In this video, I will show you how I grow my fry into healthy adult fish. I will build grow out tank for Angelfish, Corydoras, Kribensis, Guppies - all of them! If you're tired of fish fry dying off, watch this video to learn how I'm setting up the perfect tank environment for healthy feeding and easy maintenance.
I'm breeding medaka ricefish indoors in preparation for setting up a big patio pond this summer. I have about 30 eggs collected so far and I'm getting ready for when they hatch!
Hi, friend! Really great tips, Excellent!!. In my Malawi African cichlid aquariums everything works quite well, the fish reproduce, there is always a more or less stable number of the different species that live there, although I don't really do anything, I just let everything take its course there. But in my tropical aquariums I have absolutely no success with this, I have never managed to get my Mikrogeophagus ramirezi to reproduce, and that frustrates me quite a bit, nor have I achieved it with any other variant of small American cichlids, nor with Corydoras.... so I really have a lot of admiration for what you do because it's amazing. Maybe I will try again following your advice, although I had so many failures that they discouraged me a lot and my self-confidence in this aspect is quite low. Your videos are all absolutely great. A hug from Germany, Happy New Year to you and your family.
Hello again. Thank you very much for your comment! Don't get discouraged, it's not always fast and easy! But if you really plan ahead, and focus on the task - it can be done (if you wish of course). In 2024 I'm actually planning to do a full guide on how to breed Ramirezi, because they seem to be problematic for a lot of people - now I have another reason to do it :) All the best and have a great New Year!
Dear Mateusz: Thank you, for sharing this, informative video, on raising cichlid and corydoras fry. I truly appreciate your attention, to detail. All my best, Sincerely, E. J. Brinegar
I really like your internal filter in this video. Could you provide me the brand name of that filter? I am going to setup a 5.5 gallon planted tank and I am gonna need a filter for that. Is it going to be too much flow for my 5.5 gallon tank if I use this same internal filter??? Thanks
You always have great details for your videos ❤. I'm so scared to add plants. I lost over 24 quarter size after adding plants. I'm scared that I want to get the bleach out of the newly purchased plants.
@AquascapingCube my understanding is that the only way to get rid of Parasites is to bleach the plants. I had 24 baby angelfish and lost all of them after putting plants in. I didn't know that I'd need to bleach before putting the plants into the tanks. I know now that I should bleach, but how do you get the bleach out for sure? Your plants look so beautiful and healthy 😍
@@reneesnugent3358 It's unlikely that plants would kill your fry. I was asking about bleach, because I'm planning video exactly about this topic ;) Yes, bleech will make them clean. But after, you need to rinse them and then soak for at least 24h in clean water. And to be sure use dechlorinator at the end.
Hi there, a very interesting and useful video. Can I ask though how quickly do you remove the fry from the parents (say kribs and apistos) into the little tubs that you float? I have always left my dwarf cichlid fry with the parents for a few weeks until parents show signs of wanting to spawn again. The benefits of this are I assume the fry learn about caring for fry when they have babies and benefits the parents also. The downside is of course its harder to look after them in the "main" tank, predation water quality feeding etc and this will be why your method excels as it deals with these. Perhaps the answer is to take some fry out and leave some others with the parents. Many thanks.
It all depends on what you want to achieve. To follow the natural behaviour - leave them with parents and other fish, you might end up with 0 babies, but sometimes with 3 or 4 etc. This is how nature works, only the smartest, fastest will survive - and that is the point. To maximize numbers - take them away from parents already on day 2, and then survival rate is super high. I don't move ALL batches to the tubs, because I simply don't know what to do with them later. But I plan ahead, and if I know that I can give them away - I use the method from the video. I just do it because I love the process :) For me the worst approach with cichlids is to take the EGGS - this is how you kill the instinct.
Hello, thanks for the advice! Ive got a question, is it ok to put the stage one container by itself? Bc it might take up too much space in the main tank i have, a very small main tank.
@@AquascapingCube thank you so much, and for the fast reply as well! Ive been subscribed for a long time and your videos have really helped! Is there any way i can friend you on discord , etc for some other questions?
@@WhiteCloudAffinity Thank you! I'm glad that you enjoy the videos and they are helpful! I don't use anything outside youtube :/ Don't have account on discord or even FB :P But, I'm always happy to help here if you have any questions - don't hesitate to ask under any of the videos! I will try to create some better channel for communication.
