Big Hi from the Netherlands

Eelke · Post by **Eelke** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 8:18 pm

Hi all of you zebralovers! I am a 33 years old man from teh Netherlands who only recently (2 months now) started to breed L046. I have a wild caught breeding group of which at the moment 5 pairs breed on a regular basis. I hope that some more pairs will follow their example soon

Des · Post by **Des** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 9:00 pm

Hi Eelke,
Wellcome to the forum.
You seem to have mastered the art of breeding !!!!
Maybe you can teach us a thing or two.
Do you have all these Zebras in a large tank or is each pair seperated?
Do you let the Dads look after the eggs and fry till the yolk sac is used up?
How often does each pair breed?
Regards,
Des.

Dr. P · Post by **Dr. P** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 9:29 pm

Hi Eelke. I recognise you from WW Forum. Welcome aboard, glad you found us.

Eelke · Post by **Eelke** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 8:03 am

Do you have all these Zebras in a large tank or is each pair seperated?
Do you let the Dads look after the eggs and fry till the yolk sac is used up?
How often does each pair breed?

We started deviding the large group into 2 subgroups. Then we just waited for a dominant male to claim the best breedigpipe and waited untill a female joined him. then we took the pipe outof the large tank and put it (with the male and female) in a compartment of their own. This we are repeating every time a couple pairs up. Our more experienced pairs breed about every four weeks, but we will try to shorten that by taking the eggs away from the dad and hatch them ourselves. This is because the male will tend to the eggs and fry for a pretty long time otherwise, which may lengthen the reproductive cycle. But we yet have to start this experiment.

Hi Eelke. I recognise you from WW Forum. Welcome aboard, glad you found us.

Hi Dr.P, good to see you here as well

Tristan · Post by **Tristan** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 9:24 am

Welcome to the forum, good to have you on board

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Could you post some pictures of your breeding setup. It would be great to see how you go things

Tristan

KenW · Post by **KenW** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 2:11 pm

Hello Eelke,

Welcome aboard. It's great to have more Zebrafanatics on this site.

Adam · Post by **Adam** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 4:57 pm

Hi Eelke and welcome to the forum,

Sounds to me like you have things figured when it comes to breeding zebras. Some details of your setups and water parameters would definately be of interest, that's if you don't mind sharing with us.

Nice to have you onboard

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Eelke · Post by **Eelke** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 6:52 pm

Tommorrownight I will be at our breeding location again and I will bring my camera to try and get some decent shots. I will post them after that.

Eelke · Post by **Eelke** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 6:56 pm

Here's an old pic of some fry:

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 10:08 pm

Hi Eelke

Welcome to the forum, I can't wait to see your contributions to the forum. I look forward to talking to you.

I hope you enjoy the site, and speak to you soon.

Cheers

Rob

sid · Post by **sid** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 6:19 pm

Hi Eelke.
Welcome to the forum ................and well done in breeding them zebbies.how many do you have now?

Eelke · Post by **Eelke** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 7:08 pm

Hi Sid,

I thought we must have had about 30 youngsters or so, but we counted them and some disappeared.....got killed and eaten probably...So we must take some extra precautions in mixing different sized youngsters. We have about 25 now. And some zebra's on eggs. As I posted in another section of this board...we will have an extra 20 females in 2 weeks, adding to our 55 group.....Might be a really productive breeding group.....I keep my fingers crossed.

jerms55555 · Post by **jerms55555** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 7:36 pm

Welcome aboard Eelke!
Noticed you from WW. You should post some of your pics you have their on here, I bet people would love to see your setup.

Cascudo · Post by **Cascudo** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 9:32 pm

Hallo Eelke,

Welkom op dit forum.

I am happy to finally meet a fellow Dutchman on this forum. I am already very satisfied with the contacts and knowledge on this forum, but for some practical matters it can be nice to speak to someone that lives in the same country.

I am impressed with your breeding achievements. Nice that you come to add your contribution to this forum.

Where do you live?

Gabriel

Eelke · Post by **Eelke** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 8:04 am

Hi Gabriel,

As you know I am doing this with Robbert, so I am in Groningen as well