Polypterus ornatipinnis breeding thread

[phreeflow]

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Counting time.
Total 256 specimens are survived till 5~6cm TL (except platinums)

Great job! That’s incredible

 

[giseok jung]

Last photo of most of them.
All of those normals are sent to LFS and i only have some platinums and big spot selections now on.

 

[giseok jung]

More detail breeding report is on the link below.
Might have to use to read this because it's writen on Korean.

폴립테루스 오르나티핀니스 번식기 (Breeding report of Polypterus ornatipinnis)

이번 글은 대형 윗턱 폴립테루스 중 가장 흔히 만나볼 수 있는 폴립테루스 오르나티핀니스 (Polypterus ornatipinnis)의 번식기입니다. 콩고에 서식하는 다양한 윗턱 폴립테루스 중 세네갈스 그룹에 속하지 않는 모케렌벰베, 레트로핀니스, 위크시, 오르나티핀니스 중 유일하게 인도네시아 등지에서 대량으로 양식되어 쉽게 찾아볼 수 있는 종인 폴립테루스 오르나티핀니스는 현재까지도 가장 인기가 높은 입문종 폴립테루스 중 한 종으로 잘 알려진 종입니다. 화려한 (Ornate)라는 뜻을 지닌 학명과 같이 본래 굉장히 화려한...

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[Stingray Guy]

Awesome any updates ?

 

[giseok jung]

Update two of my own collections.

 

[giseok jung]

Update my special collections.

The black one in the last photo is normal sibiling that i raise in the same tank with others.

Those fish are raised in black-screened tank.

 

[scones7]

Those gills are amazing ! Can you tell if they've darkened against the black sand at their young age or whether that's just their development?

 

[giseok jung]

Those gills are amazing ! Can you tell if they've darkened against the black sand at their young age or whether that's just their development?

For normal specimens, they become dark color naturally but even get darker in black sand like the one in the last photo. Otherwise, platinums become even brighter in black sand

 

[giseok jung]

An year past after my last update.
Here is the update of some of normals and plats.



The one looking gray is also a platinum but relatively lower quality.
But it's pretty bright when I take picture in aquarium like this.

 

[Kayden]

Wow! Gorgeous!!! Never seen a platinum ornate before. Every time I’d see one of your threads I wish you were in the US lol