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brokenhalo
06-16-2011, 02:00 PM
Im not in the market for any yet but am doing a pre-browse.
Does anyone know of any rainbow fish breeders? I see some sold for cheap by jax and I like colors that arent in the stores.
anyone can mention a link or anything.
thanks
Jason
EAST_TX_RN
06-16-2011, 02:15 PM
I would check with Jax. He is moving and may have some for sale.
jax
06-16-2011, 03:10 PM
I got my as mops (eggs) and raised them. They take forever to grow though. They were $20 a mop and I got them from somebody on another forum.
rolltide#1
06-16-2011, 03:33 PM
Aquabid is the best place to find eggs and grown rainbowfish especially of the rare sort. Also there are a few rainbowfish forums with a sale section. Also may want to check with Dane at Rift2Reef. He is the only other person that I know that should be able to get hard to find species.
brokenhalo
06-16-2011, 04:46 PM
Jax was saying something about raising his from eggs a post up above.Now are the eggs like brine shrimp sea monkeys,dehydrated and u add water and voila!!!u got babie fish?
rolltide#1
06-16-2011, 05:11 PM
I got some eggs from Gary Lange at the TCA auction. His were in a little vial with about an inch long piece of yarn and some blue water. They have to stay wet for the most part. Everything I have read said to hatch them in a small container like a sandwich container. As they hatch you suck them up with an eye dropper and put them in a small tank with an air stone.

Its pretty basic after that. Clean water and high protein food and 80 degree temp.

I only have four left out of my bunch. There were about 50 eggs. I got twenty wigglers. Then I moved them from a 10g to a 29g. I lost all but four. So much for aclimating.
jax
06-16-2011, 05:16 PM
Mine came in a big yarn mop. I put them in a plastic pond with an airstone and in a few days i had babies. The rainbows are big egg eaters so the put these mops in the tanks so the eggs have a chance. I got about 15 fish from my first try 2 mops and the second batch I got 22 with 2 mops.
brokenhalo
06-17-2011, 12:14 AM
May I ask how much these mops usually run?
rolltide#1
06-17-2011, 06:34 AM
Aquabid. They usually start out at $20.
jax
06-17-2011, 07:24 AM
Yep I paid 20 each
rolltide#1
06-17-2011, 07:31 AM
http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.cgi?fwrainbows&1308524752