@@AquascapingCube oh sorry, I had a bit of an overstocked tank, but i convinced my parents I would be able to get a 16 gallon/ 1 meter long/ 3 foot tank if i was able to successfully breed and raise up fry to at least 3 weeks old. I currently have 6 white cloud mountain minnow in a semi planted 5 gallon/ 17 L tank. Recently (4 days ago), i discovered successful breeding behaviour after 2 weeks of feeding them the best food, conditioning them for breeding. I caught this on my 24/7 camera i mounted just to capture any mating behaviour. And yes i saw eggs. I had no expetion but to remove the java moss with the eggs but during the process, i can tell at least 90% of the eggs fell from the java moss. The reason i chose to remove the java moss and not the white clouds were bc i didnt have a cycled tank. But i knew fry have such tiny bioload, by the time they need a cycled tank, that container i put them in was already established. So i did that, plopped them in a 25 cm x 25 cm container and in just 4 hours i spotted life! (It was only 4 hours bc i let the eggs sit in the java moss in the main tank for like 36 hours before i removed it). So now i have 5 fry. By today (21/Jan), they are 2 and a half days old. Still not free swimming but i can tell it wont be long as their yolk sac has shrunken lots. I hope this project works bc the fish and me both really need that 16 gallon
@@WhiteCloudAffinity From what you are writing - I can already tell that you deserve your new tank! You can tell your parents ;) You did the right thing, and you really seem to care. Be prepared to feed them soon with some good food (super tiny fish food, boiled egg yolk, infusoria - but it should be on the moss right now) Good luck with your project! And definetally keep me updated because I'm now very curious how it goes!
@AquascapingCube I don't have any other fish in that tank. I bought it only because my corys keep spawning and now I have 21 fry in a spare 5 gallon and nowhere to put them 😮💨
In this video, I will show you how I grow my fry into healthy adult fish. I will build grow out tank for Angelfish, Corydoras, Kribensis, Guppies - all of them! If you're tired of fish fry dying off, watch this video to learn how I'm setting up the perfect tank environment for healthy feeding and easy maintenance.
I am always happy when you release a new video. I find them to be helpful, informative and well done.
Happy New Year from the United States!
Same to you! Thank you very much for your comment. I'm glad you find my videos useful - it keeps me going :)
@@AquascapingCube wishing you continued success on your TH-cam journey in 2024.
I love, love, love your content! This was so informative. Thank you!
Thank you! Glad it was helpful! :)
Super useful summary! Keep it up! 👍
Thanks, will do! All the best!
nice video keep them coming love from the uk
Thanks! Will do!
I'm breeding medaka ricefish indoors in preparation for setting up a big patio pond this summer. I have about 30 eggs collected so far and I'm getting ready for when they hatch!
That is awesome! Good luck!
I have 5 week glowlight danio fry in a beeder box and breeder net atm. I want to move them to their own growout tank.
Hi, friend!
Really great tips, Excellent!!.
In my Malawi African cichlid aquariums everything works quite well, the fish reproduce, there is always a more or less stable number of the different species that live there, although I don't really do anything, I just let everything take its course there.
But in my tropical aquariums I have absolutely no success with this, I have never managed to get my Mikrogeophagus ramirezi to reproduce, and that frustrates me quite a bit, nor have I achieved it with any other variant of small American cichlids, nor with Corydoras.... so I really have a lot of admiration for what you do because it's amazing.
Maybe I will try again following your advice, although I had so many failures that they discouraged me a lot and my self-confidence in this aspect is quite low.
Your videos are all absolutely great.
A hug from Germany,
Happy New Year to you and your family.
Hello again. Thank you very much for your comment! Don't get discouraged, it's not always fast and easy! But if you really plan ahead, and focus on the task - it can be done (if you wish of course). In 2024 I'm actually planning to do a full guide on how to breed Ramirezi, because they seem to be problematic for a lot of people - now I have another reason to do it :) All the best and have a great New Year!
Dear Mateusz:
Thank you, for sharing this, informative video, on raising cichlid and corydoras fry. I truly appreciate your attention, to detail.
All my best,
Sincerely,
E. J. Brinegar
So nice of you! Thank you very much for your comment! I'm glad you like it.
Thank you for the good content
My pleasure!
Super cute
Thank you! 😊
What water is in the first, second and third tank? Do you make 50/50 parent tank water or how do you do? :) Love your videos btw
Je te remercie vraiment, c'est magnifique !
Merci!
I really like your internal filter in this video. Could you provide me the brand name of that filter? I am going to setup a 5.5 gallon planted tank and I am gonna need a filter for that. Is it going to be too much flow for my 5.5 gallon tank if I use this same internal filter??? Thanks
It was Sunsun jp-093. It should be fine, because you can regulate the flow. So you can always slow it down :) So, yes go for it!
