So my Chagoi has a massive gut that has been growing, nice and soft, presumably full of eggs. I have a Soragoi for at least a couple days, but will talk to the guy on delaying him picking it up to allow for a possible spawn. Here is my tentative plan. I have a 180g QT and I will place that girl in there with the male as I want a controlled pairing. I will pick up a few mop heads to make some spawning material and put it in there with some air stones. I can keep my QT filter hooked up, but I am not sure I want to have it running and risk sucking up a bunch of eggs. My plan would be to just hold off on feeding and do decent water changes daily to combat ammonia. Once they do their business, the male goes to its new owner and the girl goes back into the pond.
Fry/egg wise...I have some Malachite coming to make sure there is no fungus issues. I am hoping to keep the QT running with the fry and aeration only until they are a decent size and I can cover the pump intake and they won't get sucked through the media covering the intake. To combat water condition, I will do daily water changes. Any recommendations on amount?
Food wise, I am not planning on doing this on a regular basis, so I don't want to go buying a bunch of stuff. I am hoping to grind my good mix along with some daphnia into a powder for feeding.
Hopefully I will get some potential keepers in the mix. Both are off spring from Dan Daniels before he shut down his operation and I wanted to see what could come of the pairing of these two.
Am I leaving anything out?