Enjoy,
Cat and Polleni
L114 breeding pics
L114 breeding pics
Love (eventually) was in the water. Dad kicked out the eggs accidentally but thankfully we were close by with the net.
Enjoy,
Cat and Polleni
Enjoy,
Cat and Polleni
congrats!
sooooo jealous... I found an adult pair for sale in my local fish shop of all places....
Unfortunately funds just couldn't run to them...
Well done
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Lovely fish
Unfortunately funds just couldn't run to them...
Well done
Keep us updated
Lovely fish
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Hi all,
Thanks for the wishes and for sharing in our joy!
The eggs are fertile. In our experience if the "white spot" (= that's what will develop to be the fry) is visible the first day the eggs are fine. You can see that clearly in the piccies above.
Some more photos below show the embryos develop - you can see the "face" of three of them who happened to be at the right angle for a photo opportunity:
Daddy is 5 years old, mother is three. The father is what is currently classified as an L114 while the mother is currently classified as an L600. There is some debate whether this is the same species or not; we tend to believe it is. Please note that in this case the father has chased away a very gravid L114 (same dotted tail) as he clearly preferred the L600 female. Similarly, in one of our other tanks, the fish of our second colony intermix freely with one L600 male (this time) courting heavily with an L114 female and chasing all other females off. It looks it is all down to individuals' preferrences; the distinction currently made by some seems not to be recognised by the fish. It will be interesting to see the babies' tails.
Other than that, this particular colony consists of 5 fish, 2 L114 and 3 L600. The fish are housed in a 1000 lit tank, together with large cichlids. They are fed mostly dried food 3 times daily and bloodworm once weekly. A month prior to spawning they were offered an extra feed at night. Plenty of aeration, filtration by two Eheim Professionel 3, water temp. 26C in winter and 29C in summer, pH 7.8, gdH 10, kH8.
Caesars and Polleni
Thanks for the wishes and for sharing in our joy!
The eggs are fertile. In our experience if the "white spot" (= that's what will develop to be the fry) is visible the first day the eggs are fine. You can see that clearly in the piccies above.
Some more photos below show the embryos develop - you can see the "face" of three of them who happened to be at the right angle for a photo opportunity:
Daddy is 5 years old, mother is three. The father is what is currently classified as an L114 while the mother is currently classified as an L600. There is some debate whether this is the same species or not; we tend to believe it is. Please note that in this case the father has chased away a very gravid L114 (same dotted tail) as he clearly preferred the L600 female. Similarly, in one of our other tanks, the fish of our second colony intermix freely with one L600 male (this time) courting heavily with an L114 female and chasing all other females off. It looks it is all down to individuals' preferrences; the distinction currently made by some seems not to be recognised by the fish. It will be interesting to see the babies' tails.
Other than that, this particular colony consists of 5 fish, 2 L114 and 3 L600. The fish are housed in a 1000 lit tank, together with large cichlids. They are fed mostly dried food 3 times daily and bloodworm once weekly. A month prior to spawning they were offered an extra feed at night. Plenty of aeration, filtration by two Eheim Professionel 3, water temp. 26C in winter and 29C in summer, pH 7.8, gdH 10, kH8.
Caesars and Polleni
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.
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.
