very interesting RAOK - For Sale or Trade

Six · 05-07-2008, 03:07 PM

Melanotaenia parva "Flame Rainbowfish"

actual paternal parent fish

I have been breeding this species for some time and wanted to offer up some eggs for those who may want to try hatching and raising rainbowfish.

To ensure I can ship eggs appropriately, I need a volunteer to receive them and give me feedback on hatch rate and success. I've never shipped eggs so this is an experiment. To accept, you pay $6 shipping and provide feedback

How I hatch and raise them:
Parent spawn in yarn mops and I pull eggs from it into simple containers such as a Lee's catch cup. I hang it on the inside of the aquarium to maintain heat. The eggs hatch out and you get tiny babies (awww!). **The hatch time will be skewed! It could take one day to several for them all to hatch, so patience is a must. ** From there I siphon the babies into an heated and airated aquarium (w/sponge filter) usually with some shrimp to help clean the uneaten food. The babies grow quickly and *will* eat baby shrimp! So, use some inexpensive cleaners. Snails are good too. Feed ideally, live baby brine, or experiment with alternatives. As they grow, keep up the BBS and add other foods. Ours love live daphnia at TL of 1/2"!

Any questions, ask.

Will ship next week if I can get a suitable volunteer.

dwFISH · 05-07-2008, 04:00 PM

is this the only bow you have.

Six · 05-07-2008, 04:09 PM

no, the others are too young to spawn at the moment. why, wanna trade eggs?

ohiodave · 05-07-2008, 05:53 PM

Hey Six

I would'nt mind trying it. Send me the paypal info.
By the way the auction was real nice last weekend, I got some great deals on a few things.

ombcat · 05-07-2008, 07:40 PM

I also would not mind trying. Send me the paypal info.
wilma

balik · 05-07-2008, 08:16 PM

I will be happy to try too.
I have hatched mops with eggs from Gary Lange (Rainbow Fish Guru )
Let me know how to pay you for shipping .

Regards

Six · 05-07-2008, 10:31 PM

Cool. That's all for now. The 3 that posted and one that PM'd are in. Next batch is going west coast. Thanks for looking and PM's are going out later today with paypal info, etc.

Thanks!

vancat · 05-08-2008, 05:57 AM

FYI you guys
a few years back someone at the NEC handed me a bag of Herbie eggs to hatch out. I had never done it before. It was alot of fun and I ended up with 7 nice adults! Really cool watching those itty bitty things develop into fishies!

wdpkrbowhead · 05-08-2008, 08:01 AM

Hello. I know you are out of M. Parva eggs, but when you get more and want to send to the west coast please keep me in mind. Got to this link thru the Bowheads forums. Thanks, Doug

Six · 05-08-2008, 08:43 AM

cool cool. there are better pics of this species on that forum as well ;D

Doug- ill use this thread to offer them again so your inquiry doesnt get lost.

**I will always consider r'bow egg trades, FYI**