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Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 9:09 am
by du ma
congrats
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 10:50 am
by Adam
That's great news Des
At least this will help to soften the blow of the male you lost recently. Nice big spawn too, looks like you may have something there with the increased amount of RO water.
Well done mate
.
PS you may want to change the name of your thread to "second time zebra dad"
Adam
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 12:12 pm
by Cascudo
That's fantastic man! And so many at a time! Congrats!
Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2005 10:13 am
by Des
Hi ,
Decided this morning to remove the fry this morning into a fry container, even though the male would not vacate the cave, as I had estimated that they were due to be free swimming any day now.
And the good news is that there were 16 of the little baby zebras, instead of the 13 that I had originally counted in the back of the cave.
It looks as they have a day to go before the egg sack is finally used up. Decided to take them out ,as I did not want to risk them in the breeding tank with the other adults and they would be more difficult to catch if required. Also would be able to ensure they are feeding well in the fry container.
Many thanks for your good wishes too.
Regards,
Des
Photo of some of the 16 new babies
Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2005 9:39 pm
by Des
Hi,
Here is a picture taken this evening, of the majority of fry, from the second sucessful spawning, removed from the cave this morning. Couldnt get a picture of all of them as some "escaped " to the other end of the container, just prior to the photo.
Regards,
Des.
Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2005 10:35 pm
by Adam
Hi Des,
Fantastic!!!:D
. They look nice and healthy too, great picture by the way. Good luck with them.
Well done
Adam
Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2005 11:14 pm
by Fishfinder
Blimey!
Well done Des, that must almost be a record number of fry for a Zebra spawn. You definitely have the magic touch. Well done.
Andrew
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 12:44 am
by Jenny
Wow, Des, they are beautiful - Congratulations - so many of them
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 8:19 am
by Mindy
How precious! Such cuties! Good luck with them all, and well done!
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 8:21 am
by McEve
They're absolutely gorgeous Des, perfect in every way! Congrats
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 6:28 pm
by Andrew C
Congratulations Des
Great picture as well
Andrew.
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 8:22 pm
by Des
Thanks everyone for your comments and good wishes.
I do believe that the larger viable brood size was due to the lower conductivity (TDS), due to making a few water changes prior to the spawn with 100 % RO ( giving my secret away now!!!!!!!!!!) instead of the 50%tap/50% RO . I did this inspite of hearing reports of zebras breeding in hard water.
I used my experiences with breeding discus, as any one who breeds discus will know that you may get 100 -200 eggs laid in medium to hard water but hardly any make it to be free swimming. This soon is remedied by using very soft water of 1GH as is the case with other soft water cichlids. Although I have heard reports, recently of them breeding in Hard water!!!
Regards,
Des.
Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2005 8:29 pm
by Rob
Congrats Des
Healthy, and plentiful......what else can I say!!!! Here's hoping they continue in the same fashion!!!!!! If we all keep going like this, we'll need to re-introduce some to the wild!!