Channa Pulchra & Fry

[tropheus]

congrats mate


nelly - ornatipinis are mouth brooders , so if they have spawned you need to keep an eye on the male for getting a lump in his throught .

even if there just mock spawning you are doing extreamly well and a really good sign



cheers col

 

[south coast nelly]

congrats mate


nelly - ornatipinis are mouth brooders , so if they have spawned you need to keep an eye on the male for getting a lump in his throught .

even if there just mock spawning you are doing extreamly well and a really good sign



cheers col

thanks col, would the male still eat with eggs in the mouth?

 

[Freakdaddy]

thanks col, would the male still eat with eggs in the mouth?

He shouldn't but I wouldnt feed them if you think he's got a mouth full of young just in case he swallows them.Just seen your thread on the Ornates congrats again ,it looks like the mouthbrooding thing is a bit of an urban legend with these fish.

 

[tropheus]

He shouldn't but I wouldnt feed them if you think he's got a mouth full of young just in case he swallows them.Just seen your thread on the Ornates congrats again ,it looks like the mouthbrooding thing is a bit of an urban legend with these fish.

it is indeed just that mate , and confirmed by dr britz himself


cheers col

 

[south coast nelly]

Hello mate, do you have any update pictures please, as yours are similar i have an intrest how quick the fry grow, thanks for the link on the deshelled brine, it seems to work a treat also does not smell like fresh hatched brines..ewww

 

[Freakdaddy]

Hello mate, do you have any update pictures please, as yours are similar i have an intrest how quick the fry grow, thanks for the link on the deshelled brine, it seems to work a treat also does not smell like fresh hatched brines..ewww

Yes sure I just snapped these for you so they aint perfick

the first group are 6 weeks old and 1" long fed exclusively on deshelled brine shrimp eggs.

regards,Jos.

 

[south coast nelly]

wow they grow quick, i was just looking at mine, boy they grow quick, is that the deshelled brine shrimp eggs? my mate did me a batch of fresh hatched brine shrimp but ewww what a smell and they seemed to only watch them fall.....I feed mine also micro worms and a finely crushed bottom feeder pellet with dried meal worms crushed to a fine powder, this is in the hope that they are not so picky in the future, my pair now will only eat dried meal-worms, ive stocked up on tubs as these are seasonal selling items as in summer the garden birds will find food normally

 

[Freakdaddy]

wow they grow quick, i was just looking at mine, boy they grow quick, is that the deshelled brine shrimp eggs? my mate did me a batch of fresh hatched brine shrimp but ewww what a smell and they seemed to only watch them fall.....I feed mine also micro worms and a finely crushed bottom feeder pellet with dried meal worms crushed to a fine powder, this is in the hope that they are not so picky in the future, my pair now will only eat dried meal-worms, ive stocked up on tubs as these are seasonal selling items as in summer the garden birds will find food normally

yeah I got a big tub of them, them's good eatin for all little fish.(I raise a lot of guppies to trade around lfs for dry goods, the duff ones are Channa food also)
I've always got those dried mealworms on hand to, Channa love em, garden centres always got them in stock

 

[south coast nelly]

Sounds good mate, least iam not the only one who does dried meal wormz

 

[timskie]

What do you feed the fry at that age??