wohoo

[chr15_8]

theve breed afer 2/3 long months of waiting ive finaly got babys

ive got 4 at the moment seen another 5 in the tank but cant find them at the moment (just a matter of wiating)

sorry no pics as they are so small (max about 2 mm) 2 are free swimming and 2 are clinging to the net

will be taking all the water out of my nano(2.5 gallon) and replace it with tank water

chris

[katkin]

Congratulations!!! That’s brilliant, I’m still waiting, but hopeful, they certainly seem keen, just haven’t quite got round to it yet!
K

[atlantis_child]

Yah! Babies! Cograds.
How big is your breeding tank, and how many males, females, by the way?

[chr15_8]

thanks

@atlantis_child wrote:

Yah! Babies! Cograds.
How big is your breeding tank, and how many males, females, by the way?

tank is a about 14 gallons i have around 5 males and 7 females (i think)

hard to count in a tank with 1/4 coverd in java moss and 3 walls coverd in hair algea (works out well for the eggs i would guess and also give the fry a place to hide untill i come along)

chris

also one of my babies died just before putting it into the fry tank :cry:

[zzyzx]

At some point, it would be very interesting if we could arrange an experiment to see if leaving the fry in the tank with the parents results in lower fry survival rates than moving them out.

I’ve never seen the adults go after my fry (although I don’t spend ALL my time watching them), and I’m beginning to wonder if we know for sure whether or not they eat their own young. A side-by-side experiment where we had two tanks with similar numbers of breeding adults in each, would allow us to remove the fry from one tank, and leave the fry in the other, and see which method results in higher fry production.

(I know that many other species eat their own fry, but that doesn’t mean that -this- species necessarily does as well).

Of course, someone could come on here and say that they’ve actually -observed- the adults eating fry and then I’d say we all need to get fry tanks. :lol:

[chr15_8]

@zzyzx wrote:

At some point, it would be very interesting if we could arrange an experiment to see if leaving the fry in the tank with the parents results in lower fry survival rates than moving them out.

Of course, someone could come on here and say that they’ve actually -observed- the adults eating fry and then I’d say we all need to get fry tanks. :lol:

well i carnt see anymore in the parent tank today (i did yesturday) however there’s so much java moss it would be hard to tell untill another 5 weeks when they get bigger

would love to do the test but its down to cost, time

chris

[chr15_8]

ive only seen 2 in the fry tank since monday so im assuming the other 2 are dead.

i also found another 1 (wasnt free swimming yet so i assume its a newish fry?) today

chris

[chr15_8]

ive just found another 3 fry in the tank however i cant get them out at the moment as ive just decorated my room so had to drain the tank so theres 3 inchs of water (about 5 gallons)

so they have to stay with the parents for a while so well see if they are there or not very soon

chris

[chr15_8]

well ive just found a few moew which means i now have 11 fry in the fry tank but there might be more in the breeding tank still well happy at the moment

chris

[atlantis_child]

Aww, now you’re making me jealous…

I’m still waiting for babies from my galaxies. Waiting, waiting, waiting…

[chr15_8]

@atlantis_child wrote:

Aww, now you’re making me jealous…

I’m still waiting for babies from my galaxies. Waiting, waiting, waiting…

that is the hardest bit!
same with me thinknig there never going to come then i got loads!

and ive just seen another fry in the tank as i write so just got to find him and put it into the fry tank

so thats 12

edit
make that 13 now

chris

[chr15_8]

16 fry now

[katkin]

That’s fantastic! I think I’m up to 8. 5 in the breeding net, one I can’t catch and 2 so far in the tank I was going to close down this weekend.
K

[atlantis_child]

So katkin, what does a .5 fry look like? Do you have a back end or a front end?

[chr15_8]

ive got 19 but havent had any for a while and tbh i hope i dont have anymore as im going away for 3 weeks this summer and want to get rid of the fry before i go!

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