DJay Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 (edited) Hi All, You'll have to pardon the bad pics but I thought I'd post a few shots of some of my Galaxy Rasbora fry. They're slowly starting to change from super microscopic to just microscopic , which makes trying to get even a half decent shot (with a less than brilliant camera) really tough. Right now I only have about a dozen or so but they've not been difficult to get them to spawn so hopefully I'll have more for the future. Anyway I hope you enjoy them ... really they're in there, look closely . DJay Edited March 8, 2011 by DJay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGr8Blade Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 (edited) OMG! That is way too cool! :thumbs: Please share on what you did like water/temp/etc? AMAZING pictures! :thumbs: Good job! Edited March 21, 2007 by TheGr8Blade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Chicklets Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 (edited) Now you will have to share how you got them to spawn for the other people who have them. The more people breeding the better for what's left of the wild stock. Edited December 2, 2007 by Sam Chicklets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osprey Posted March 22, 2007 Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 Awesome! It's so good to hear success stories with these fish. Keep us posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallisneria Posted March 22, 2007 Report Share Posted March 22, 2007 Wow thats great! Congrats on the spawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BooUrns! Posted December 1, 2007 Report Share Posted December 1, 2007 I know this is a bit of post resurrection but I was wondering how your breeding program was coming along? Any new pix of the lil darlings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJay Posted December 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 Just saw this. I ended up keeping about a dozen or so of the last spawn. They have grown up quite nicely and the males have colored up decently. I've been thinking about making a more serious effort to get a new generation (F2) out of these as my original adults (I assume wild caught) have all expired. I'm not sure if the reason the adults didn't survive longer was because they were fairly old when I got them, if they naturally have a shorter lifespan, or if they simply didn't last because of something I did (or didn't do). I'll try to get a few shots in the next couple of days. DJay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingin' It Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 Bump for those interested Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sierra Posted January 26, 2011 Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 I hope this guy is still on here lol 2007... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BettaFishMommy Posted January 26, 2011 Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 I hope this guy is still on here lol 2007... profile says they were last active yesterday at 9:05 pm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sierra Posted January 26, 2011 Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 Yeah I later found all his galaxys in the buy and sell looks like he got rid of them. I'll shoot him a pm and see if he remembers the set up he had when they were breeding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJay Posted January 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 Sorry for the lack of response until now. Although I visit, I don't often have time to post. I keep mainly poison dart frogs and only have a few tanks filled with water My galaxy rasbora set up was pretty straight forward although the tank itself that they were in was a little unusual. They were in a long and low, 1970's metal framed, slate bottomed tank of about 5 or 6 gallons (a guess). Probably about 18 inches long and 6 inches high (again, a guess). Good old Edmonton tap water, no substrate, just the slate bottom. Conditioned males and females primarily with Hikari blood worms and brine shrimp and some flake food on occasion. Lots of java moss on the bottom and a few chunks of Anubias barteri/nana. From what I remember (it was a while ago) after a few days of heavy feeding I'd either take out the parents or partition them off in the tank (the cool think about this old tank is that it has slots in the metal frame to slide in pieces of glass to section it off ... perhaps it was originally designed to hold bettas?) I'd start to see fry after a few days and begin feeding infusoria and then microworms. I had bred Microrasbora erythromicron (a similar looking fish) in the same way and so it really wasn't too problematic. Wish I had some secret to success that I could report but it seemed pretty uncomplicated at the time Any questions that pop up, feel free to ask. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanGofCalgary Posted January 27, 2011 Report Share Posted January 27, 2011 Any questions that pop up, feel free to ask. :thumbs: Thanks for the info! As I am sure Galaxy rasboras haven't changed their breeding behaviour in the last 3 years, this information is as valid today as it would have been then. Nice to know that they will spawn in our rock hard waters of the majority of Alberta! I wasn't aware that Galaxy rasboras were in a precarious position in the wild. Anyone in Alberta breeding them, or seen them around the LFS? Good thread. Thanks Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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