Mark I'm very impressed I have breed a lot of fish but Rummy Nose always eluded me no matter how often I tried. But at Seventy years old I am going to try again will let you know how I get on. Tugger Edinburgh
''Rummy-nose tetras present serious challenges even to experienced aquarists from the standpoint of breeding, primarily due to two factors: the likelihood of sterility ensuing if the prospective parents are maintained in water with too high a level of dissolved calcium ions, and the slow growth rate of the fry. An additional problem is that gender differentiation is difficult by visual inspection alone, making pair selection partly a matter of luck unless an obviously gravid female is available for selection.'' - Wikipedia. Perhaps you should be updating Wikipedia, Mark; it seems you know far more than they do!!!!
Dear Mark, thank you so much for all your tips and clues! It’s very helpful for me. I would love to buy some of your fish, unfortunately you are too far away. But I have some questions: - rummy noses are very sensitive fish. how do you get them in/out of the tanks easily? In particular in bench tanks? - if you condition your fish in the bench tank, how do handle the snail explosion? - How long have the tetras to be fed 3x/day? - when can the baby tetras be replaced into the bench tank? I’m sorry for all my questions but I see my neon and rummy nose Tetra spawning all day long and now I wanna try it for myself. It’s way more fun than just to buy them. And cheaper (here in my place). Look forward for new videos.
I had ich recently and my Rummies died one-by-one, after treatment. All my other fish are eating and doing well. I love these fish but I daren't get any now. I don't know if it was the ich treatment, or the ich itself, or something I'm doing wrong? The treatment was 'lovefish parasite' I had seven CardinalTetra and four died. They were the last fish to be added to the tank, about a week before. I noticed the white spots on the Cardinal tetra and treated immediately and although the Rummies had no white spots they died.
i failed with rn tetras years ago mark but as always the skill was there but luck as usual dealt a cruel blow its a family trait for example my dad was a waster temptations named one of their hits after him papa was a rolling stone but all credit to him he decided to atone for on his deathbed he admitted to3 unsolved murders in glasgow just to give the families closure on these brutal slayings guess what he recovered the following day he is now serving 3 life sentences in barlinnie high security jail glasgow i dont visit him he is very sullen 😘
Hi Mark if you had to guess how many pleco's do you think you have in that tank? It's lovely to be able to watch them grow up, another brilliant video from you, thanks for sharing x
I am hoping to see you breed diamond tetras. I dont have any breeding caves in with my bristlenose as it would be impossible for me to rehome them. They (2 male and 1 female albino bristlenose, and 1 male and 1 female common bristlenose) are in my tropical tank with angelfish, corydoras, assorted tetras and gold barbs. There is rock work and driftwood for them to scurry over and sit under.
Hey Mark, i've failed at an infusoria culture a good 3 times. I think its because my window gets too much sun and heats the jars up. whats an alternative? can i use aquarium lights?
@@MARKSAQUATICS No mate, I meant actual tea bags straight out of the box. They colour the water and are full of Tannin so why not ? Is it because of fertilisers used or the caffeine content maybe ? We could make a jug of black tea using tank water and just add that. Just wondering ( won't be trying it on my fish though )
Another video to make me go hmmm. I'll have to give them a try. One point a lot of tetras do have problems with high dissolved solids. Locally the big box stores salt their water to ridicolus levels. Testing it with a cheap swing arm hygrometer tells me they are running there tanks at half strength sea water! In other words I try to avoid buying cardinals that have a clear plastic cup of salt in the tank. I really miss my old houses water it came out of the well at a pH of 4,5 and with aeration it went to about 6 TDS was around 15. Perfect tetra water. What is the TDS of your water? I'm just wondering . Have to try to set up the black phantoms this week. You should really try breeding rainbow fish. They will really put your infusoria culutring skills to the test. The nicest thing about them is once they get big enough to take baby brine shrimp the will accept finely powdered fish food.
@@MARKSAQUATICS Thanks for the reply!! So they were all good? From what I have read, green neon and rummynose are very hard to raise. Thing is, those are the 2 I want to make more of! If you could answer 1 more, I have tried the stinky infusoria twice and the stunk terrible but after 2 weeks, still no clearness. My cories did ok on first bites.. would that still be too big for the teeny tetras? Or should I keep trying with infusoria?
@@MASSCONFUS1ON yes you'll need infusoria for the tetra fry. Try making a culture up using a piece of banana skin. Just fill a jar with tank water add the skin and some moss or plant from your tank. 😊👍
Thanks to your video sir Mark my rummy nose tetras start spawning but my problem is theyre eating the eggs after they release it. What do i need to do to prevent them from eating the eggs? Thanks
Mark I'm very impressed I have breed a lot of fish but Rummy Nose always eluded me no matter how often I tried. But at Seventy years old I am going to try again will let you know how I get on.
