First person POV Going through 8 of our 75gallon breeder groups stripping lots of fry!

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  • čas přidán 28. 10. 2021
  • In this video I go through 8 of our breeder groups here at Ron's Cichlids. I show the process from me taking the fry from the mothers mouth to the first stage of growout. We breed over 80 species of african cichlids so this can be a lengthy process to go through all the breeder groups. We strip fry every 2 weeks, which is the average gestation period for most mouth brooding african cichlid fry. If you are interested in our food or fish, please go to Www.ronscichlids.com to check prices and current inventory.
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Komentáře • 25

  • @kenithburnett8074
    @kenithburnett8074 Před 2 lety +1

    Love the working videos where you show what you do everyday

  • @shawtyshort2648
    @shawtyshort2648 Před 2 lety +2

    First time watching. Quite the procedure and you do it with ease! Awesome video.

  • @chrisg8100
    @chrisg8100 Před 2 lety

    Awesome video. Definitly would like to see more detailed videos of your breeding setup

  • @jimt5683
    @jimt5683 Před 2 lety +1

    Would love to see a live stream on them mouth brooder spawning and caring for their frys

  • @RedEyedFRONTOSA
    @RedEyedFRONTOSA Před 3 měsíci

    Where do you get the small square buckets? And most importantly where do we order nets like the ones you’re using! Great videos man!

  • @chaos2g573
    @chaos2g573 Před 2 lety +2

    Very nice fish, I will be ordering some very soon, any discount code?

  • @t1dirty
    @t1dirty Před 2 lety +1

    Very nice and interesting

  • @davidaltergottjr7855
    @davidaltergottjr7855 Před 2 lety +1

    cool video Hunter!
    It would be cool to see a video showing off the for sale fish!

    • @ronscichlids
      @ronscichlids  Před 2 lety +1

      I will be doing a current fish for sale video soon

  • @mattyneedham634
    @mattyneedham634 Před 2 lety

    Hi guys. Great video. I have a question for you. How do you support the tanks on top of the vats? Do you have a support beam across, are they just sitting on top? Really like the set up you guys have!

    • @ronscichlids
      @ronscichlids  Před 2 lety

      Yes we do. theres a 2x4 frame. if you go back thru the videos maybe 4 months to a year you can see some videos where they are on top of the vats with no tanks installed yet. They are painted Black so they visually disappear

  • @ROWEBLAST
    @ROWEBLAST Před 2 lety +1

    Awesome nets, where do you get them from? They looks heavy duty and the short handle looks useful.

    • @ronscichlids
      @ronscichlids  Před 2 lety

      Custom made several years ago. Not sure who makes them anymore

  • @antioneking9935
    @antioneking9935 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Y r da bomb love ur videos

  • @obiknowsobiknows3527
    @obiknowsobiknows3527 Před 2 lety

    Hi Hunter,
    Great video. I had a question maybe you can answer. I currently have a 40g which has about 25 1 inch red shoulder peacocks in it, from a couple months back. The female is holding again, and I also have a venustus holding. Can I mix the reds and venustus fry in a hang on, and when if ever can I add them to the 40g with the 1 inch fish? Any advice is appreciated.

    • @ronscichlids
      @ronscichlids  Před 2 lety

      No, I do not recommend mixing 2 different species of new born fry. From my experience, one species will pick on the other one. It is best to keep them separated for a month or 2 before mixing species. As for the larger fry, you won't be able to mix those with the new ones until they are closer to the same size.

  • @pieterprinsloo2362
    @pieterprinsloo2362 Před 2 lety +1

    Hi Ron how long do you allow your males and females to breed in a colony or group before replacing them with new stock? With regards to your females as they get older do you see a reduction in the amount of eggs being produced as well.

    • @ronscichlids
      @ronscichlids  Před 2 lety +1

      We get an average of 2-5 years out of our breeder colonies. It just depends on the species. For example mbuna we cycle out every 2-3 years, bigger haps like trout we would cycle out every 4-5 years. We do see a reduction in egg production as they pass there prime breeding age. But still it evens out at the end of the day, heres why. A young female may breed every month and have an average clutch size of 30 fry. Older females may only breed once every 2 months but because they are bigger, they have larger clutch sizes so they may have 60 fry at one time.

  • @lanelimited
    @lanelimited Před 2 lety

    do the drains coming out of the ibc totes on the floor not need a slope?

    • @ronscichlids
      @ronscichlids  Před 2 lety

      not really. there is a slight slope on 1 end but due to the positive flow and the outflow of the building having a slope. gravity pulls it to the pond.

  • @jerrycollins680
    @jerrycollins680 Před 2 lety

    I have sunshine yellow African cichid .I need some female's do you have any for breeding

  • @701aquatics9
    @701aquatics9 Před 2 lety

    Are those big containers grow outs?

    • @ronscichlids
      @ronscichlids  Před 2 lety +1

      All the tanks and vats in the addition are for breeders. The vats in the Main section are for growout/For sale