Well he ran out of sibling females for the marble, but he says he has related HMPK females without the dragon gene. Should I go for that, do you think? Because they could possibly have the dragon gene hidden somewhere. But if not, would I still get some dragons?
Well I asked him for pictures of the females and my dad doesn't mind so I'll be doing that. It may just be the picture, but that one of your male certainly makes him look like a dragon. Lipstick and all lol.
Well I asked him for pictures of the females and my dad doesn't mind so I'll be doing that. It may just be the picture, but that one of your male certainly makes him look like a dragon. Lipstick and all lol.
Okay, I see.
Haven't gotten any answer yet but I only sent the message about an hour ago. If he sends pics I'll post them (maybe on a different thread though )and you can help me pick a female out.
Very nice spawn! I'm glad everything worked out!! So how much would u be asking for...for one of ur fry? I live in Colorado so shipping would be no problem I'm sure
If we swapped pairs and I just paid for shipping, I could also adopt a cull or two as a pet and you could ship in the same box, right? Then I wouldn't have to pay extra shipping?
If we swapped pairs and I just paid for shipping, I could also adopt a cull or two as a pet and you could ship in the same box, right? Then I wouldn't have to pay extra shipping?
Anyway I'm attempting to add some baby snails to the fry tank. In the mean time I'm filling the tank up with clean water and I have some BBS in there for them.
Go under HMPK and search for someone in the US then look to the right of the auctions and see if the name is the_K and click on the name and you'll find all his auctions.
No just three males, two come with a free red dragon and one (in the Halfmoon section) comes with a free unrelated female. Both auctions are brothers of my pair.
Lol I am, Mr. Vamp. Except my dad doesn't understand why I want THIS fish, why I can't wait :roll:. So hopefully he'll decide it's okay. I emailed the_K to ask how much the female would be, no answer yet. But I realized there is a 3 hour time difference between us so he might not have even gotten it yet.
I got the pair! *does happy dance*
At first my dad didn't want me to but I talked him into it-had to convince him that I would take complete care of it and they wouldn't be responsible for a thing lol. And he talked to my mom and she had the same questions but I answered them to their satisfaction and he said okay! I'm sooo happy!!
Well at least one fry has velvet (I think it may just be the lighting) but as a preventative I deluted some anti parasictic meds in a 1/2 gallon of water and have increased water changes from 2 gallons a day to 3 or 4 gallons a day.
Same here, well finally after 5 days of free swimming they eat BBS
They're stomachs are bright orange but my guess is they've been eating infusoria this whole time (my culture fell and was ruined so it's a good thing I use live plants!!!). Also I think I lost only one fry so far and that was when they became free swimming. My guess is the large water changes, filter, food, and snails have helped.
I will continue the anti parasitic meds for a few more days and see. They're one week old (from the spawning day) tomorrow
Also my snails are twice the size they were when they first hatched (4 days ago) is it a snail thing??. Probably because of all that uneaten BBS and my water changes
It never ceases to amaze me how fast snails grow or how hardy they are. They're like the cockroaches of the aquatic world. I've taken them from a 78 degree tank to an 84 degree tank and they don't even notice. I've scraped their eggs off of IAL leaves and moved it to a whole other tank and they still hatch. I honestly think you could nuke them and they'd shake it off and keep going.
No you must not fill the tank straight away. Filling the tank makes very deep water for such small fry and they become exhausted. The water shouldn't be touched at all from basically when the male is removed until a good week and a half as fry so delicate.
I've never had a problem with this method. Personally my fry always grow better like this. I'd NEVER fill the tank before they become free swimming because they will tire and die swimming back to the nest. Once they become free swimming I fill it. This works best for me, everyone does it there own way.
In my experience after awhile fry aren't really that sensitive, when I pour water in they get sloshed around a bit but are unharmed. They ARE sensitive but they can handle more than people give them credit for, though a new breeder might mess up big time and in which because they are somewhat sensitive they might die. Of course my methods are more advanced than any new breeder should attmpt. I simply state my reasons for filling the tank.
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