{"id":206945,"date":"2026-02-01T10:57:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T09:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aquainfo.nl\/collecting-storing-nothobranchius-eggs\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T10:57:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T09:57:14","slug":"collecting-storing-nothobranchius-eggs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aquainfo.nl\/en\/collecting-storing-nothobranchius-eggs\/","title":{"rendered":"Collecting\/Storing Nothobranchius Eggs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ronnie Lee, my killifish buddy in Singapore, has his own method of collecting and incubating the eggs of the Nothobranchius.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aquainfo.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/verzamelen-bewaren_nothobranchius_eieren01.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aquainfo.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/verzamelen-bewaren_nothobranchius_eieren01.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aquainfo.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/verzamelen-bewaren_nothobranchius_eieren01-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead of a coffee filter, Ronnie uses a handkerchief to sieve the peat from the water. The hankerchief is spread out on top of a bucket and held in position by clothes&#8217; pegs. <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aquainfo.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/verzamelen-bewaren_nothobranchius_eieren02.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aquainfo.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/verzamelen-bewaren_nothobranchius_eieren02.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aquainfo.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/verzamelen-bewaren_nothobranchius_eieren02-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The peat from the breeding bowl is flushed out on to the hankerchief with clean aged water.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aquainfo.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/verzamelen-bewaren_nothobranchius_eieren03.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aquainfo.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/verzamelen-bewaren_nothobranchius_eieren03.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aquainfo.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/verzamelen-bewaren_nothobranchius_eieren03-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The peat is left to stand in the hankerchief for a while to let the water drip out. In the background, you can see the 2 glass bowls that Ronnie was using as breeding bowls. I would advise against using bowls made of glass as fish can be quite stupid sometimes. They will have problems finding their way into a transparent glass bowl and when by chance they do, they won&#8217;t be able to find their way out. Having said that, however, Ronnie&#8217;s fish could be smarter than mine. Ronnie&#8217;s pretty smart, that&#8217;s for sure.     <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aquainfo.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/verzamelen-bewaren_nothobranchius_eieren04.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aquainfo.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/verzamelen-bewaren_nothobranchius_eieren04.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aquainfo.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/verzamelen-bewaren_nothobranchius_eieren04-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The handkerchief is twisted into a ball.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aquainfo.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/verzamelen-bewaren_nothobranchius_eieren05.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aquainfo.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/verzamelen-bewaren_nothobranchius_eieren05.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aquainfo.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/verzamelen-bewaren_nothobranchius_eieren05-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ronnie turns the hankerchief several times until a very tight ball is formed around the peat.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aquainfo.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/verzamelen-bewaren_nothobranchius_eieren07.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aquainfo.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/verzamelen-bewaren_nothobranchius_eieren07.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aquainfo.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/verzamelen-bewaren_nothobranchius_eieren07-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A towel is then used to absorb the water around the ball.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aquainfo.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/verzamelen-bewaren_nothobranchius_eieren08.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aquainfo.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/verzamelen-bewaren_nothobranchius_eieren08.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aquainfo.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/verzamelen-bewaren_nothobranchius_eieren08-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The peat is bagged immediately although it is still a bit on the damp side. Ronnie does not leave the peat to dry between newspapers. <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aquainfo.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/verzamelen-bewaren_nothobranchius_eieren09.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aquainfo.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/verzamelen-bewaren_nothobranchius_eieren09.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aquainfo.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/verzamelen-bewaren_nothobranchius_eieren09-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The peat is compacted tightly at the bottom of the ziplock plastic bag. The bag is then folded over twice, labelled accordingly and kept in a store room until the expected wetting day.<br\/>Killifish breeders all over the world will tell you that there&#8217;s no one standard method to hatch and raise killies. As they love to say on the internet, &#8220;Your mileage may vary&#8221;.   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First publication: <a href=\"https:\/\/killies.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/killies.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">www.killies.com<\/a><br\/><strong>source:<\/strong>: aquarticles.com (original website no longer online)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hoe moeten Nothobranchius eieren worden bewaard? Bekijk het hier in een fotoverslag. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56812],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-206945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-killifish"],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","commercegurus-pdp-large":"","commercegurus-plp-mobile":"","woocommerce_thumbnail":"","woocommerce_single":"","woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail":""},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"<p>Hoe moeten Nothobranchius eieren worden bewaard? 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