Regular Member *Amanda* Posted May 24, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted May 24, 2015 Hi everyone! I know I've been gone for a few months - I was incredibly frustrated by repeated unproductive spawnings. I was regularly coming home to find eggs all over the tank, only to see none of them hatch, no matter what I did (or didn't do) to nurture them. What I ended up doing was borrowing my boyfriend's male goldfish, who I know is fertile. Within less than 24 hours of adding him to my tank, he and my other male were spawning with ALL my females! I caught many of the eggs and moved them to a bucket, but to my surprise, it was the eggs I left IN the tank with the parents that fared better. The ones in the bucket (which was at room temp) hatched in 7 days, and ended up being runts. The ones that hatched in the main tank, which was at 75F, are growing up fast! I moved the fry into a breeding basket after they hatched, which I kept floating in the main tank for about 2 weeks before moving them to their own tank with a sponge filter. There were only 2 that had crooked spines and died. I fed BBS for the first few weeks, then switched to Repashy Spawn and Grow and ground-up Pro Gold. They are almost ready for the small NLS pellets, but not quite yet. I have 19 fry total, and haven't yet done any culling. I am debating whether I should cull the 3 runts or not - they have color and great finnage, but haven't grown at all since about week 3 it seems. I don't know if they will eventually grow or not. Here is a pic of some of them. They are approximately 2 months old right now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporter FishyMandy Posted May 24, 2015 Supporter Share Posted May 24, 2015 Aww they are so cute! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Blitz Posted May 24, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted May 24, 2015 Cute babies! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member SweetMamaKaty Posted May 24, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted May 24, 2015 Congratulations, they're so cute!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Fish Of Gold Posted May 24, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted May 24, 2015 Very cute! Congrats 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helper Arctic Mama Posted May 24, 2015 Helper Share Posted May 24, 2015 No advice on the culling of the runts. I be likely to let nature take its course or keep them as pets, if I had space, but that is just me. They look healthy and beautiful, Amanda. Goodjob! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member goldfishgirl82 Posted May 24, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted May 24, 2015 They're adorable! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member hellofishy Posted May 24, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted May 24, 2015 Congratulations! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member 4prettyfish Posted May 25, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted May 25, 2015 Amanda, Long time since we've seen you and you've been busy with your fish having fry. Those fry are adorable. I would have an extremely hard time culling those at that stage. I'm so glad I have all males in my tank. Good luck with whatever decision you make on them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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