Atyopsis moluccensis Carrying Eggs!

AnneRiceBowl · Post by **AnneRiceBowl** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 6:13 am

LOL...No way am I shipping zoes. Whether or not Mother Nature is tough on them or not in the wild is not the same as what I would purposely put the little guys through. There may be many zoes hatched in the wild, but there are only a few zoes hatched or that will be hatched in my aquarium, which leaves little room for error or intentional "flubbing" up. I think their trips in the vortex of the turkey baster is enough stress for them in my miniature version of Nature.

So, I know we got off topic here, but a little side conversation is okay, but let's keep the foucs on the project.

AnneRiceBowl · Post by **AnneRiceBowl** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 5:23 am

I found another female carrying eggs last night!!!!!! I am going tomorrow to get the RO water and getting the tank set up tomorrow night. Time to get the ball rolling on this project!

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 7:44 am

Busy, busy time but isn't it so exciting

? Hope everything goes well!

AnneRiceBowl · Post by **AnneRiceBowl** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 6:26 am

I haven't asked a relatively important question: What do the zoes look like????

badflash · Post by **badflash** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 7:58 am

They look like tiny little upside down sea horses.
Here is a bad picture of amano zoes. Yours will likely look similar:

AnneRiceBowl · Post by **AnneRiceBowl** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 2:09 pm

Awesome! Thanks badflash! I thought I had zoes this morning (I think my my mind was still in Dream Land from lack of coffee

). lol

AnneRiceBowl · Post by **AnneRiceBowl** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 6:52 am

Someone posted this on another forum, and just wanted to add it here for my future reference.

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 8:57 am

Thanks for the link! Have you been using this "French Person's" breeding technique?

AnneRiceBowl · Post by **AnneRiceBowl** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 3:08 am

Eh....well, I've never owned Amanos to attempt to raise the zoes, so no. lol To my understanding, this guy used Mike's methods.

Neonshrimp · Post by **Neonshrimp** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 8:43 am

Whoops, sorry for the misunderstaning. with all the talk about zoes and then the new link posted I got a little "zoe" confused

Thanks again for the link. How are things going with your egg hatching?

AnneRiceBowl · Post by **AnneRiceBowl** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 9:04 am

Well, still waiting on the eggs to hatch. I've got 2 tanks set up and ready to go for when they do hatch.

AnneRiceBowl · Post by **AnneRiceBowl** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 4:15 am

So, I am expecting a hatching soon! The last time I posted that a female is/was carrying eggs was on October 20. Today is November 12, so it should be soon! The tanks are ready!

AnneRiceBowl · Post by **AnneRiceBowl** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 2:35 pm

Alright, here we go.

The specific garvity (I'll use SG from now on) in tank #1 is 1.012 to 1.013. Is this too high or too low?

Post by **Mustafa** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 4:36 pm

It's a good start. You'll have to experiment with salinity (and a bunch of other variables) for a while to find the optimum for this species and for your own setup.

AnneRiceBowl · Post by **AnneRiceBowl** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 6:24 pm

That's what I was thinking. That, and maybe set up tank #2 with a higher salinity.