Making Infosuria The Easiest Way

Infosuria is a small microorganism that is very small to see with the naked eyes.They are microscopic and can only be seen under the microscope. So why are we bothering with this little guys?

Because almost egg-laying fish will need them as their first source of food. Using crushed flake food will only get you a handful of the babies like gouramis, bettas, and even angelfish. Some babies can accept can accept crushed flake like kribs, most large cichlids, and even some type of catfish.

To make a culture of infosuria you need a glass jar(small one is good enough), a piece of potato, fish food, anything you can think of. Put it in the jar and pour some free-chlorine tap water. Leave it out of the way in the open light for at least a week. The water will smell like "something". To feed the babies just pour about 3/4 of water in the jar and add again water after that.

The idea of putting something in the jar is to start a small bacteria culture to be the food for the infosuria. The infosuria will it the bacteria and multiply.

Last word, if you want to breed fish just got yourself a jar of infosuria.

Jewel Hybrid

I have bred a hybrid of between Red Forest Cichlid (Hemichromis lifalili) and Jewel Cichlid (Hemichromis bimaculatus ). Its offspring look some like a bit of each but mostly like the Jewels. The pictures shown above are not very clear but you can still see the colouration. Most are drabber like the ones on the front but some are stunningly red.

Some have interbreed among itself and have come in sort of colour pattern and sizes. But most show intense colouration during breeding time like the one shown below.

The one at the front is most likely the male and at the back is the female. The female is at normal size but the male is dominantly larger than any other jewel x red forest hybrid that I have.

Sexing the jewel fish is relatively quite simple. Look at the blue dots on its gills.If the dots are large it is most probably a male. If it is small then it is likely a female.

The above picture show the eggs laid by the pair.

Breeding would likely take place after a couple is form. Once they dominated an area it will clean a site and lay eggs after a few days. The eggs will hatch for 3-4 days depending on the temperature. Then it will disappear but wait don't be to hasty on the situation. The fry will start to appear after a few days when it is free swimming. The fry can be given crush food on the first day it started free swimming.