukulski_*
Posted 23 April 2010 - 08:20 PM
with 14 hours of light per day?
#9 Guest_skalartor_*
Posted 26 April 2010 - 09:32 AM
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