Tomatoe/Ocellaris breeding!

they will be for sale soon. There just about an inch. I need to buy heatpacks and boxes to ship them. I have a list of people that want them ill add you to the list if youd like.
For those of you already on the list ill contact you via PM when its time cause i dont want this thread to turn into a for sale thread :)
 
I see all of them except one seem to have 2 stripes..the other has 3. Is this the only one with 3 stripes? Do they all look the same except that one? Do they have black lining the stripes? & what size do you all think they will take on...mom's or dads?

Sorry for so many questions..I've been following this tread forever and am just amazed every time you update us!
 
It will be interesting to see if they lose their second stripe as they get older like tomatoes. Might look really cool with just the circular head bar.
 
Tiger your added!

Jovreefer. Ill answer as best i can :)
All of them have the first bar. Most have the second bar or atleast part of it (kinda like a misbar)
A few have the third bar but the broad majority fall into the 2 or almost 2 bars. Itll be interesting to see if the second bar disapears as the mature.
I have no idea what the end result of them will be. You giys will all know as i go thru this and update with pictures :)
They all appear to have black lining there stripes as of now.
I think i answered all your questions but if you have more feel free to ask :) I think this is just as cool as everyone following this thread does. :)
Chris
 
Not much new on the updates other than there growing nicely :) Ill put up some new pics in the next few days!
 
Hi everyone, chris, my onyx just laid eggs, I looked at those pictures of the "larva snagger" but just didn't understand what's going on.

Can u tell me how to build one?
 
Sure thing. Go buy a reusable Mr Coffee coffee filter. The cut the top and bottom off of a 2 liter soda bottle. Glue (silicone)the coffee filter onto the soda bottle and your all set. :)
 
What!?
well, first off i'm from ISRAEL so we don't have "mr coffee filters" here.
secondly, i don't even understand how it works
 
Hmmm Ok ill explain. You drop a small powerhead into the soda bottle. It pumps water out of the tank you want to collect fry in. You put that tank at the same level as the parent tank. You use a J tube to siphon water out of the parent tank and into the fry tank. The light placed at the bottom of the J tube (on outside of tank) Attracts the fry to the J tube and they get sucked up into the fry tank. There is a picture of a fry snagger in this thread posted by someone that may shed a little light onto what i just wrote. As for the coffee filter get whatever brand coffee pot filter that they sell there. As long as its reusable the brand doesnt matter. I hope this helps you and doesnt totally confuse you. Im not great at explaining things but im sure someone else will that can explain it better than i can :)
 
ok, i see.
but how do you synch the water coming using syphon and the pump that flows water out.

you can't control the syphon, you could either get a stronger current from the syphon then u need and the pump won't keep up and u get over flowed.

or you can get a weak syphon and then the pump pumps too fast and gets dried out.

or is there something i don't understand?
 
The pump will control the syphon. Once the fry tank reaches the level of the parent tank the flow will be governed by the powerhead. Youll want to use a small powerhead so you dont rocket the fry ino the tank :)
 
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