I purchased my group of 5 male and 2 female long fin green C.
aeneus last fall at the Akron auction. The group was placed in a 20 gallon high
tankto give them a chance to grow a little , since they were still young. They
were placed on a diet of frozen brine shrimp, earthworm pellets, and shrimp
pellets.
Right after christmas I noticed the females were starting to get
very full of eggs. I decided it was time to move the little colony to a smaller
tank to see what would happen. They were placed in a 5 gallon tank heated to 78
degrees with a PH of 7.6. I placed black construction paper around the tank to
darken it up and the wait began.
Every day before I went to work I checked on the tank to see what
was going on. I checked day after day with no results, until finally on january
10th I saw some eggs scattered around the sides and bottom of the tank. There
were not many perhaps 30 to 50 total, So I didn't hold out much hope in getting
a viable spawn. I moved the parents out of the tank - crossed my fingers and
waited. Much to my surprise on january 13th I saw about 30 little wigglers
making their way around the tank.
Now to keep the new babies alive. I started them out on a diet of
banana worms for the first few weeks. As they grew (Which happened rather
quickly) Their diet was supplemented with frozen brine shrimp and crushed
earthworm pellets. Their appetites were quite voracious and at 60 days I have 25
pretty little long finned green aeneus cory cats.