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Rodders02

Member Since 08 Oct 2015
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#366867 Umbee/speckled Monsters

Posted by Rodders02 on 17 November 2018 - 12:01 PM

His male died and he sold the female to the OP


#364721 Senegal Birchirs

Posted by Rodders02 on 18 January 2018 - 11:55 AM

They’re a very unique fish.

Jules - I’ve passed them on to a mate who is going to give breeding a crack, will probably get them back at some stage.


#364582 Pleco Id

Posted by Rodders02 on 06 January 2018 - 11:48 PM

L134?


#364434 Saratoga

Posted by Rodders02 on 19 December 2017 - 09:34 PM

There's a bloke over east selling for $60 and can ship, only problem is shipping is $150 + quarantine... so would need to do a group buy


#364003 Bichir Breeding

Posted by Rodders02 on 07 November 2017 - 05:52 PM

Hi all, thought Id document on my success in breeding tiger bichirs (polypterus endlicheri).

The pair consists of a male and a female (duh) with the female being roughly 45cm and 3.5 years old, and the male being 35-40cm and 3.5 years old.

I added grass mats which are key to breeding lower jaw species such as senegals, but I dont believe that they had much of an impact with the tigers as the eggs were scattered all over the tank. As you do with most species, I tried to re-create their natural environment by adding lots of real plants and cover.

The breeding was then simulated after heavy and varied feeding and a big cold water change. The breeding period lasted for around 4 days where they were continuously laying eggs with a total of 900+ eggs being laid in total.

I collected as many eggs as I could and separated them from the parents (the parents will eat the eggs). I placed the eggs in a small breeding box right near the a wavemaker so that there was water flowing over them continuously to prevent the growth of fungus.

Around 25 of the 900+ eggs hatched, this was most likely due to the male being inexperienced with fertilising the eggs so hopefully next time I get a larger number to hatch. The fry then hatched after 3 days and they were approximately 5-7mm long. They fed off their yolksack for the next week. After this week had passed I began feeding baby brine shrimp. However it became too hard for me too hatch enough brine for 3+ feedings a day as I am too busy (only just found out that aquotix sold frozen bb), so I switched to feeding crushed up (under the mortar and pestle) blood worms and daphnia. Quite a few of them started eating instantly and the ones that didnt eat died at around 6-7 day mark. I had approximately 12 fry that were readily taking the food and had grown a considerable amount. The fry were around 2cm and 2 weeks old when I had a power outage overnight which unfortunately killed all of them.
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#363993 What’S Up With Gumtree?

Posted by Rodders02 on 07 November 2017 - 09:31 AM

Yes Think it’s been resolved could admin please delete the post now. Thanks


#363821 Boring As Bat

Posted by Rodders02 on 28 October 2017 - 10:27 AM

Bred my bichir pair lol


#363396 Rays!

Posted by Rodders02 on 18 September 2017 - 10:32 PM

Nice! What are you feeding them?

Both males?


#363258 Turtles

Posted by Rodders02 on 08 September 2017 - 09:13 PM

Pm me


#363056 Gumtree Ad

Posted by Rodders02 on 20 August 2017 - 07:28 PM

https://www.gumtree....sale/1157377295

1. Oscar is tropical, goldfish cold water
2. Surprised oscar hasn't killed goldfish in that size tank
3. The fish is 2 years old and 15cm.... wtf


#362639 Wtb: Neo Ater

Posted by Rodders02 on 20 July 2017 - 02:56 PM

Might be heading that way soon anyway, cheers guys


#362582 Silver Cobbler

Posted by Rodders02 on 17 July 2017 - 05:40 PM

Haha you sure it wasn't a little freshwater croc? Never heard of Saratoga in the kimberleys, would be great if they are there!
 
I caught kimblerley mogurnda at el questro in a saucepan!

Haha you know it could have been an Asian aro ;). Aww nice I didn't even think of trying to catch them!

Those longtoms would make cool fish in a massive tank I reckon. Especially to live feed. A pile of Neos in a stream reminds me of a post I saw on Facebook a while ago, which sounds similar..:
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They're bloody aggressive, dunno if I'd trust one in my tank! Oh that's awesome, no where near as many as that where I saw them.


#362569 Silver Cobbler

Posted by Rodders02 on 17 July 2017 - 07:40 AM

Unfortunately I just got back. Did go fishing in the creeks and rivers however and caught a truckload of species including barramundi, archerfish (huge), salmontail catfish, sooty grunter, mouth almighty and tandanus. I was positive I saw a 60cm+ Saratoga swimming along the surface, no photo evidence though haha. One of the other species we caught in lake argyle was the giant glass perch which I'll just find a photo of.
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#362559 Silver Cobbler

Posted by Rodders02 on 16 July 2017 - 08:24 PM

For those who were interested, caught some nice silver cobbler at lake argyle last week, also got some nasty freshwater longtoms.

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#362309 Silver Cobbler

Posted by Rodders02 on 26 June 2017 - 05:51 PM

I'm heading up to lake argyle next week :/
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