In 2014 i have a couple of goals to build off of last years bluegill spawn
1) keep the larva alive and grow them into feed trained juveniles 2) cross RESxBG or BGxRES
I have set up some Bg and RES in my 100 gallon aquarium, set the light to 16 hours on 8 off and added an aquarium heater to bring the water up to and maintain it at 78 degres. it would usually stay at about 70. I will probably post some pictures so i can get you guys to help verify i have male BG;s and female res.. or i may need to swap some fish around to make better breeding pairs.
meanwhile, in my 60 gallon aquarium where i am keeping only feed trained res, one of the res males built a nest and today i noticed some eggs/larva in his nest.
The big male RES is the one closest to the nest and kind of facing me, I think the other 5 or 6 fish are all female res but i am not sure. He seems to always face me like i am a threat.
The nest
a closeup of the eggs. they are moving and jumping around but not swimming.
as for keeping the larva alive this time i have a multi-pronged approach where i keep some in different tanks and try different approaches. 1) I am moving some aquaponics water into a 100 gallon stock tank outside. Hopefully it has time to algae bloom a little before the larva start swimming. 2) I acquired some spirulina powder. I plan to try to get them to eat this. 3) i bought a mixture of daphnia, fairyshrimp and clamshrimp eggs a few months ago. I am going to get that culture started today so i can add zooplanton.
moving pictures showing same stuff as above with my hick voice talking
