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Another loach baby
Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2010 9:46 am
by Mad Duff
Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2010 11:09 am
by Keith Wolcott
Great news!
Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2010 11:34 am
by Jim Powers
Congratulations!!!!
Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2010 11:39 am
by piggy4
Whoa this is really exciting news Mark
well done , you're certainly doing something right
Are they the standard Histrionica
Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2010 12:16 pm
by andyroo
Did you do anything different/interesting maybe 2 months ago?
Is there any thought on the trigger?
To have ample space, habitat etc... and to put in 50% cooler rain-water can this make them think it's springtime and get 'em in "the mood"? Monsoonal questions etc...?
Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2010 3:59 pm
by Mad Duff
Thanks guy's, needless to say I am quite happy with this find
The only histies in that tank are my standard histies and I am 100% sure that is what this is.
andyroo wrote:Did you do anything different/interesting maybe 2 months ago?
Is there any thought on the trigger?
To have ample space, habitat etc... and to put in 50% cooler rain-water can this make them think it's springtime and get 'em in "the mood"? Monsoonal questions etc...?
About 10 weeks ago I was doing my water changes, I had taken about 40% of the water out of several tanks and cleaned the filters, before I could start filling the tanks my back went so I ended up having to drop the hose pipe in them and fill them all direct from the hose. At the same time I had a couple of Rasboras looking a little off colour after the big water change so I added some aquarium salts as well, maybe one or both of these could have been factors/triggers I wouldnt like to say for sure.
Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2010 4:34 pm
by andyroo
how is the hose-water different? What do you usually use?
I'd think salt would do the opposite, as it wouldn't resemble rain water.... interesting..... Is this species from an arid area that might see a salinity pulse with overland/terrestrial runoff?
Tell me if i'm being annoying...
A
Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2010 6:40 pm
by Katy
What IS in your water?????
Congratulations!!!!
Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2010 6:49 pm
by Mad Duff
andyroo wrote:how is the hose-water different? What do you usually use?
I'd think salt would do the opposite, as it wouldn't resemble rain water.... interesting..... Is this species from an arid area that might see a salinity pulse with overland/terrestrial runoff?
Tell me if i'm being annoying...
A
Rather than refilling the tanks with warm tap water the water from the hose is just cold water, hence a significant temp drop due to a 40% cold refill.
I suppose there may well be a rise in salinity during the monsoon period due to run off etc which would also be in conjunction with varying degrees of temperature drops.
Thank you Katy
Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2010 7:09 pm
by andyroo
Brrrrrilliant! Temperature, and if that doesn't work add a shot of salt.
Start with mature, very happy fish certainly.
A
Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2010 9:49 pm
by starsplitter7
Congratulations! Really wonderful and definitely cute!
Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2010 11:50 pm
by mattyd
That is incredible
Well done! Will you try to re-do a future water change in the same way as you did in the past to see if you end up with some more babies?
I think it would be clear to say that we would all be very interested in your results. I am especially interested here in Australia, as the govermental authorities are threatening to change the legislation/rules about importing fish from overseas. They are proposing to drastically cut back what species we can bring in, and from what countries they can be imported from. That means that unless we can get success with localised breeding in Australia there is a good chance that I (and fellow enthusiats) will not be able to buy most of the loach species in 10-15 years time.
Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2010 5:17 am
by Mad Duff
I will leave it a couple of weeks and I will probably try a biggish cold water change again and see if I can see any signs of anything happening.
It does seem that was some sort fo trigger because I did the same thing to my sid tank at the same time and I have noticed a couple of very small sid's darting in and out of the rock work that are way smaller than anything else, the only difference with them was that I added the indian almond leaves a couple of days before the water change.
Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2010 9:39 am
by NancyD
Wow, that's fantastic! Congrats on another species breeding for you, amazing.
Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2010 10:12 am
by Jim Powers
What size is the tank and what fish do you have in it?