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Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 11:36 pm
by smithrc
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...
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 10:12 am
by zebrastorey
Its all going on now
Well done mate very well deserved.
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 11:16 pm
by smithrc
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...
Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 12:28 am
by T.Exeter
Great news and top photos
Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2007 6:02 pm
by andrewcoxon
brilliant news!! more photo's please!!!
Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2007 6:17 pm
by smithrc
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
zebs
Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2007 6:17 pm
by civicr
well done keep us updated with pics!!
wish i had eggs!
Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2007 10:18 pm
by T.Exeter
Wicked fry pictures
Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2007 11:13 pm
by smithrc
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.
Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 5:36 am
by T.Exeter
Once again,awesome photos
Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 7:29 am
by John
Nice piccies SmithRC, what kind of camera do you use?
Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 11:27 am
by smithrc
Thanks all
Its a Fuji S7000... now with 58mm adapter and a macro lens.
It looses a bit of clarity through the glass/water/plastic combination
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 3:24 pm
by andyj
more pics needed !!!!
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 4:49 pm
by smithrc
Ok - tonight
Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2007 11:54 pm
by madmoroccan
I am absolutely chuffed for you mate... Well done!!!
After all the trials and tribulations you've done it!
Good luck, the next batch will come sooner than you bargained for.