ruby greens spawned!!!

[froggy]

:D , i watched my ruby greens spawning this afternoon, it was fantastic, she must have at least 40 eggs now. this is there first brood so i am hoping she holds on to them.

just wanted to share :D

sue

[Scotty]

Excellent! You got to watch them spawn! Drop a line back if you need any assistance with the brooding/raising process.....Scott 8)

[SGypsyMermaid]

congratulations!! my 'maybe crimson tides' just spawned, too!! party time!! :mrgreen: :party: :mrgreen:

[froggy]

double celebrations gypsy :lol:

scotty, any info would be appreciated, i do breed other fish but this is my first with the ruby greens.


sue

[Scotty]

Sue,

Once you've gotton to the point where you have a spawn, Vics are blissfully easy. Assuming at this point that you don't want to get involved with stripping the babies from her, set up a small brooding tank wih a sponge filter. She'll be ready to spit in about 15-17 days. Wait at least a week before moving her. Sometimes a female that just spawned will spit out her eggs when you net her. The babies will be released at a large and highly developed enough state that you can feed them just about anything. I usually start with live BBS for a week, then start switching over to decapsulated BSE's and ground up flakes. Lots of people just skip the BBS and start with flakes, and that's fine too. If you've bred fish before, the rest is the same old yada yada :wink: lots of good food, bottom siphoning and water changes. You know the drill :roll:

[froggy]

:rofl: , i moved her to a holding tank after they finished spawning as he is very aggressive, she is still holding today.
He keeps all the other females in a corner, so i didnt want her stressed by him.

fingers crossed eh.

sue