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Breeding Season 2017
My breeding for the upcoming year 2017 is being brought forward because of some travels nearer end of this year and the beginning of next year. Thus I have to start my breeding early, take a break and hopefully resume right after Chinese New Year.
I will like to share my breeding technique and hopefully can inspire more wanabee breeders to join the fray and promote ranchu breeding/keeping as an enjoyable past time. My most ideal breeding set up uses an Artica Chiller and set temperature at 20C for the fgt water and 21=22C for basin water.
If you look closely, I am using a 2 ft fgt which I put in a bigger fgt. In the 2ft fgt I put 2 red bricks and set my basin of eggs on the red bricks and chill the water in the fgt to 20C. The water in the basin is chilled through the basin wall and is about 1C different..usually about 21-22C in basin. I also have two pieces of glass as covers to maintain the cool water, but deliberately leave an opening of about 2 inches to let the air around the basin circulate so as not to foul the water and bring fungus to eggs. Eggs chilled at 21-22C hatch in 4.5 days average. The reason for putting the 2ft fgt in a bigger fgt is bcos my spawning set up is in a corner of my flat and chilling the fgt will entail much condensation especially at 20C and the bigger fgt helps contain the condensation water from dripping onto the slippery ceramic tiles...Hdb dwellers please take note!! As we cannot predict how many females will egg any given days, I do use another set up to hatch another spawn if necessary..I use an Ice Probe Chiller...a simple device which can keep my water cool between 23 to 25C.
Hatching time for Ice Probe Chiller is 2.5 to 3 days and fries are smaller and more delicate...harder to raise and thus I must be very discipline on feeding and water quality. I been doing ranchus since the early 2000's and still enjoy breeding and cultivating fries for the sole intent of hopefully breeding better quality ranchus. Please note I am not a commercial entity and I do not breed for the sole intent of selling and making money from breedings. I share and hopefully more players will come enjoy breeding and we help improve each other breeding techniques. I still believe the "Corn Story" which I blogged a few years back.... http://ranchukitsilano.blogspot.sg/2...orn-story.html I will be most happy to share and also most happy if forummers can help improve on my set up. Appreciate Richard. |
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12-09-2016, 04:43 PM | #2 |
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Thanks for sharing Richard.
Ya hope got more locals goes into breeding. Oh thanks also for the geylang durians treat. Aw also. Enjoy the feast n chit chat session. Only think me n hy n aw wonder where you n leong chai goes after that. Please continue with your sharing n of course yr durian treat hahahaha |
12-09-2016, 07:35 PM | #3 |
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interesting!
any reason why breed in lower than our room temperature? and when the eggs are conceived, is it also at lower temp? |
13-09-2016, 12:10 AM | #4 |
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Very detailed and good sharing. Thumbs up!
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13-09-2016, 12:28 AM | #5 |
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Hi bro Heuer
It is documented in goldfish books on breeding that the best temp for hatching Is between 20-22 deg. Hatched around 4-5 days best as fries are more uniformed and less deformities. Some serious breeders if not most breeders have resorted to using chillers to get the results. I personally have tried with normal temp and you can see vast difference as fries turns out with bend backs n tails not well spread. |
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