SXK TVR Ranchu 8 days post spawn

Outdoor spawn, 5/12/16.

 Poly Shaker Spawing Mop the higher quality of the two pom poms I use.

Incubated at 70F

440 after a heavy cull. 

The broodstock SXK 1/14/14

Male

Female

Oriental trading pompom spawning mop

Single floating spawning mop in a small bowl.

http://www.orientaltrading.com/spirit-pom-poms-a2-13633761.fltr?Ntt=pompom

Pompon spawning mops

The pompons are from Oriental Trading. They are lower quality than the green poly shakers but are 1/2 the price. I have them all floating in a tub of fresh water to see how they saturate. So far it might take a while, or a wash with soap to get them fully submerged and more weight maybe needed. The smallest sinking model will work great in a spawning tub, or for a squeeze media.

The kit

Float and weights

Aluminum fishing net float and ceramic insulators for electric fences

Cut off the handle

Snip

Handle removed

Feed the zip tie through the insulator then around the pompon, back through the insulator and zip the tie

The mechanism of the tie keeps it from falling through the insulator

The cut end of the zip tie is very sharp  

Melt it with a lighter to save your buckles and the fish's scales

Melted

Finished single sinking spawning mop

Triple (3 pompons) on a large ceramic insulator

Single floating spawning mop

Double floating spawning mop

Four versions

And a fifth version. 

Floating 4 PomPon spawning mop.

Penn Plax Aqua Plant Baby Hide-Out

http://www.petmountain.com/product/aquarium-plants/11442-519239/aqua-plant-baby-hide-out.html

http://www.amazon.com/Penn-Hide-Out-Breading-Grass-Aquarium/dp/B0002565KM

Green poly mop

Green poly mop

48 hour hatch on green poly mop.

Green poly shaker spawning mop

Green Poly Shaker is made of 512 strands of bright green plastic that measures approximately 12" long and has a white plastic stick (stick measures approximately 12" long).

http://www.amazon.com/Beistle-Company-Green-Poly-Shaker/dp/B002TJLII8

Green Poly Shaker Spawning Mop

Green Poly Shaker is made of 512 strands of bright green plastic that measures approximately 12" long and has a white plastic stick (stick measures approximately 12" long).

http://www.amazon.com/Beistle-Company-Green-Poly-Shaker/dp/B002TJLII8

Weighted Spawning Mop: Surface and midwater rig

Acrylic yarn made into 6x short spawning mops with 50 strands each.

Tied around a ceramic electric fence insulator.

Airline fed through the ceramic weights then knotted to keep one at the surface and one midwater.

Top mop.

Midwater mop and bottom weight with air.