You always have great details for your videos ❤. I'm so scared to add plants. I lost over 24 quarter size after adding plants. I'm scared that I want to get the bleach out of the newly purchased plants.
Thank you for your comment! You should definetally add some plants ;) Why you mention bleach? You are afraid of plant disinfection?
@AquascapingCube my understanding is that the only way to get rid of Parasites is to bleach the plants. I had 24 baby angelfish and lost all of them after putting plants in. I didn't know that I'd need to bleach before putting the plants into the tanks. I know now that I should bleach, but how do you get the bleach out for sure? Your plants look so beautiful and healthy 😍
@@reneesnugent3358 It's unlikely that plants would kill your fry. I was asking about bleach, because I'm planning video exactly about this topic ;) Yes, bleech will make them clean. But after, you need to rinse them and then soak for at least 24h in clean water. And to be sure use dechlorinator at the end.
Hi there, a very interesting and useful video. Can I ask though how quickly do you remove the fry from the parents (say kribs and apistos) into the little tubs that you float? I have always left my dwarf cichlid fry with the parents for a few weeks until parents show signs of wanting to spawn again. The benefits of this are I assume the fry learn about caring for fry when they have babies and benefits the parents also. The downside is of course its harder to look after them in the "main" tank, predation water quality feeding etc and this will be why your method excels as it deals with these. Perhaps the answer is to take some fry out and leave some others with the parents. Many thanks.
It all depends on what you want to achieve. To follow the natural behaviour - leave them with parents and other fish, you might end up with 0 babies, but sometimes with 3 or 4 etc. This is how nature works, only the smartest, fastest will survive - and that is the point. To maximize numbers - take them away from parents already on day 2, and then survival rate is super high. I don't move ALL batches to the tubs, because I simply don't know what to do with them later. But I plan ahead, and if I know that I can give them away - I use the method from the video. I just do it because I love the process :) For me the worst approach with cichlids is to take the EGGS - this is how you kill the instinct.
What is the name of that corner filter?
SUNSUN JP-092
Hello, thanks for the advice! Ive got a question, is it ok to put the stage one container by itself? Bc it might take up too much space in the main tank i have, a very small main tank.
Yes, absolutely. Just make sure that temperature doesn't drop or doesn't change to quickly in small container.
@@AquascapingCube thank you so much, and for the fast reply as well! Ive been subscribed for a long time and your videos have really helped! Is there any way i can friend you on discord , etc for some other questions?
@@WhiteCloudAffinity Thank you! I'm glad that you enjoy the videos and they are helpful! I don't use anything outside youtube :/ Don't have account on discord or even FB :P But, I'm always happy to help here if you have any questions - don't hesitate to ask under any of the videos! I will try to create some better channel for communication.
@@AquascapingCube oh sorry, I had a bit of an overstocked tank, but i convinced my parents I would be able to get a 16 gallon/ 1 meter long/ 3 foot tank if i was able to successfully breed and raise up fry to at least 3 weeks old. I currently have 6 white cloud mountain minnow in a semi planted 5 gallon/ 17 L tank. Recently (4 days ago), i discovered successful breeding behaviour after 2 weeks of feeding them the best food, conditioning them for breeding. I caught this on my 24/7 camera i mounted just to capture any mating behaviour. And yes i saw eggs. I had no expetion but to remove the java moss with the eggs but during the process, i can tell at least 90% of the eggs fell from the java moss. The reason i chose to remove the java moss and not the white clouds were bc i didnt have a cycled tank. But i knew fry have such tiny bioload, by the time they need a cycled tank, that container i put them in was already established. So i did that, plopped them in a 25 cm x 25 cm container and in just 4 hours i spotted life! (It was only 4 hours bc i let the eggs sit in the java moss in the main tank for like 36 hours before i removed it). So now i have 5 fry. By today (21/Jan), they are 2 and a half days old. Still not free swimming but i can tell it wont be long as their yolk sac has shrunken lots. I hope this project works bc the fish and me both really need that 16 gallon
@@WhiteCloudAffinity From what you are writing - I can already tell that you deserve your new tank! You can tell your parents ;) You did the right thing, and you really seem to care. Be prepared to feed them soon with some good food (super tiny fish food, boiled egg yolk, infusoria - but it should be on the moss right now) Good luck with your project! And definetally keep me updated because I'm now very curious how it goes!
How many albino corys do you think could fit in a 29 gallon tank?
I think that group of 5-6 will be good. Of course depends also on the other fish you have there.
@AquascapingCube I don't have any other fish in that tank. I bought it only because my corys keep spawning and now I have 21 fry in a spare 5 gallon and nowhere to put them 😮💨