GBR Fry

[bored4]

I recently got 3 pair of GBRs from Ponderingky here on AC. Hes great guy and shipped me some nice rams. He packages the fish very well and ships them out cheaply. His angels are also great to, so I'd recommend keeping an eye out for him on the for sale section.

Well with in a week i had all 3 of the pair spawn but only one pair did so on a leaf, so that i could pull the eggs. I pulled the eggs into a 1gallon container with an air stone and in 7days i had free swimmers.

At first i wasn't sure i had food small enough for these guys. But i tried some hard boiled egg yolk dissolved in water and it worked! It seems to only be needed for the first few days with these guy though. By day 4 of free swimming they were able to eat baby brine shrimp. These guys are now 10 days free swimming.

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I'm trying to get a real close up but my digital camera is like 10 years old and sucks at taking a pictures that have anything to do with water.

I only have about 30 left. I've probably had about 70 die off from the wigglers stage til now. I'm sure this was just natural selection than any other issue, As i do 50% daily water changes and make sure to keep the container as clean as i can.

I'll update as they get bigger.

[stephcps]

Wow!!

congratlations!!

[dixienut]

dibs on fry,..

[ponderingky]

Jason that's awesome!! All mine have been laying in the sand so I haven't been able to pull any for a while. You are doing great with them - hope they all make it and you get to have a tank full - they are the coolest little fish. BTW - thanks for the kind words.

Great job, keep it up! :headbang2:

[bored4]

Well they are now 20 days old and getting bigger. I think i have 27 left. These are the best closes-ups i can get with my crappy camera.

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Possible pair already?
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[zzyzx85]

wow...20 days.

I just got my first group of free swimming fry. I saw/noticed them for the first time yesterday and the parents were herding them around to forage today.

[bored4]

That's got to be one awesome sight to see, The parents herding the fry around. Mine never come close to being parent raisers.

[SalmonAfrica]

Well done! :) How's about some shots of the proud parents?

[bored4]

They are now a month old! I have moved them to a 10g to start growing out. I now also have a 2nd spawn at the wigglers stage And some peppered cory fry. I had a pair cories i was trying to breed in the 10g before i moved them out and the GBR's in. I will post pictures of the parents when i actually get some decent shots.

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[DavidZ]

nice job

[fish-n-chips]

nice work, they fry are growing out nicely.

[dixienut]

still dibbing on fry,..lol

[ponderingky]

They look great - I am very happy for you. Can't wait till they get bigger and you have a tank full of them.

Great job!

[bored4]

Thanks Everyone!

[pjrichar]

if you run out of room i could make some room for couple in my tanks lol

[Tmobo]

Congrats. My pair just seems to keep eating
Their eggs. Glad yours didn't global with them
Their fun little guys.

[bored4]

It's funny how i can get a better picture making a video than trying to take a still image on the same camera. So ill just post some short videos of the now 7week old fry.

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[bored4]

Andy, Have you had any luck with your EBR's yet?

[Chrisinator]

Awesome baby fish! Congratulations!

[zzyzx85]

that is awesome!

how/what are you feeding them and when (# days after free swimming, etc)? I've been getting fry on a regular basis but I think they're starving. I've got a bunch of java moss in the tank for infusoria, Hikari First Bites, frozen BBS, and I have cultures of micro, Walter, and grindal worms coming. Yes, I am pretty much prepared. lol

[zzyzx85]

^doh, reread the first page and saw what you've fed them.

Thanks. gonna try that with mine.

[bored4]

Yep i just used egg yolk until they could eat freshly hatched brine shrimp, which was only about 5 days. Then the brine shrimp for about a week. I got sick of hatching them. so i switch to micro worms. Now their big enough they can eat anything. I've using kens flakes now. If the flake is to big they just pick at it and break into smaller pieces.

[zzyzx85]

how'd you do the egg yolk? I mean keep it from going bad specifically. did you refridgerate/freeze the unused portion?

[Lady G]

Awwww, they are sooooooo cute!! Great job on saving them!

I love GBR, just can't get any since my fish are African Mbuna's.

[bored4]

how'd you do the egg yolk? I mean keep it from going bad specifically. did you refridgerate/freeze the unused portion?

Yep small zip lock bag in the refrigerator.

[Firemouth858]

Dude your fish are really popping them out haha. :-D

[Firemouth858]

Dude your fish are multiplying like rabbits lol nice job

[saveone]

It is so cool to see them looking like baby GBR...in the beginning all wigglers look the same :o)

[zzyzx85]

well, here's a photo I took of my parent-raising rams.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v251/zzyzx85/aquarium/fish/rams/fry/DSC_4531.jpg

The fry have been free-swimming for 3 days. Feeding them hard boiled egg yolk dissolved in water.

[angel fresh]

Congratulations , This is very nice to see mommy and daddy with their finkids, that is just great.

[Kerry121774]

Oh awesome!!! You've done an excellent job of taking care of them!!!! Congratulations!

[dixienut]

so sweet,.. what kind of water do you keep them in? i had them in the past and they didn't make it long,.. but then again i was a newby,.. but perhaps they didn't like my well water,..

[zzyzx85]

tap water with peat moss, a fairly larg chunk of malaysian driftwood, and play sand substrate (if that affects the water in anyway).

[bored4]

That's Awesome zzyzx85. I wish i had some parent raisers, then i wouldn't have to do all the work.

My water is no way near what everyone else will tell you rams need to be kept in. My well water is medium hard with a ph of 8.2 and that's what my parents breed in and the fry's have been in since day one. I think it all just depends on the pair you have or how much work you put into raising them yourself to be successful.