From my current experiences of raising some of the smallest fry, clown killifish, pseudomugil gertrudae aru ii etc, for the first week, a high percentage isn't able to eat and digest infusoria very well, unbelievably it seems to be still too big overall for then to consume readily. Green water cultures are absolutely magnificent to get the fry past the first 5 to 7 days, you can start trying to add infusoria from days 5 or so, but green water is a miracle! Hope this is helpful to someone somehow!
Great video, I have just recently set up a heavily planted ciano aqua 60, I have recently added 10 kubotai rasbora and 10 blue jelly shrimp, I'm hoping that they all start breeding soon enough, I have added Indian almond leaves to tan the water and for all of the added benefits, some rocks and wood, there's plenty of places to hide for shrimplets and fry, it's just a waiting game for me now, I have a sponge filter specified for up to 240 litres, I have added seachem stability and API leaf zone to boost it all, I'm roughly 1 month in so far and everything is going well 😄
I’ve been thinking about breeding some CPD’s and some of these if I can get my hands on them. The neon greens are particularly scarce here in Aus, but I was thinking of making an egg trap or syphon to remove the eggs so I could raise them in trays to target feed a bit easier. But top notch vid was great info and camera work.
Amazing information, cheers for the guide, fantastic work. Wanted to say I find jackfruit leaves are far better than catappa, better antibacterial properties, last longer, more nutrients and don't give much tannins to the water👍 Congrats on the 100 subs 😉
My guess for the deaths was simply starvation. There needs to be clouds of infusoria available all the time in the tank - I put at least 0.5 pint in the tank each day with the likes of tetras etc. there are a number of videos on my channel showing how much I feed such small fry. Nice video 👍
If you are going to blame water quality, then you need to tell us what the quality was like. Ammonia? Nitrite? Hot weather shouldn't really affect them unless the temperature rises above 29°C, in which case you should increase the aeration. IME it's the size of the foods and the density of the food that matters. For those of us who are looking to breed this species in the future, your experiences would be helpful.
ive seen mine do the rapid spin after what looked like spawn, but its so quick my eyes are so bad and i couldnt see any eggs. they are in a planted tank all the time so i doubt any would survive. im going to get a spawning tank set up and see what happens. love these little fish, would love to get them going
@@TropicalFishBasics i found a baby today in the jar of water i set up for infusoria. i put water change water in a bucket a week or so ago to "season" a filter and can see 3 or 4 fry free swimming in there. cant wait to get a proper set up and breed them. :)
@@TropicalFishBasics thanks, well I need to see if mine does it too. Sometimes a male is defending my moss spot in my tank, but never saw kubotai breeding in the moss unlike my CPD. I don’t have any other tank, so I count on a big moss to hide any fry, unsuccessful for now even for CPD. Might be water being too hard. Kubotai are for now hardier than my CPD and some sites says they can live in hard water as they have don’t like very soft water but require atleast 5-10GH
Ph was 7.2 and Tempterature was 24°C. We had some hot weather and I noticed on one of these days the temperature was showing 29°C. I had been loosing some fry each day. Because of my work I was unable to keep an eye on the temperature during the hottest times of the day. The tank is not in direct sunlight.
Yes, The only problem for me is I only have space for one breeding tank at moment. So I have to wait for the fry to grow big enough to place in my other tank so they won't get eaten.
I look forward to watching your channel grow and your future projects. Will also be interesting to watch updates on your surviving fry and when they graduate to the main tank. In future have you thought about trying to breed siamese dwarf rasbora? I think it might interest you
From my current experiences of raising some of the smallest fry, clown killifish, pseudomugil gertrudae aru ii etc, for the first week, a high percentage isn't able to eat and digest infusoria very well, unbelievably it seems to be still too big overall for then to consume readily. Green water cultures are absolutely magnificent to get the fry past the first 5 to 7 days, you can start trying to add infusoria from days 5 or so, but green water is a miracle! Hope this is helpful to someone somehow!
Thanks for sharing your experience in raising these small fry.
@TropicalFishBasics you are very welcome👍
Great job. Beautiful footage, nice music and great diction
Thank you
@@TropicalFishBasics If you dont mind me asking where is your beautiful english from?
I'm from London
Great video, I have just recently set up a heavily planted ciano aqua 60, I have recently added 10 kubotai rasbora and 10 blue jelly shrimp, I'm hoping that they all start breeding soon enough, I have added Indian almond leaves to tan the water and for all of the added benefits, some rocks and wood, there's plenty of places to hide for shrimplets and fry, it's just a waiting game for me now, I have a sponge filter specified for up to 240 litres, I have added seachem stability and API leaf zone to boost it all, I'm roughly 1 month in so far and everything is going well 😄
Your new aquarium sounds great. Hope you have success in breeding your rasbora and shrimp. Let me know how you get on.
