Stevie, thanks for the message, I think they look great.

Zebrapl3co, I appreciate your previous comments and now understand them. I had to coax the male out so that I could leave the babies to fend for themselves.

I managed to get another couple of photo's today of some of the babies.

They seem ...

Stevie,

I tried your suggestion last night and it worked a treat.

A couple of hours after lights out and I checked the tank. The male was out of his cave but the babies were still in there.

I took the cave and babies out and put them in a breeding trap, I put another cave in the tank and this ...

Stevie,

How do you feed microworm with the amount of circultion that the zebras need, surely none of it will settle on the bottom for them to eat.

I will feed some anyway and see what happens.

Regards

PaulH

Hi Stevie,

Thank you for the advice, I will give it a go tonight.

I am particularly worried that they may not be eating if the male does not let them out, particularly given the post above where I was warned that they could starve to death over the next few weeks. Have you ever experienced this ...

Vanillarum,

On the right hand side of the page from the link is an English flag. Click that and it will all be in English.

Regards

PaulH

They look like some beautiful zebra's there civicr. They look in great health and well nourished.

I hope that they do well for you.

Regards

PaulH

Jamie,

If I could get the fry out of the cave I would put the male and the cave back exactly where he came from.

Problem is the fry are not coming out and I don't want them to come out in the main tank, so the cave and male are staying put in the new tank until the youngsters leave.

Any ...

It is now 17 days since the eggs were laid, most of the babies are still with the male in the cave.

I moved the male and cave into a separate small tank a couple of days ago.

There is at least one baby that obviously left the cave whilst still in the main tank with the adults that I see once in a ...

Thank you to everyone that has given me advice so far.

The latest update is that the male is still doing a great job looking after the fry, they are still in the cave with him.

It is difficult to see past the male to get a good look at the youngsters but I have seen at least 3 at a time, I suspect ...

Thanks Stevie.K and Jamie24 for your advice.

I am going to leave the fry with the male and hope that he carries on being a good father, he is doing a good job so far.

I like the idea of removing him and the cave and the youngsters before they leave the cave (just in case the other 4 adults cause ...

It is now 6 days since the eggs were laid.

Other than the one egg that was thrown out of the cave on the second day things seem to be going well (fingers crossed).

The male is still looking after the eggs very well and on my once daily check today the eggs have definitely hatched. I could see at ...

Just a quick update.

The egg that was ejected and put into a breeding trap by me has fungussed today, maybe the male knew it was not viable.

The eggs that are still with the male look fine from what I can see. I only look once a day as I don't want to disturb him too much.

I am not sure how many ...

Awth,

The Zebra photo's are stunning.

I have almost the same photgraphic equipment as you.

I have the same camera and lens. The flash I have is the 580EX, not sure if that is the same one as yours.

I have been toying with the idea of getting a remote flash sensor to use in taking fish photo's, I ...

Zebrapl3co,

I am sure that the previous owners good care of the Zebra's has something to do with the speed of the spawning.

I have probably just provided the last "key/s" to get them to spawn, regardless of how much is down to me I am very pleased to see a spawn of these beautiful fish in my tank ...

John,

Thanks for the congratulations, I think I am doing everything I can in terms of environment (caves, cover, hiding places etc.), water conditions and feeding to give them the best chance I can.

Regards

PaulH