This is an awesome tank! I need to add a few more things to my CPD tank by the looks. I have plenty of babies but I do it the hard way collecting the eggs. I think some more density down in the back areas will probably do it! Great video!

@AguabonitaAquatics

Жыл бұрын

Thanks. That tank is a steady stream of CPD. About a week after I made the video I took most of the larger CPD fry out (I was completely cleaned out of sellable CPD and need to grow some out quick), gave a friend all the little CPD from it to grow for his aquarium maintenance business he is setting up and also started harvesting the teeny tiny CPD daily to grow out faster in dedicated tanks. It didn't take long to accumulate enough teeny tiny fry for my current purposes (I was getting about 5-10 free swimming CPD per day). So I stopped harvesting a while back and I'm back to multiple size classes and survival of the fittest, which I think helps to keep my breeding stock strong as well. I have a similar process for furcatus and luminatus blue eyes as well, so I've been accumulating footage and will put together videos for those setups soon. Lots of entertainment for me in the fishroom and I'm starting to figure out the editing software (videopad video editor) which is a lot of fun too. Really enjoy your videos, you do a great job with them!

@IndoorEcosystem

Жыл бұрын

@@AguabonitaAquatics Thanks for the really detailed reply! I'm going to try to emulate what I can your your CPD tank, it seems to be working really really well. Looking forward to seeing more and more content from you! Editing is one of those things that is fun but will drive you mad at the same time 🤣I'm using Premiere Pro but have been really tempted to switch to Davinci Resolve.

@AguabonitaAquatics

Жыл бұрын

@@IndoorEcosystem lol, I'm locked in the basement for a month recovering from surgery, the detail is going to level up!

@IndoorEcosystem

Жыл бұрын

@@AguabonitaAquatics I'll be keeping an eye out on what's to come! Take it easy! Don't work too hard!

@colinmccallum5884

9 ай бұрын

How long does it take you to get your fry to adult size , I just received a bunch but can't wait to see them that size and colors of yours.

Smart feeding strategy, I have used the same thinking quite often. Mostly when working in a pet store actually. There you sometimes need to mix fast schooling fish with slow eaters, like tetras with Apistos. When feeding, I first put in some flakes, and the tetras would go wild at the surface. Then I would feed the Apistos some thawed frozen food with an improvised syringe, so they got their food right at the bottom.

@AguabonitaAquatics

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Joker you've given me a potential nudge in the right direction, if necessary. I recently purchased a bucket list fish, corydoras geryi, primarily because they were available. The timing was perfect in one way, but not so much in terms of where I need to house them in the short term. They are fired up and we believe ready to spawn, but are being housed with about 80 ravenous pseudomugil furcatus grow-outs. The next time there is a low pressure, I will do the usual feeding schedule and sneak in a bunch of white worms with a turkey baster at the bottom for the geryi while the furcatus are pre-occupied with BBS a day or so prior to the front passing. Not looking for a perfect egg harvest, more so to see if I can get them to spawn as I am going to be real challenged to raise the fry. Lol, it's perfect to have 3 months off to admire and play with new fishes, but its three months of post-surgical healing. Crutches are fiercely slowing me down right... it will get better. Thanks again, for sparking an idea. I would LOVE to get some fry from the geryi, as my friends are super jealous and I would LOVE to hook them up... one of the most striking fish I have ever kept, beautiful creatures! I'll post some video in a fishroom update as soon as I can move around better.

@jokervienna6433

Жыл бұрын

@@AguabonitaAquatics sounds good! Of course, the best is not to keep those fish together, but sometimes there are not many alternatives. A friend of mine have bread over 60 Cory-species, and I have learned from him that most of them are actually pretty straight forward. A low pressure can surely help (and for wild caught, checking out the rain period in their habitat), good feeding of course, then also some big water changes (cooler water) and an extra pump (quite powerful), turned towards one of the sides of the tank. Many will lay their eggs in the most extreme water flow. Another tip is to add a spawning mop, some species prefer to lay the eggs there. All the best with your healing and the breeding!

@AguabonitaAquatics

Жыл бұрын

@@jokervienna6433 thanks, cool water changes and mop are on board... or at least as many water changes as my wife is willing to do until I can, lol. Haven't used a big pump before, sounds like a good idea if I don't get results in the near future.

Great videos. I don't have CPDs yet, still setting up the tank for them, and trying to research as much as I can to successfully raise some fry. Ideally I'd like to get it working for them like this. Are the micro-worms live?

@AguabonitaAquatics

Жыл бұрын

Thanks. Yes, microworms are alive and super easy to culture. Use the oatmeal and yeast method and refresh about every three weeks before they get their stank on. Keep two or three cultures going in case one crashes.

Thank you for uploading an update! Love the setup. I have a 10 gallon planted tank with CPDs, Ember Tetras, and about 20 Cherry shrimp. I've only had 1 individual CPD fry make it to adulthood. I'm wondering if they are eating their own eggs, since I can see pregnant females from time to time, but no new fry in months. Would the Tetras eat their eggs? Or the shrimp perhaps?

@AguabonitaAquatics

Жыл бұрын

Cpd and tetras are super hard on fry; cherry shrimp are fry and egg safe (there are a few in my tank, but I rarely see them). I was actually surprised when this tank started producing fry without intervention. The thickness of the plants allowed a few fry to survive, but the real difference maker was when I increased feeding, especially live foods. Not only does it make the adult CPD full and not as likely to chase fry, it also makes them produce more eggs!

Do u have co2 in all of ur tanks?..coz all of ur plants are crazy amazing. How do u do it?

@AguabonitaAquatics

Жыл бұрын

No CO2, 95% fish waste. I have to add root tabs directly under lotus and some higher end crypts that I'm nervous about (i.e., pink flamingo, silver queen, green gecko). They are almost all grow out tanks so heavy feeding, high bioload. Lights are mostly led low to moderate, a couple of florescent relics and all on for 15 hrs a day, except 90 and 37 corner are 12, stronger lights. My favourite inexpensive light is Hygger 24/7 so far... there is a Fluval 3.0 on the 90, too deep for anything cheaper. Temp is primarily 70 (in-floor heating), but there are a few 74-82. Water change 25% a week. All have malaysian trumpet snails, ramshorn and pond snails, most have neo shrimps. Ph 7.8 EC 200 - 350 mg/l. All substrates are not dirted, just bio accumulated, all gravel is vacuumed where not planted and there is one sand tank that I vacuum a lot, it has been tough to stabilize, remove more nutrient looks really good, don't do it looks bad, gets hair algae. I could add a faster growing plant, but it's on an old florescent that doesn't cast light to all corners, eventually it will be replaced. I would say that the primary reason they look good is they get a lot of love and attention, diligent hair algae control and dialed in feeding... lot of live food, so not as much food waste. Also, every tank has started out quite heavily planted, it makes a tremendous difference; they stabilize super fast. Almost forgot duckweed is almost everywhere... it responds to nutrient excess rapidly and is a good gauge as to whether or not I am overfeeding/have too many fish in a tank. Some tanks you see none other tanks it is prevalent. I leave it in or remove some depending on which way I think the nutrient balance has shifted. It's quite helpful and my goldfish love it. Just like the snail super helpful for algae control and my loaches and puffer love 'em. Thanks for liking my tanks and giving me an excuse to go on about them, lol.

What are the long leaved plants on the far right?

@AguabonitaAquatics

Жыл бұрын

Crypt lutea. It looks different depending on how much light it is getting... the right hand side crypts are reaching for the light, big time.