actually bred polypterus?

[bigchief]

i was just kinda wondering if anyone has actually spawned their polys?

 

[JamesF]

I bred my ropes once. Had lots of breeding behaviour from my sens, but no results.

 

[bigchief]

howd the ropes do did the eggs hatch?

 

[JamesF]

They did, just not in my tank. I sent the eggs to a customer on plants. They called me a couple of weeks later asking what the small skinny fish were swimming in their tank.

 

[bigchief]

rite on i read an artical somewhere where a guy spawned some of his ropes a couple of times but he could only keep the fry living for a month or two..

 

[angryinsect]

@ JamesF,
do you happen to have records of the water parameters when they spawned. how large/old where the pair that spawned?

 

[JamesF]

Not sure on the male. There were three in the tank. The femal was the smallest by far, maybe 10" and quite thin. I had had them all for at least 3 years by this point.
The water params were:
pH 7.2
GH 0
Temp 78-80
At this point I think I was doing weekly 50% water changes. The tanks was heavily planted and had a ton of driftwood in it.
Feeding was mostly beefheart.

 

[Eupterus]

Did the other person raise those "small skinny fish" successfully?.

 

[StripeGirl]

I have had my poly endlis lay eggs once last may.I did not realized there eggs would be so small.I had 12 hatch out which ended up eating each other until i had just two.They shortly died there after.

The next time(hopefully this may) i will be feeding live cultures and black worms.I will also be keeping the baby's in the tank in breeder boxes filled with plants.

I am adding a group of five to my gang today,with a few more males.As of now i have 1 male with 18 females.

 

[JamesF]

Did the other person raise those "small skinny fish" successfully?.

Nope. They slowly vanished during the following week.