Tugger
Edinburgh
Where you able to get them to breed Tugger?
Have you succeeded? My wish for you!
Im not even trying and my rummynose are spawning a lot in my main tank.
So many babies Mark, thats what happens when you know what you're doing🐠
You make it look so easy! Awesome!
Love your videos, so informative and easy to listen to. Your set-ups are great too.
WoW the rummy nose tetra are small, good luck with your breeding project it looks like you have your tanks full 👍🏼
Beautiful! Thanks Mark.
''Rummy-nose tetras present serious challenges even to experienced aquarists from the standpoint of breeding, primarily due to two factors: the likelihood of sterility ensuing if the prospective parents are maintained in water with too high a level of dissolved calcium ions, and the slow growth rate of the fry. An additional problem is that gender differentiation is difficult by visual inspection alone, making pair selection partly a matter of luck unless an obviously gravid female is available for selection.'' - Wikipedia.
Perhaps you should be updating Wikipedia, Mark; it seems you know far more than they do!!!!
I'll email Wikipedia first thing in the morning. 👍😀
Mark,I got my rummy nose tetra spawn,too. So far I only saw two fry. Thank you for your teaching! You are really awesome!
Congratulations. 😀👍
I love the story telling aspect of your videos lol
Well done Mark!
Great video man love to see the fry eating and doing their thing. I show the wife the potato video and she love it. Thanks
Very cool! great job
Awesome stuff. 💝☺💝
Fantastic Mark! I too love it when I have lots of pleco babies. Looks like the new batch you'll have some nice Calico"s
Yes looking forward them grow up. 😀
Rummys looking good Mark 👌 thanks for the update ..
Thanks John.
Awesome video, I have 17 rummynose tetras, they one of my favorite fish, I will definitely separate some and give this a go.
Yo I got 17 too
The long awaited video :D
Yeah I was waiting 4 this 1
Thx Mark
Fantastic Mark as always great to see everything coming on fantastic well done. Love to you and yours
Hi m8 are you still interested in some zebra plecos as they're big enough to rehome now. Let me know.
@@MARKSAQUATICS Yes definitely I will send you a PM on FB its more private. Cheers for thinking of me.
@@johnkendall2736 ok John that's great.
Great update, I was wondering how they were doing. You make it seem so easy but I know it's not.
Dear Mark, thank you so much for all your tips and clues! It’s very helpful for me. I would love to buy some of your fish, unfortunately you are too far away.
But I have some questions:
- rummy noses are very sensitive fish. how do you get them in/out of the tanks easily? In particular in bench tanks?
- if you condition your fish in the bench tank, how do handle the snail explosion?
- How long have the tetras to be fed 3x/day?
- when can the baby tetras be replaced into the bench tank?
I’m sorry for all my questions but I see my neon and rummy nose Tetra spawning all day long and now I wanna try it for myself. It’s way more fun than just to buy them. And cheaper (here in my place).
Look forward for new videos.
I love all you fish .I wish I could get some fish from you but I can't I am in USA
If i had all of those babies, i'd stay in the fish room all day. I check at least 50 r n fry :)
I'm back for part 2! Let's see what you've gotten up to today 😎❤️
Hi just wondering what substrate that is in the baby Pleco tank thanks
I had ich recently and my Rummies died one-by-one, after treatment. All my other fish are eating and doing well. I love these fish but I daren't get any now. I don't know if it was the ich treatment, or the ich itself, or something I'm doing wrong? The treatment was 'lovefish parasite' I had seven CardinalTetra and four died. They were the last fish to be added to the tank, about a week before. I noticed the white spots on the Cardinal tetra and treated immediately and although the Rummies had no white spots they died.
Alright!!!
Rubberlip plecos also keep a tank clean. Have you ever had any of those or tried to breed them?
Brilliant setup mate! Where can I get a nitrate tower from?
i failed with rn tetras years ago mark but as always the skill was there but luck as usual dealt a cruel blow its a family trait for example my dad was a waster temptations named one of their hits after him papa was a rolling stone but all credit to him he decided to atone for on his deathbed he admitted to3 unsolved murders in glasgow just to give the families closure on these brutal slayings guess what he recovered the following day he is now serving 3 life sentences in barlinnie high security jail glasgow i dont visit him he is very sullen 😘
Hi Mark if you had to guess how many pleco's do you think you have in that tank? It's lovely to be able to watch them grow up, another brilliant video from you, thanks for sharing x
Around 200 I would say. 😀
I am hoping to see you breed diamond tetras. I dont have any breeding caves in with my bristlenose as it would be impossible for me to rehome them. They (2 male and 1 female albino bristlenose, and 1 male and 1 female common bristlenose) are in my tropical tank with angelfish, corydoras, assorted tetras and gold barbs. There is rock work and driftwood for them to scurry over and sit under.
