2009 Beeding Season

Marius Bezuidenhout · Subject: Re: 2009 Beeding Season Sat Oct 10, 2009 7:35 am

They look great. I don’t know if this will be of any use to you, but when I had tropical fish and spawned then I did the following:

I removed the eggs and the parents to a separate tank. The female ‘fanned’ the eggs to keep it clean. When they hatched I removed the parents since they are known to eat the fry. I added some anti bacterial stuff to the tank. I fed them brine shrimps which you can buy from pet shop and hatch in salt water. Also added some sinking tablet food and they loved the algae I had in the tank. When they grew bigger I fed them ‘Tetra bits’. Since I had 268 babies in a 125L tank I did small water changes every second day to keep things clean. None of them died and I sold them when they reached about 3cm. Great fun

Jaco · Subject: Re: 2009 Beeding Season Sat Oct 10, 2009 3:05 pm

Hi Albie,
Marius se raad is goed. Maar passop vit te veel voer, ek sal minder as 'n knippie flakes voer slegs tweemaal per dag. Maakfyn tussen jou vingers.
Ruil water so gereeld moontlik, baie belangrik.

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Chris Maritz · Posts: 24 Join date: 2009-10-06

Hi guys

Can I ask you to please reply to my below post about Shiro Utsuri? I would love to get your input...

http://koionline.forumotion.com/discussion-of-varieties-f41/shiro-utsuri-t606.htm

By the way.....Jaco, dit lyk of jy al 'n meester is met Koi teel.

Pieter J de Villiers · Subject: Re: 2009 Beeding Season Mon Oct 12, 2009 9:29 am

Jaco,

plaas bietjie fotos van die "broei pare"

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Marius Bezuidenhout · Subject: Re: 2009 Beeding Season Tue Oct 13, 2009 11:46 pm

Albie

Hoe vorder die nuwe babies???

albie · Subject: Re: 2009 Beeding Season Wed Oct 14, 2009 12:12 am

Jy weet mos hoe dit is as mens nie by die huis is nie, maar elkeen het sy/haar job en dit klink of hulle darem nog oorleef. Ek is in Thaba Nchu en gaan eers Vrydag terug, dan is ek darem 4 weke by die huis om die ander visse uiteindelik uit die Portapool the haal.

Sal weer 'n paar fotos neem om te wys of hulle darem groei!

Marius Bezuidenhout · Subject: Re: 2009 Beeding Season Wed Oct 14, 2009 12:24 am

Ry versigtig op die Botshabela pad. Sterkte met vis en onderhoud op damme - ja, dit is moeilik as ander die damme moet onderhou

albie · Subject: Re: 2009 Beeding Season Mon Oct 19, 2009 10:02 pm

I think/hope they are growing, but at least surviving:

I think if you compare them against the seam in the net, they are bigger.

Any advice on cleaning the bottom, or should I leave it. If I scoop some of the rubbish out, I end of with numerous tiny fish.

I have been feeding them with the crushed flakes and used a yolk of an egg once.

Jaco · Subject: Re: 2009 Beeding Season Tue Oct 20, 2009 1:54 pm

The melalics so far about 15mm long.

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Marius Bezuidenhout · Subject: Re: 2009 Beeding Season Tue Oct 20, 2009 2:46 pm

Albie, het jy die skadunet met vis in dam geplaas, of is hulle in aparte bak? Sien hulle begin mooi groei

albie · Subject: Re: 2009 Beeding Season Tue Oct 20, 2009 7:07 pm

No, mine are very slow developers!!! (but still alive)

They are still in the 2 containers and the net is just the fishing net. Jaco has the touch, feed them all kind of stuff!!! and my ones are just at 8 mm. (perhaps I interfere too much when I'm at home)

I emptied the infamous Portapool today, found a Showa hidden somewhere and then, with Ernest's help, created a small pond, that can be useful in future. Measurements: Height-80cm, diameter 130cm. Thought I might use it in future for a quarantine pond.

It does not look good, still dirty!!

So, why I'm posting this- wouldn't it be better to get the small ones in there? I could use the airpump, but perhaps no filter. Just regular water changes.

The water that I can use is tap water, but I can add sodium thiosulphate and koi clay- what about a scoop of soil, since they grow up in a mud pond??

Cliff · Posts: 157 Join date: 2009-07-15 Age: 32 Location: JHB

what do the parents look like of the mettalics that you have Albie\Jaco?

Pieter J de Villiers · Subject: Re: 2009 Beeding Season Thu Oct 22, 2009 9:56 am

Cliff,

Here is the female.

She stayed with me for the last 5 years and only went back to Jaco a few months ago.

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Cliff · Posts: 157 Join date: 2009-07-15 Age: 32 Location: JHB

beautiful......wonder whats its going to take to get 1 or 2 of these from Albie??....lol Suspect

albie · Subject: Re: 2009 Beeding Season Thu Oct 22, 2009 11:33 am

Any time- if they can grow beyond the 10mm mark...