I wasn't actually planning on breeding this year, since i've been so busy. This weekend I'm actually getting married and having the ceremony and reception wedding at home. So its been a hectic few months getting the house and garden neat and tidy for the big day. A week later i'll be in singapore for another wedding lunch banquet (as we have over seas family members), and plan on having a "mini" honeymoon in thailand for a few days.
Luckily i do have someone house sitting and looking after all my pets, so hopefully these fry will be ok :)
I managed to breed my matte white male with a calico female. I'm really hoping for some decent calico fry as it seems to be very difficult to get ANY locally.
(Above: Freshly laid eggs!)
(Above: Day 3/4 - After adding Methylene Blue to treat the unfirtilised fungused eggs. In this photo you can just see the eyes and spine)
I have also sold my large fibreglass pond. It was just taking up too much space and did not look that nice as i didn't make a base or anything for it. So now i have a full rack system with tanks. i haven't decided what i want to do in terms of filtration yet, so they are just running purely on sponge filters. Also i'm still waiting on getting a 6ft tank to house all my fish, rather than separated 3ft tanks. (they came with the rack)
Heres a video of my system:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw0epYy9P8o
And here are the parents:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I44DCJlXHpY
Since it's been a while since i've posted - here are some extra pics of my fish and tanks! :)
(Above - new set up)
(Above : Red & White female, she hasn't dropped eggs yet but i think she's carrying)
(Above: Cutey pie! Male oranda. In need of a wen trim)
(Above: Tank is too small for this fella :( )
(Above: Calico male , would love to breed from him but he hasn't actually grown much since i got him...)
(hehehe.. wen trim!)
Video on wen trim:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZEa8BdijAQ
