L134 fry

[bikerman6660]

After the eggs were kicked out initially I saw another bunch of eggs from the original spawn still in the cave. These also started to be kicked out as they were hatching so I put the remailing eggs in the god old Ikea fry saver:clap:

these are two days later

and these were taken today

 

[Irene0100]

brilliant, well done, they are not as easy to breed as some people think.
well I find them difficult!

 

[thegeeman]

Most Excellent Biker :clap::clap:

Well done them

Cheers

thegeeman

 

[816johnv]

Very nice well done mate :clap:

 

[bikerman6660]

People have asked about spawning triggers and I replied I never did anything having given up on them a few months ago but I,ve just remembered in the summer I tipped a small bottle of the welsh wizards magic water in there so maybe this is what has triggered them ( just took a bit of time to work) :clap:

 

[Sid]

Awesome , i like the L134s like

 

[YSR50]

People have asked about spawning triggers and I replied I never did anything having given up on them a few months ago but I,ve just remembered in the summer I tipped a small bottle of the welsh wizards magic water in there so maybe this is what has triggered them ( just took a bit of time to work) :clap:

same here, once I gave up on them and let them be is when they started. :woohoo:

 

[Irene0100]

I wonder if the nights drawing in now makes a difference?

 

[bikerman6660]

I,m convinced its a seasonal thing Irene as on several occasions I,ve had wild caught fish spawn at this time of year
So get going on yours with lots of water changes you never know!

 

[Irene0100]

yes , air pressure started dropping yesterday and today, so I am carrying buckets of cold water everywhere! lol.

 

[thegeeman]

Without doubt frogs are a seasonal spawner. I am not convinced this is true for Hypans. I am still not totally convinced air pressure has an influence on spawning BUT I am now recording the pressure(Irene got me thinking)when mine spawn and will see if there is a pattern over the next 12 months.

Cheers

thegeeman

 

[Mark]

leopard frogs

Well done bikerman.
I agree with the other posts, despite the hype these seem to be a tricky species to get going. I've got a group of 8 whoppers, which I've had for 18 months in a 40g tank on their own with great filtration and flow, loads of caves and hidey-holes, top notch feeding and no succesful spawns yet.

There's been around 4 or 5 trappings, and there are definately a good mix of m/f. No reason why they shouldn't spawn, I hope the change in weather helps.

Good luck in raising the fry,
Mark.

 

[BluE SnipeR]

You are blessed bikerman.:clap:

 

[bikerman6660]

I,ve just noticed something this week not sure how important it is but I turned the light off at that end of the fishroom where the fry are to reduce any stress and with the slightly dimmer conditions the adults seem a lot more relaxed and out and about more maybe this would help them spawn? just a thought

 

[scatz]

i think all the factors from a wet season will help, reduced light, cooler water, faster flow, more food and changes in air pressure. hopefully over time, with the breeding logs, we'll be able to find the best way to recreate the whole effect

 

[Mark]

triggers

After posting this morning it got me thinking and I taped a bin bag on the front glass to reduce light and disturbance from me! When a fish-keeping friend popped round this afternoon I peeked under the cover and a male was trapping - could be co-incidence. I don't get too excited about them trapping because no results so far after half a dozen occurrences, but you never know.

As it happens I also did a big water change and put a new 2500 l/h powerhead in there 2 days ago. Only they know when they're ready!

Mark.

 

[YSR50]

Without doubt frogs are a seasonal spawner...

Mine started In January and have been breeding about every 5 weeks up until 1.5 months ago. Not sure if it has anything to do with seasonal or the fact that I moved a powerhead about 2 months ago to try and get the other side of the tank going. It also might have something to do with over crowding. I miss a few fry out of ever batch and they're starting to fill the tank.

The lights are on a timer, 7:30am-9pm then it switches to blue lights 9pm-7:30am.

 

[thegeeman]

Mine started In January and have been breeding about every 5 weeks up until 1.5 months ago. Not sure if it has anything to do with seasonal or the fact that I moved a powerhead about 2 months ago to try and get the other side of the tank going. It also might have something to do with over crowding. I miss a few fry out of ever batch and they're starting to fill the tank.

The lights are on a timer, 7:30am-9pm then it switches to blue lights 9pm-7:30am.

Well that kind of puts some doubt on the seasonal thing then:lol:

hmmmmm light. Well all my tanks are in my shed and I hardly ever put the actually tank lights on but instead have 4 spotlights on a strip that produce a sort of dusk light. They are on 12ish hours a day and most tanks of spawning plecs in them.

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,
Quote "The lights are on a timer, 7:30am-9pm then it switches to blue lights 9pm-7:30am."

I'd turn the blue lights of for most of the night, although they may be dim and in a blue wavelength, I'm sure the fish will be able to see them.

How about having the blue lights on for an hour or 2 after the tank light go off, and then from 7.00 until the tank lights come on.

cheers Darrel

 

[Irene0100]

with lights on a timer you can gradually change the light exposure to fool them what season it is.
good luck Mark, maybe I will try more cover arounf some of my tanks.