Hi. Mark the rummy nose tetra egg hatck after 24 hours like neon or they need longer time to hatch?
A big HELLO to the family..... I would love to see you breed some Long Fin Danios. I need some tips..lol
I've done a video on long fin zebra danios. In my playlists.👍😀
Great video mark. Could you make a video on the difference between Male and female zebra plecos?
When mine are not breeding I will.😀👍
What are the leaves??
Mark can you tell me about your nitrate tower please?
Think you need to officially rename the "shrimp room" to " The Pleco Cave" lol
What temperature did your rummynose tetras spawn at?
Hey Mark, i've failed at an infusoria culture a good 3 times. I think its because my window gets too much sun and heats the jars up. whats an alternative? can i use aquarium lights?
Just put them on another window out of the sun . Or just use a lamp that works ok.
Its possible by breeding thwm on net cage ?
Mornin' Mark
Random but serious question..
If we use leaves to increase tannins then why not just drop a tea bag behind the filter ?
Yes you could do this. I take it you mean a tea bag of almond leaves.
@@MARKSAQUATICS No mate, I meant actual tea bags straight out of the box.
They colour the water and are full of Tannin so why not ?
Is it because of fertilisers used or the caffeine content maybe ?
We could make a jug of black tea using tank water and just add that.
Just wondering ( won't be trying it on my fish though )
If only i lived in the uk it snatch up a betta for sure
Can you breed Ember Tetras next please?
Another video to make me go hmmm. I'll have to give them a try. One point a lot of tetras do have problems with high dissolved solids. Locally the big box stores salt their water to ridicolus levels. Testing it with a cheap swing arm hygrometer tells me they are running there tanks at half strength sea water! In other words I try to avoid buying cardinals that have a clear plastic cup of salt in the tank. I really miss my old houses water it came out of the well at a pH of 4,5 and with aeration it went to about 6 TDS was around 15. Perfect tetra water. What is the TDS of your water? I'm just wondering . Have to try to set up the black phantoms this week.
You should really try breeding rainbow fish. They will really put your infusoria culutring skills to the test. The nicest thing about them is once they get big enough to take baby brine shrimp the will accept finely powdered fish food.
Yes I'll be breeding rainbow fish at some point. Thanks for watching. 😀👍
what kind of leaves other than Indian almond leaves can i use in my Betta tank?
Oak leaves are good
+MARK'S AQUATICS Thanks Mark, I wish I was as smart and experienced as you are about the fish hobby. The plecos are so cute and they move so fast.
Was there an update on the rummynose babies? I have watched almost all of the videos and never saw one.
No sadly I didn't make one. But rearing the fry is just the same as raising tetra fry.
@@MARKSAQUATICS Thanks for the reply!! So they were all good? From what I have read, green neon and rummynose are very hard to raise. Thing is, those are the 2 I want to make more of!
If you could answer 1 more, I have tried the stinky infusoria twice and the stunk terrible but after 2 weeks, still no clearness. My cories did ok on first bites.. would that still be too big for the teeny tetras? Or should I keep trying with infusoria?
@@MASSCONFUS1ON yes you'll need infusoria for the tetra fry. Try making a culture up using a piece of banana skin. Just fill a jar with tank water add the skin and some moss or plant from your tank. 😊👍
Thanks to your video sir Mark my rummy nose tetras start spawning but my problem is theyre eating the eggs after they release it. What do i need to do to prevent them from eating the eggs? Thanks
Use a big spawning mop or large piece of java moss.
@@MARKSAQUATICS thanks for the tip sir mark i now have baby rummy nose tetras. It took just 24hrs to hatch.
What's the food you fed the baby plecs?
Repashy bottom scratcher.
@@MARKSAQUATICS thank you
Mark,please, Cardinal tetra. 8-)
They're on the list. 😀👍
Is one of the plants in with the pleco fry riccia or susswassertang?
It's riccia.
@@MARKSAQUATICS Thanks trying to learn some of the New to me aquarium plants by sight.
I'll take two Bristols & 4 Bettas. :))
do you deliver to sunnyshining Southport ??
I'm not posting at the moment as it's to cold . But when it warms up I will. 😀👍
What is the spawning temperature please
Around 26 degrees Celsius 😉👍