Recent content by GRD1985

The yarn should lessen the loss from other fish. With nothing to offer cover for the eggs they are likely to get eaten. I'm more surprised they will even spawn without some moss or yarn. Rainbows will literally spawn then turn around and try to eat their eggs. A proper spawning media like plants...

A regular light schedule will be fine for rainbow eggs. I personally would breed them in the community tank. I've never spawned mine in their own tank. The adults will eat their eggs just as readily as any other fish.

Cartridge will last a lot longer then a month. Replacing filters on a time interval is just a marketing gimmick. I still have the original meida/sponges on some of my 6 year old filters. Just clean them regularly and reuse them.

Very nice tank so far, I guess budget is a bit relative lol. Far as CO2 goes IME either use nothing or use pressurized. Its always been one or the other for me, yeast was a couple months venture and a big waste even on a tank half that size. A yeast system can easily generate enough pressure for...

Any pictures? Need to know tank size, water parameters, tank mates, ect... Shot in the dark would say deworm him IF its not an external source.

Using untreated water at that rate is not really any concern. I do 50% water changes weekly using untreated tap water on most my tanks and my fish too busy breeding I have a hard time keeping up. Only tanks I am careful on are tanks with very young fry(SA cichlids and stuff). First thing you...

Quiet a few fish either don't breed in captivity or do it very very rarely. Sometimes farms use hormones to induce spawning. Often with fish cost is relative to breeding, raising difficulty, or rarity. Denison barbs would definitely be a challenge. There are always zebra plecos too... doubt...

You have no spawning area for them that is why they are not spawning. You need to buy a roll of yarn, preferably black, and make a spawning mop for them. Another option is live plants but collecting eggs will be a challenge. My rainbows have always preferred their yarn mops over any plant in...

    +1 ????   LOL reread the thread. Pretty sure most people got it.

Since you asked this in the betta section I don't think your looking for 'help'

Crushed flake will be fine for most common livebearer fry.

BP are a hybrid making it very hard to say how they will behave as they mature. They are a mix of 3 or so different fish that have a range of sizes and temperaments. They may work fine with GBR and not bother each other or they may kill them one day.

What are you using for spawning? Rainbows should spawn very easily in a community or alone. You should be using a mop and feeding them a good stable food with frozen bloodworms or live blackworms 1-2 times a week. Regular water changes as well. They will spawn early in the morning and rarely at...

Just to toss it out there... thats a lot of cichlids in a 55g especially with Bloodparrots being unpredictable as they age. GBR are quite shy compared to large cichlids.

108 watts over a 45 is pushing it without CO2, depending on the tank depth abit... You are going to need heavy fertilizers either way. If you don't stay on top of establishing the tank and keeping up on care it will become an algae mess.