Best info I've found on this topic, nice job.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for comments.
would love to see you have another try, not much video of them. great job and hope next time you get heaps
Thanks, I'm definitely going to have another go. Hopefully more successful.
I’ve been thinking about breeding some CPD’s and some of these if I can get my hands on them. The neon greens are particularly scarce here in Aus, but I was thinking of making an egg trap or syphon to remove the eggs so I could raise them in trays to target feed a bit easier. But top notch vid was great info and camera work.
Thanks for you comment. Good luck with breeding your next fish. It's a great feeling watching the fry grow up.
Amazing information, cheers for the guide, fantastic work. Wanted to say I find jackfruit leaves are far better than catappa, better antibacterial properties, last longer, more nutrients and don't give much tannins to the water👍 Congrats on the 100 subs 😉
Thank you for the comments, I'll look out for jackfruit leaves. Thanks for becoming my 100 sub .
@@TropicalFishBasics 👍 happy Saturday
Nice video & patience on the stages from egg release to fry. Too bad on some dying.
Thank you, thanks for the comments.
Great video man, I've never managed to breed these fish before! Great work! 👍
Thanks for the comment. I hope this video incourages you to give it another go.
My guess for the deaths was simply starvation. There needs to be clouds of infusoria available all the time in the tank - I put at least 0.5 pint in the tank each day with the likes of tetras etc. there are a number of videos on my channel showing how much I feed such small fry. Nice video 👍
Thanks for your comment, I think your right, I will feed more infusoria in the future. Thanks for the advise, I will check out your channel.
If you are going to blame water quality, then you need to tell us what the quality was like. Ammonia? Nitrite? Hot weather shouldn't really affect them unless the temperature rises above 29°C, in which case you should increase the aeration. IME it's the size of the foods and the density of the food that matters. For those of us who are looking to breed this species in the future, your experiences would be helpful.
ive seen mine do the rapid spin after what looked like spawn, but its so quick my eyes are so bad and i couldnt see any eggs. they are in a planted tank all the time so i doubt any would survive. im going to get a spawning tank set up and see what happens. love these little fish, would love to get them going
Good luck, I hope you have success. I'm currently giving mine another go and hopefully have a video up soon if succesful.
@@TropicalFishBasics awesome
@@TropicalFishBasics i found a baby today in the jar of water i set up for infusoria. i put water change water in a bucket a week or so ago to "season" a filter and can see 3 or 4 fry free swimming in there. cant wait to get a proper set up and breed them. :)
Great news, this is the hard part keeping the fry alive. Good luck, hope all the fry survive.
@@TropicalFishBasics its un likely as i have no food prepared. all they have is dirty filter water :(
Hi, does they bred the in the start of the lighting period (morning) like other danionins or during all the day?
My fish spawned in the morning.
@@TropicalFishBasics thanks, well I need to see if mine does it too. Sometimes a male is defending my moss spot in my tank, but never saw kubotai breeding in the moss unlike my CPD. I don’t have any other tank, so I count on a big moss to hide any fry, unsuccessful for now even for CPD. Might be water being too hard. Kubotai are for now hardier than my CPD and some sites says they can live in hard water as they have don’t like very soft water but require atleast 5-10GH
Great video, thanks
Nice video!
Thanks
What was the temperature and PH?
Ph was 7.2 and Tempterature was 24°C. We had some hot weather and I noticed on one of these days the temperature was showing 29°C. I had been loosing some fry each day. Because of my work I was unable to keep an eye on the temperature during the hottest times of the day. The tank is not in direct sunlight.
@TropicalFishBasics you did a great job in getting these too spawn. You going to do a series with other fish?
Yes, The only problem for me is I only have space for one breeding tank at moment. So I have to wait for the fry to grow big enough to place in my other tank so they won't get eaten.
I look forward to watching your channel grow and your future projects. Will also be interesting to watch updates on your surviving fry and when they graduate to the main tank. In future have you thought about trying to breed siamese dwarf rasbora? I think it might interest you
Thank you for your comments, I will take a look at other Rasboras for future projects.
Do you sell them?😊
Nevermind. It sounds like your not in the US
@@chasityshelton9916 UK, but if someone in the UK wants to know, no I don't sell my fish.
Do the fish not eat the baby fry?
Thanks for your comment, I forgot to mention I moved the fish out of the breeding tank as soon as the eggs were released.