Beani conversation thread.

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Day three of the fish being in their tanks and while the larger 3"+ ones are doing a small amount of chasing, I think I'll be good until they reach a size where they can actually catch up with one another in such a large tank.

I'm feeding NLS Medium Sinking, mealworms, frozen krill, live ghost shrimp, romaine lettuce, hikari bio gold, hikari excel, hikari massivore, algae waefers, the other waefers with a cory cat on the front, NLS Thera-A anti parasite foods.

So far I've done a single 40% water change straight from the tap with temperature matched, adding small amounts of Prime every 5 minutes until the tank was full. No ill effects, the fish seemed to be energized by it.

Temperature is at 79 degree's - I've added salt at 1 tablespoon per 10 gallons and the fish haven't shown any change in behavior. (One of the larger ones has a handful of ich spots).

I see them pecking at the driftwood when I'm out of their sight, otherwise they're up front begging for food - so I'm assuming my wood has some loose stuff from a royal pleco I had in there eating on it.

All of them are showing black poop, and none are showing any signs of illness that I'm aware of.

My mealworms are gut loaded with peaches, oranges, patatoe's, bananna's, apples ect.

So far so good :D
 
It really sounds like your on top of things.I wish you good luck and many future fry down the road.That way i can buy a few off you.lol
 
bigriver;2202876; said:
It really sounds like your on top of things.I wish you good luck and many future fry down the road.That way i can buy a few off you.lol
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Or me since I am closer and will have a breeding pair in 6 months when mine grow out.:D:D:D I will give you a big deal on fry when I get some.
 
All of my fish are showing black edging on their pectoral and anal fins...don't know if anyone else is seeing the same. Just figured I'd note it. Some of their eyes are showing a lot more red than others.
 
A fairly lengthy letter from Jeff Rapp's on beani - surprised he had the time to send this out!

Hi Jason
Thanks for the email. I know about the couple of folks who have collected and brought back some beani fry.
I've maintained this species on and off for over 20 years where about 8-10 years of accumulated time includes having beani in my tanks.
When I first built my facility (about 8-9 years ago), I maintained 3 adult pairs in there simultaneously. All in divided tanks. Each female laid huge batches of eggs in the clay pots placed on their side of the egg crate. Sadly, not one egg was ever fertilized by the males from the other side of the egg crate. I believe those fish had come from Germany and I have to suspect that some sterilization procedure was issued to them prior to shipping them out.
They are miserably aggressive with zero tolerance for their own kind in all but the extremely largest tanks (300 gal +), and that's on a good day. I still know of someone with wild adults in a tank that size who experiences the same issues.
They do not take chilling well, so keep water above 75* F, preferably 78-80* F.
Once they reach 3-4" size, it's in your (and their) best interest to begin to separate them with dividers. Your investment into these fish is considerable, so might as well continue by taking the extra steps to ensure their safety.
The last pair I maintained were in a seemingly securely divided tank. After losing the female to the male's single minded determination to eliminate all conspecifics, I kept him as a 'wet pet' for several months. Afterwards, I couldn't help but think to poke him in the eye everytime I saw him in that tank alone. Eventually I shipped the beast off to the fellow in CA who still has him.
Feeding young beani has been an issue in years past. The wild stock I most recently had were fed a variety of prepared and frozen foods with no bloat issues.
Enjoy beani. Be prepared to act as referee when needed.
Cheers. Jeff
 
dirtyblacksocks;2209434; said:
All of my fish are showing black edging on their pectoral and anal fins...don't know if anyone else is seeing the same. Just figured I'd note it. Some of their eyes are showing a lot more red than others.
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no black edges here... might need to check water?
 
Water's perfect, doesn't look like stress coloring at all, none are showing bars. Maybe it has to do with them being around eachother rather than separated?

EDIT: Looking closer, not all are showing it - perhaps this is an identifier between sexes?
 
dirtyblacksocks;2210619; said:
Water's perfect, doesn't look like stress coloring at all, none are showing bars. Maybe it has to do with them being around eachother rather than separated?

EDIT: Looking closer, not all are showing it - perhaps this is an identifier between sexes?
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When mine were together, they would show the dark edges only when chasing each other. So maybe an indicator of stress....or mood maybe?
 
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