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Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 12:39 am
by Caesars
smallfish wrote:congratulation, I hope they all hatched.
and if I can ask a question please, as with L114, how do you tell male or female,
on the picture that the fish out side should be a male, but he has no odontones on his pectoral fins at all. So I guess to sex them then we have to observe they courtship behaviours.
very nice fish, and nice pics.
Not all male L-codes have prominent odontes. We sexed ours by venting. Females have U shaped vents while males have V shaped. Also, when females are mature you will notice the swelling on the sides, under the pectoral fins (see top photo).
Sorry for the lack of updates. We have been busy as our own site, MCHPortal is being updated, reprogrammed and revamped. We are hoping we will be live by February 2008 but until then things will be more than hectic. We will let you know nearer the date, we will upload a full set of photos and a diary for this spawning.
Fry are alive and kicking - they are doing great!
Caesars and Polleni
Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 12:00 am
by Caesars
Hi all,
We have now been told the article is not scheduled to be published until June 2008 - it will be in
Amazonas for those of you who can speak/read German. Will be a long wait, so we thought we would post a couple of pics of the fry developing:
3 spawns so far and 2 ready to go. The last batch of fry hatched on Christmas day (what a present!!!) All parents and the army of fry are doing fantastic.
Enjoy,
Caesars and Polleni
Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 6:38 pm
by smithrc
nice work
3 spawns - looks like you've got things right for them
Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 10:56 pm
by Caesars
UPDATE:
For all interested, the article in Amazonas has been now published.
Details are as follows: Amazonas, No 18, July - August 2008, - and our particular spawn is on pp. 34-42.
Youngsters from that spawn are about 10+ cm long now.
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 2:15 pm
by pureplecs
Thank you for the update!!! Absolutely amazing pics!!
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 1:45 am
by Caesars
Glad you like the photos. The full article, with more photos, will be also on line soon, so for those who can wait we'll post details here!
Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 1:42 am
by Caesars
Hi all,
article and photos from the spawn and fry development is now on line
here:
http://www.mchportal.com/fishkeeping-ma ... ardus.html
By the time we managed to write it the fry from the first spawn are ready to spawn themselves ...
Ceasars and Polleni