Panduros are breeding!

[jak2304]

Looks like my pair of panduros have spawned! I've only had them a couple of weeks and the female is hiding under a piece of red moor root. Can't see what's happening but can only be one reason for her doing this. She didn't come out for food (not that I could see lol) this afternoon. How long do the fry take to be free swimming?

I've got a spare tank and could do with some advice on how/what to feed the fry and set up the tank. Have only ever successfully raised guppy fry....

 

[Brown Water]

I would assume that they would be free swimming in about 5 days. In the spare tank I would use water from your current tank with a heater and I love those deep blue sponge filters (weighted base) so you get low water movement/current. As for food I use baby brine shrimp with a new batch being fed every 8 hours. I have read that they lose their nutritional values after 8 hours. So I will only feed a batch for 8 hours.

 

[jak2304]

thanks for the reply, Driftwood! Might be a false alarm tho....the female is no longer under the piece of wood but the info is great for next time - fingers crossed.

 

[Brown Water]

Give em a few try's. my hongsloi (knock on wood) got hold of it with their 2nd batch. And my aggies took 3 times to get it right. Lfs has some panduros I might grab Monday and give em a try if I can't find anything at the neca auction Sunday.

 

[Brown Water]

Lfs sold out of panduros, hongsloi have thrown another batch, and everything else has stopped breeding for me also! I think I need to start talking to my fish again...

Was contemplating buying some zebra danios just to lift my spirits on breeding fish. Rofl.

How are yours doing?

 

[jak2304]

the female has lost her yellow tinge so assuming that's not a good breeding sign..lol! I've got a new tank set up for the panduros, so gonna give it another try soon. Having to use it as a hospital tank atm for the neons and cardinals - whitespot!! Once I get that sorted and clean the tank the panduros can spend a few weeks in there, just to see what happens!

 

[Brown Water]

Ich? Easiest disease to treat IMO. Those ich meds seem to work really good. A lot better then most other treatments in my exp. Other people might have different views/luck with meds, but most of them don't work for me.