Great news,My Channa-ornatipinnis have laid eggs

[south coast nelly]

Another funny thing is ive noticed if one of the eggs wriggle of through the plants he WILL notice and swims under the plants, comes from underneath,tries to catch it with his mouth, if he does not catch it he gulps some air, goes back under and produces bubbles to wobble the fry back to the top and then catches it and takes it back to the nest

 

[Freakdaddy]

Is it that good?Would they survive on just that?nice one thanks for link? does this product have a shelf life? so from day 1 this is good, or should i still get the micro-worms and brineshrimp<fresh hatched from my mate daily

its that good yes ,

shelf life? not that I'm aware of no, its a fine dry powder.

Variety is the spice of life they say but I wouldn't use "brineshrimp<fresh hatched" until they are about an inch long .

In a couple of days when they have fully transformed they are still insanely small so Microworms are good you'll want a couple of big cultures on the go though, more hassle that its worth IMO.

 

[south coast nelly]

ok thanks mate.....Also ive ordered some 25 Floating Amazon Frogbit plants for the tank, hopefully this will give them more refuge to hide and feel secure...Also i love this plant, I have 3/4 covered with duckweed so this will go the other side...

 

[tropheus]

comming along just nice , every thing is bang on track , they will not fungas now , get the feeding correct and you are home and dry .

cheers col

 

[south coast nelly]

Yes all good, they all seem still to be there, wriggling like mad, There seems to be black dots appearing where the eyes are,,,,mum and dad doing great...Came in kitchen at 4.40am today kitchen light on saw one wriggle across the tank and the MUM caught it in mouth and took it back to the nest......

 

[south coast nelly]

Here the stuff ... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Salt-Lake-De-Capsulated-Brine-Shrimp-Eggs-25g_W0QQitemZ270292277026QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Pet_Supplies_Fish?hash=item270292277026&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1683|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A2|240%3A1318

its the dogs blox for fish fry!

may be wednesday for feeding them , you'll be able to see the last of the egg sac being absorbed and you should wait a day or so after

Thanks for the link mate ok ive ordered one bag, How long do you think that will last? Thanks again, Ok so iam going to use that food with micro-worms and fresh hatched brine shrimp, Then iam going to very finely grind up pellets of shrimp/bottom feeder pellets and hilraki cichlid pellets into a fine powder, Mix and match...sound good?

 

[Freakdaddy]

Thanks for the link mate ok ive ordered one bag, How long do you think that will last? Thanks again, Ok so iam going to use that food with micro-worms and fresh hatched brine shrimp, Then iam going to very finely grind up pellets of shrimp/bottom feeder pellets and hilraki cichlid pellets into a fine powder, Mix and match...sound good?

yeah sounds good
That bag should be more than enough for them to get up to bigger food.
A small pinch once or twice a day is plenty,resist the urge to feed several times a day as they could eat their selves to death!
If they still got fat bellies from the last feed dont feed them again.

are they looking like fish fry yet? pics?

 

[south coast nelly]

Yes mate, thanks for info,,,,,they have started getting eyes and straighted out with little pot bellie sacks, got my micro-worms today and my mates starting tommorow with the fresh hatched brine shrimp, hopefully that food will arrive quickly aswell,,,,

Iam sorry guys my computer crashed any is capoot so pics will probally be next weekend and prob wont here much from me, am on sisters comp nowbut all is going well and seems to be the same ammount of fry still there, guestimate around 100+

Got aload of floating plants aswell today so thrown them in

 

[Timmy]

Can you get a full tank shot? Interested to see what the whole tank is like.

 

[tropheus]

everything is sounding great , keep it up

look forward to updates when you get back on

cheers col