PaleofishG need your help.

[Pamelajo]

Hi I was referred to you by someone at another site.  He tells me you are very helpful when it comes to breeding boeseami rainbows.
I have six 2 males and 4 females in a tank with a homemade mop.  Have seen them do the mating dance and the male kinda squish her towards the mop but have never seen her release any eggs.  I usually check the mop after seeing this before they get eaten.

Also might be interested in one of your prefilled egg mops until I can get mine going.
I have tried frozen blood worms and water changes, nothing.  Am slowly raising the heat to see if that works.
Thanks for any help in advance.

[PaleoFishGirl]

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[zapisto]

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hmmm
think everybody would be interested to see the answer 
at least me

[Woody]

Me too.

[PaleoFishGirl]

Ok you snoopy people   Here's what I replied:

I have never had any problems getting my rainbows to breed.  If you see them doing 'the dance,' then I am 98% sure they are laying eggs.  Try leaving the mop in the tank for a couple of days or a week, then check for eggs.  The eggs are *really* tiny and tough to see.

Keep feeding them bloodworms, it seems to really increase the number of eggs they lay.  The regular water changes are also a great idea.

I am currently loading a mop for someone else (that's you, Zapisto), but hopefully he'll pick it up in a week or so (I like to leave them in for at least 2 weeks).  I can definitely make you one after that.

I feed mine vinegar eels (they're super tiny) and powdered fry food (Hikari First Bites and Golden Pearls fry food).  Baby brine shrimp might even be a bit too large for the fry.

[zapisto]

PaleoFishGirl , thanks
i have a question, about the eggs , are they like killies eggs (not all but most of them) ?
i mean  can you remove the move from the water and look for eggs ? no dammage ?

and can theese eggs can be manipulate ? like killies ?

nice , i will try an other species

[PaleoFishGirl]

I take the mops out of the water and look for eggs - apparently the eggs are quite resilient. I haven't tried manipulating them but I don't think it would be a problem.

I don't know anything about killifish eggs, sorry

[pegasus]

Some killie fish eggs can be shipped dry or humid but not the rainbows. Shipping a mop should be fine if there was occasional mouvement of the bags. Eggs are very susceptible to lack of aeration of their membrane.

[zapisto]

Some killie fish eggs can be shipped dry or humid but not the rainbows. Shipping a mop should be fine if there was occasional mouvement of the bags. Eggs are very susceptible to lack of aeration of their membrane.

Nice to Know
but i am wondering how theese fellow who love rainbow ship eggs around the world so often...