Mick.. Thanks for the GREAT info there! really awesome of you to post this..
if you have these fish and want to breed them this is my method,
the tank need not be more than a 2 gallon tank, decor i use is a sponge-filter and a clump of java moss, the base can be kept bare so you can see the eggs, which are minute and amber in colour,
place the conditioned pair in the tank the night before you intend to breed them, they breed when the morning sun hits the tank.
the water parameters are as follows temp 72-74, ph 6.4, gh 3-4.
once they have spawned remove the pair, the eggs take 24-36 hours to hatch and a further 72 hour when the fry should be free swimming, the first food should be infusoria for 3 days then bbs until big enough to take chopped tubifex or grindal worms, which should be in about three weeks after hatching.
ive bred two other kinds of neolebias and the trilins are by far the best growers they reach 1 cm in lenght after only 3 weeks, i will post some pics when my wife resizes them.
the best of luck to anyone who has a go at breeding them.
regards mick
Mick.. Thanks for the GREAT info there! really awesome of you to post this..
Mick, we don't see Neolebias at all here.
That said, great info there, I'll be saving it somewhere on a Word file.
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well lads never say never, you might see them sooner than you think, hopefully.
cheers ,mick
Mick, I hope so too.
Neolebias powelli are just way too cute to pass up on.
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ive just heard that quite possibly they might have arrived here, through a mate of a mate, there are some that have come to my lfs, i hope they are the poweli, if so i will be getting as many as can afford, have never seen one in real life.
cheers, mick
The large majority of them Neolebias almost always make their way to markets in Japan and Germany I think. So most of us blokes won't ever see them, unless we're willing to pay top dollar for them critters.
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sh, if they ae coming over they will be eu fish
heres a couple of pix of the youngsters now they are looking more like the parents.
Last edited by mickthefish; 19th Dec 2005 at 00:51.
Looking good Mick, excellent job with the fish.
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