electric yellows questions

[Savage_roo]

I know a guy with some nice yellows already  adalts

So breeding will be no problem
The only problem is there on hold at the momet but i will be seeing him again this week end
So I will ask him whats the go with them and i will let u know or get him to give u a yell if there up 4 sale again

There realy nice gold in color

andrew

[Cichlidkeeper]

I can vouch for at least 50% of his stock being of excellent quality :wink:  Get yourself some New Life Spectrum (Thera A) bro, If your LFS does not stock it let me know and I will organise you some!

[Echo]

Hey there. New to mouthbrooders, how can you define stripping a fish? Also do you know of anywhere to find female elec yellows? Ive got a lage 12cm+ male, and 16 3/4cm fry. Im after a few nice larger females. Any suggestions? Also what kind of filter do you recommend in a fry tank? Thx!

[bristlelover]

ah not sure where to get the females and stripping a fish means taking the fry from the females and putting them in a fry saver and a sponge filter is the way to go thanks.

[Echo]

Can you recommend anywhere to get sponge filters? Im looking at these type of sponge filter (not from ebay of course lol)

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=012&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=220011846035&rd=1&rd=1

i need about 6 of them, small-medium size. Around 60L tanks

THX!

[Dead Fish Floating]

Yep I rate that style filter.
Milking or stripping a fish can be tricky espec when they are small.
Electric yellows in an established colony often breed and hold really well.
One of the fish I rarely milk, but always regret when they spit/swallow....
AT the moment I am using a soft plastic squeeze tomato sauce bottle,
just have one person hold fish mouth open facing down into bucket of tank water
and squeeze sauce bottle full of aquarium water into mums mouth to flush out fry.
I always check the females mouth with a turned over tank fluro behind me.
No sense leaving one or two as female will continue to not eat.
around 2 weeks can be a good time to milk, if they look to early leave it a few more days next batch.
good for numbers.
But yellows normally hold full term and are cool for nursery tanks and larger floating 'fry saver' style containers.
I like to use things like icecream tubs with windows cut in them. Just superglue new scotchbrite pads over the windows.
Or use netting of some sort. Ya may need a lid to stop fish jumping out, and protection from larger fish sucking babys out.
As to selling fish that don't have perfect breeder qualitys for a fussy market....
Well to some fish a fish is a pet, and anything different on it often brings a good idea for a name and a bit more character.
Electric yellows are a freaky melanistic morph of a blue fish as it is,
Breeders going for something have their own ideas on what an A grade yellow is.
For me it was some nice deep orange perfect rock hard fish I bought from a breeder Mr Blake.
Absolute stunners, sera fed and yea just really nice chilled fish.
Even the runts of the bunch were just great fish,
but many prefer the almost albino ones, and others the more bolder striped.
Other people like the cheapest,
it's a yellow fish to go with me blue and orange one.
WHat do I care if it's not the perfect textbook yellow,
at least I don't have to wait for it too colour up!
That said I cull quick and soon.
Saves money on feeding predator tanks.
Somehow a jack having an excited swim after something is more important than a few bucks.
But I'd as sooner give it away to someone trying to set up a cheap tank.
Theres just too many fussy people for the odd less than perfect fish to make a dent by living out a long life.