kertaz 0 Posted August 15, 2011 Report Share Posted August 15, 2011 (edited) Was quite excited that they finally spawned. I feel like I'm doing a spawn log... Father: Mother: Setup: Loving the attention that they give to their spawn The below pics are basically just the mother guarding the eggs Hoping I can properly raise these ones as well :) Edited August 15, 2011 by kertaz Link to post Share on other sites
Fletch 2 Posted August 15, 2011 Report Share Posted August 15, 2011 Well done. Keep us informed please. :-) Link to post Share on other sites
monroe1 0 Posted August 15, 2011 Report Share Posted August 15, 2011 Oh how cute are they! Congrats on the spawn & best of luck bringing them up!.. As Paul said definitely keep us informed :D Link to post Share on other sites
mandz 0 Posted August 15, 2011 Report Share Posted August 15, 2011 awww they are gorgeous, im envious LOL good luck with them :) Link to post Share on other sites
kertaz 0 Posted August 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 Erm, somehow they moved the eggs somewhere else and I think the move didn't go too well. Now the female stopped guarding any cave and just get on with life. I figured she might have eaten the kids. Then again, she's still in her golden yellow breeding colour, so I'd expect another spawn not very long. Link to post Share on other sites
kertaz 0 Posted August 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 I spoke too soon.... Fry and their protective mum: Not sure on the numbers yet, but don't think there're too many of them. Link to post Share on other sites
mandz 0 Posted August 28, 2011 Report Share Posted August 28, 2011 awww look at them good luck kertaz, so far so good Link to post Share on other sites
zhong89 1 Posted August 28, 2011 Report Share Posted August 28, 2011 Good pictures! I'm considering starting breeding Blue rams... Would they be same as these? Link to post Share on other sites
Bettarazzi 215 Posted August 28, 2011 Report Share Posted August 28, 2011 Terrific fry pics. Good luck with raising these. Link to post Share on other sites
kertaz 0 Posted August 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 Thanks all. It's pretty difficult sometimes to feed them Need to take into calculation the water currents and estimating where to shoot the BBS with the basters so that they land close to the fry location. @Joan: I can't say a lot about Blue rams other than what I've read, as I've never spawn or even kept any. Seems like they're more tricky and it may take them a few spawns to finally take care of their fry (for me, sounds more like an Angelfish rather than Apisto) Link to post Share on other sites
kertaz 0 Posted August 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2011 At 2 weeks old, they're already at the same size; if not larger; with my 5 weeks Betta fry.. Can see all their fins - ventral, dorsal, anal, caudal and pectoral (though need to pinch your eyes really hard to see the pectoral) Hmm... Blurry pic this time . They're getting harder to photograph as they start to move around much quicker than when they were smaller (basically they were just jumping around slowly when they were smaller, making it easier..) Link to post Share on other sites
kertaz 0 Posted September 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 Well... well.. While most of the fry are busy growing up, the parents mated again (not sure when, was too distracted with my Bettas) and now, under one of the driftwoods, there are more wrigglers! The neat thing is, the female let two of the existing fry to help her care for the new wrigglers. So cute. :) Link to post Share on other sites
kertaz 0 Posted September 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 5 weeks old Bigger than my Betta fry when they were 5 weeks old too... Link to post Share on other sites
Fletch 2 Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 They look fab. Well done. Link to post Share on other sites
zhong89 1 Posted September 22, 2011 Report Share Posted September 22, 2011 They look so cute! they're quick growers aren't they? Link to post Share on other sites
kertaz 0 Posted September 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 Indeed. I was informed that they're gonna be slow growers, but they ended up to be faster than my Bettas . Then again, I think they got enough food from the very beginning. Link to post Share on other sites
kertaz 0 Posted October 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 Just a lil update on how these guys are going: With father: Some fry are starting to get patterns on the caudal too: On a toilet break: (this one got the most patterns/colouration amongst the other fry so far, but everyone still developing) Link to post Share on other sites
Fletch 2 Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 Look fantastic. You really have got me thinking now. Well done. Link to post Share on other sites
sha 0 Posted October 9, 2011 Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 Amazing looking fish, love the vibrant colours on the males tale. How did the second spawn go? Link to post Share on other sites
kertaz 0 Posted October 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2011 (edited) Thanks Busman and Sha. While rearing this lot, the parents actually spawned 4 more times. But I think they all got munched by this first lot. After a day or two of the new spawn's free swimming, the female stopped their guarding stance, so I assumed the new lot would be gone. I am tempted to move this lot to the Betta spawn tank that I have, so that'd become their grow-out tank, but that have to wait for a week or two 'til I can be sure that I won't be getting any spawn. At the moment, they're all in one tank to save up some space for the soon-to-be jarred Betta juvies. This tank just got algae problem that I'm fighting hard with. I don't want to use any chemical but I don't want the tank to be covered in algae that I can't see them. Maybe I should just reduce the lighting.. Edited October 9, 2011 by kertaz Link to post Share on other sites
kertaz 0 Posted October 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 Can sex at least 4 males now from the 18 fry! That's not to say that the other 14 are females, though.. The other 14 are either female, hasnt coloured up or sneaker male. :D Link to post Share on other sites
kertaz 0 Posted October 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 For some reason, I felt like updating.. one of the boys: (I think he's the 2nd largest.. or maybe largest in the spawn.. Not sure.. I kinda forgot ) And some other ones: Link to post Share on other sites
Fletch 2 Posted October 16, 2011 Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 They look fantastic. I wish you were local, I want a pair or two. :-) Link to post Share on other sites
kertaz 0 Posted October 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 Thanks Busman. They need a little bit more growing to do before I can sex the rest of the lots. When they're bigger and a bit older, and I'm confident they are healthy and can handle some stress, I'm willing to ship them interstate :) Link to post Share on other sites
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