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Helene,
I’m sorry if I have caused any confusion.Experience with Wet Spot has been that when say they have Deissneri the fish have been Blue Line…now they have changed the name apparently, but most likley not the fish.
Sorry again if any confusion.
What a mess they used to sell Blue Line as Deissneri. But the thrill is what exactly will you get??? It is usually not any fault of the dealers, so according to Bill’s research I would guess its Blue Line again, only a guess.
Anyway, its way too cold here to risk shipping also.Thank you Bill for doing the extra work!
Jacob,
I can’t answer your question, generaly I have been very pleased with the Wet Spot and even surpised by what I recieved, any paros is a good deal to serve our purpose.Thank You Maurice, and I wish the same to all on this forum. Merry Christmas and Happy New Years to everyone, and may 2015 be a Paros positive year to the forum and its members.
Thank you Bernd, Glad that was brought up again . I remember messing with my first tank of paros everyday trying to get exact readings on everything!! lol Well, in my tank I did not get monsoon Season nor a dry season. The Paros are very tolerent of ph etc. Just the spawning and egg hatching has more specific requirements ranges, that I assume is during the dryer season with less fresh water flushing.
Thank you everyone for these posts on Moina.
Moina were my favorite foods (for the Paros.. ha, ha), followed by brine shrimp and occasioal Black Worms.
I could keep Moina for months by always having a small culture for a back up…and still an eventual total colapse. always I think because of being too eager for more!!!
I would harvest them to a lamp and net when they appeared to be pink or orangish in color. I did use mostly yeast and a small pinch of Spirolena to feed them.Thank you all again for the great tips!
I had that problem several times. The male well guarded the the nest… unless, the eggs spoiled for some reason. I would check the eggs with a flash light once a day. I believe my problem was probably water parameters, of some sort. This was with PARVULUS and keeping the low pH stable…. seemed to be a common problem with them.
Checking the brood with a light never seemed to bother him if done quickly. The breeding cave was placed near the front of the tank and facing out for easy observations. If the eggs are fertile, they will check good for a day or two before seeing spoilage…if not fertile they spoil quickly…. in hours.
From my experiences.
Yes, stop the panic, gently add a few plants for the female better to hide in. This is their first spawning, they need peace from outside of the tank too. The male will protect the nest.
Later get the other female out and keep that pair in the tank. If this spawning fails, don’t worry they will spawn again soon.
You are doing just fine. If your cave is facing you, on occasion shine a light into the cave to see eggs or fry. Even in dark water they should show….don’t do it too often as to not panic the male guardian… of course pictures would be great but not as important as successful spawns.
Hi Jennifer, I think you will find that ornicaudata and parvulus are very similar in size and to be “small” paros even as adults. As they color up more to adulthood, they will be easy to identify which species you have. Male parvulus will have red markings on his dorsal and anal fins and the ornicaudata will show a red flame to some degree on his caudal fin.
Thank you Helene, I’m looking forward to “restarting” again, at least with those little parvulus. I had 6 spwnings but no hatch… now thats a challenge.
Thank you, I can certainly give that a try, even though what I have is very fine and similar to sand maybe twice the size of sand granules and doesn’t even cover the bottom completely. I try to keep the tanks clear of any dead plants and the brown bottoms off the Java moss.
I only have a very thin layer of small inert gravel,,, the fish were having trouble catching Moina…were chasing the the reflections off the bottom of the tank.
Do I need thick substrate?? I guess I dont get it yet, with no or little bacteria present, nothing cleans the amonia. Java moss is not a heavey feeder, and I’m trying to keep the tanks simple.
I also do have a small sponge filter bubbler to keep slight water movement in the tanks…and to keep a better gas exchange…but, all seems to be failing.
