Do you have balloon Molly?

Thanks for the great info.

Great stuff, Harlan. I wanted to add my experience on MF ratios... I have successfully bred Praecox and Bosemani and each time I only use a single pair. With the Praecox, which are obviously a bit smaller, I got roughly 50 eggs every sunday for 6 weeks straight. Now I have pulled my first Bosemani eggs and I didn't even wait the full week. I pulled two days shy because I was home today and saw the pair spawning all morning until about noon. I saw so many eggs I decided to pull and see. I counted 93 healthy eggs and about a dozen bad ones. This is my first batch of bosemani so I don't know if that is normal to have that many unfertilized ones. The praecox maybe gave me one or two per 50. I just wanted to add my experience as some people like myself might not have the capacity to get hundreds and hundred per week. One single pair will spawn just fine and still get a substantial amount of eggs weekely. Hope this helps anyone! Keep up the videos, Harlan! - From Florida

You make it sound all so simple Harlan! 😆😆Another excellent video.

Learning something new everyday from KZbin fishkeeps!

Amazing videography! Cool camera angles

Awesome video. I love your video format an was wondering if you could make one for corydoras?

Great project, Harlan! Curious - do (or did) you ever use green water for the fry? Is it suitable for fry this small? Or is it just not worth it? Thanks mate. ~Ron

great video Harlan !

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0:53 I thought the power outlet was IN the tank for a second. Hahaa

Hi harlen i think you might want to look at changing the settings of your microphone as it is peaking and i cant really listen to this as its to harsh on my ears sorry, love your videos keep it up just thought you should know

When u do a water vhange do u have to let coral raise the ph of the water going in, or is that overthinking it. Just take a bit out and add fresh water out of tap?

They can also carry the larvae of murder hornets like they did a few years ago.

How do you combat infection or gut worms in live bearers

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Great, easy DIY project, Harlan. I’m going to throw in my two cents if I may. For the hanger, I’ve been using the typical vinyl clad copper electrical wire. The stuff you’d wire a house with. The vinyl covering on the wire keeps it from corroding. Beyond that - I love it! A question: what king of air pump are you using? And are you using the black, poly pipe for drip irrigation for your main air loop? Thanks, Mate! ~Ron

Great video, Harlan! I’ve got a male and four females of wild type Molly from the Colorado River near to where I live here in Southern California. They really are spectacular looking. I’ve had them for about a year now and the still haven’t spawned. 😒 I have some Mickey Mouse Platys that won’t stop spawning. 😁 I quit trying to separate out the gravid female and instead put a load of guppy grass in the tanks. That way there’s plenty of cover for the fry as well as a continual food source for them to pick at as they grow. Always love your videos! Keep ‘em coming, Mate! Cheers! ~Ron

Adding salt to your tank is said to assist injuries to heal. help the slime coat on fish to form, improve gill function, inhibit the absorption of nitrate and kill some fish parasites. But salt may adversely affect tank plants and snails.

Hey Harlan, nice runthrough of the setup. One little hack I used was to use the base that was cut off the bottle and once you have added in the eggs, throw that base on the top as a partial lid to help reduce evaporation. I ended up giving up on the dual cap setup due to egg clogs during extraction, ended up going full bodgy bros and changed back to default screw on cap, got a piece of bamboo zip tied the airline onto it to feed air from top down, use the same line for extraction so not too bad until you get a mouth full 😂 Also I ended up using whipper snipper cord for the loop rather than fishing wire or metal wires... figured that has to be strong enough and had plenty of it around.

Hey Harlan what are your results mixing colour morphs? I have had mixed results especially when adding black into the mix. Had some grey fish as well as some interesting mixes of colour.

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Mollies are a good staple of the hobby. You need to show us what else you have in those tanks.

Nice looking fish indeed ! I have a female pineapple swordtail and one big neon swordtail, the male doesn't seem to be interested in the female. I never seen him bread her. Is it normal or should I get a male pineapple ?

Good video Harlan, explained it very well. I just setup mine this past weekend. Still getting the hang of it.

Another nice vid Harland. Instead of fishing line you can use bonsai wire. It is sturdy and doesn't rust. 😊

Molly fish easy breeding

mini monstera (rhaphidophora tetrasperma) is another wonderful houseplant that roots and grows well out the top of an aquarium.

Impatience plants will also grow well with their roots in the water and with enough light they flower wonderfully!

Dean Wormer really knows his emulsion!

You are the man of aquarium fish you’re info and experience has helped me thank you 👍🏻

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European tropical fish keepers over the age of let's say 40 yrs+and more. Are trying too figure out the cost of a Boesmani in Australia its native land,when 40 years ago i paid £40 for 8 F1s here in the UK. Have they became endangered.! Do you breed Any Endangered species? That was my motivation in the hobby.

How many eggs do the Pygmy corys lay?

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Hey Harlan, I want to throw in my two cents. I definitely agree with having a bigger tank for colony breeding swordtails. I think it's a must to have the space to allow the fry to be able to run for cover. My tank is a 3 footer, 40 gallon, and I've got a load of hornwort floating at and near the surface. I've also got a load of Vallisneria alond the back of the tank and the leaves are growing up and across the top of the tank. The fry can hide up in the hornwot as well as even hiding on top of the Vallisneria leave that are laying flat just below the water surface. I am still trying to figure out how the fry are are going to sex out. I remember you video where yuo were talking about temperature and pH meybe being determining factore wit the sex. My last batch of fry all turned out male. Hopefully this batch will be different! Anyway, thanks for a great experiment! Cheers! ~Ron

We used to have a blue tongue lizard that lived in our backyard - I have to say it's poo is still the worst thing I've ever smelt in my entire life - including off chicken, off fish and industrial waste! Hahaha

You lads walking around in thongs! I'd be wearing industrial gum boots because of snakes!!! Haha

Great video! I wonder how strong his floors are; those 75g double racks are A LOT of weight in a small space. I'm jealous as I want to do the same thing (I'm part of his same club), but am terrified of dealing with the weight.

You need to keep the air lift tube at the substrate level.

A live bearer breeding experiment plus a haircut! 😁 I suppose a much larger tub with stacks of hiding places would work better but then space becomes an issue.

Yeah, timing is pretty tricky sometimes. I occasionally miss my guppies dropping broods and then end up having to wait another month.

I have to say the pineapple sword tails are growing on me 😅. Great video Harlan, keep up the good work.

You will need plants so the fry don’t gets eaten

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Hi! Interesting video. My opinion is that you need a planted aquarium with a bunch of hiding place, this is my way now. The parents and the other adults doesnt eat all the babies. The other way is that you are mentioning with the small boxes and maybe the same version but the professional way is that you take a lot of adults in the top of a huge IBC or any bigger tank and you put a net under them where the babies can go to the bottom of the tank. This is a method that i heard from a professional breeder. Huge space for the adults, and put a net in the top section of the tank.

Floating plants and lots of them and you will get a result I am over run with them

I've been breeding Black Mollies in a tank just by themselves. It has black substrate and plenty of long roots on the floating plants. I've noticed that if you put a few smaller fish in the tank (endler size) it gives the adult fish something to chase. They don't eat them. Also Swordtails are know for eating their own young. My breeding project for Red Swordtails are in a seperate tank with lots of plants and hiding spots. So far I've only seen one baby. Keep on experimenting.

it's crazy .here in italy boswemani babies ( 4 cm ) are like, 5 euro each

Hm... and how do u get the fish poo from under the tray when its full? or it will just cycle back to the top? not getting it, please explain