SmithRC's Zeb update...
not a major update but....
The eggs are doing great. no fungus or anything nasty
Mr Zeb is doing a great job - makes me wonder if he has done this before in his previous home.
we've even seen him turning and mouthing the eggs to keep them clean.
the other 3 zebs are acting differently now too - all 3 are out and about in the tank - even though there are 2 empty caves... the spawned female is sharing a crevice under a bit of bog wood with the last addition (who has never taken a cave)... I'm starting to wonder what sex ration w actually have...
The eggs are doing great. no fungus or anything nasty
Mr Zeb is doing a great job - makes me wonder if he has done this before in his previous home.
we've even seen him turning and mouthing the eggs to keep them clean.
the other 3 zebs are acting differently now too - all 3 are out and about in the tank - even though there are 2 empty caves... the spawned female is sharing a crevice under a bit of bog wood with the last addition (who has never taken a cave)... I'm starting to wonder what sex ration w actually have...
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Thanks for all the comments guys and girls
I'm over the moon this evening - we have wigglers!
Watched them hatch when I got home from work (some wiggling some still eggs) by 8:00 ish they had all hatched
I'm sure dad has done this before, there was a fry outside the cave, I rescued it and its deformed... no others - just the throwback
(in the process of my 'rescue' he flicked at me and another came out and that little blighter is perfect )
Ejected deformed fry
and the acidental evictee
Oh and as a rather odd turn of fotrune... the other 2 zebs are now sharing a cave
[edit] they were sharing a cave...
I'm over the moon this evening - we have wigglers!
Watched them hatch when I got home from work (some wiggling some still eggs) by 8:00 ish they had all hatched
I'm sure dad has done this before, there was a fry outside the cave, I rescued it and its deformed... no others - just the throwback
(in the process of my 'rescue' he flicked at me and another came out and that little blighter is perfect )
Ejected deformed fry
and the acidental evictee
Oh and as a rather odd turn of fotrune... the other 2 zebs are now sharing a cave
[edit] they were sharing a cave...
Last edited by smithrc on Sun Jan 14, 2007 11:29 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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I cant get more piccys of them at the moment - they are all well guarded behind dad
the lone evictee has started to get some colour - I'll post a piccy of him later
I did the hard task of sacrificing the deformed one this evening
the lone evictee has started to get some colour - I'll post a piccy of him later
I did the hard task of sacrificing the deformed one this evening
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right then folks...
I've got a few more piccys for you all...
The cave wigglers (you can just make them out)
The cute little evictee - now starting to get some pigment
Look away now if you dont like what nature throws at you...
The deformed fry - It was a hard thing to do but I couldnt see it grow up.
(thats assuming it made it past the fry stage as it wouldn't have been able to eat properly anyway - look at its mouth.) It took a swim in one of our other tanks.
I've got a few more piccys for you all...
The cave wigglers (you can just make them out)
The cute little evictee - now starting to get some pigment
Look away now if you dont like what nature throws at you...
The deformed fry - It was a hard thing to do but I couldnt see it grow up.
(thats assuming it made it past the fry stage as it wouldn't have been able to eat properly anyway - look at its mouth.) It took a swim in one of our other tanks.
Click For Our Plecs
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