First Successful Spawn

Andrew C · Post by **Andrew C** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 7:18 pm

Wey Hey, found the first roaming zebra fry from the males cave tonight !
Don't think the male has many fry in his cave, will be lucky if i there is five of them, but at least this male is getting it right

And this male was the sub dominant male in the big tank before i split up my zebras into three smaller tanks !

There is three zebras in a 2ft * 1.5ft * 15 inches high tank, the male, a female and possibly another female (i assume this because she is not as big as the two definite males, and is over three years old).
I have noticed that the two females are squabbling a bit, and have only noticed this in the past week.
Will a female that has laid eggs make it more territorial than usual ?

smithrc · Post by **smithrc** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 8:36 pm

Nice one

rich1988oxford · Post by **rich1988oxford** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 8:40 pm

congratulations

I dont think the female would be more aggressive due to recently laying eggs, probably down to the fact that she has recently spawned for the first time and now considers herself to be the "alpha female" if that makes sense?

davo · Post by **davo** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 8:41 am

nice healthy fry

you know what happens when you put two females in a room together

cat fight

Plastic Mac · Post by **Plastic Mac** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 1:38 pm

Congraulations, that's the hardest part over and done with lol!

Plastic Mac

PlecoDamo · Post by **PlecoDamo** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 5:24 pm

Great News. Hopefully there will be lots more to come

Andrew C · Post by **Andrew C** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 5:56 pm

Thanks for the replies.

Just found another four fry in the tank and put them in the hatcher, not sure if the male has anymore but he is still deep in his cave

Will take some pictures of the fry later on tonight.

The reason i ask about the second female, is the now dominant female sometimes has the sub dominant female trying to hide under the spray bar of the cannister filter at the top of the tank and seems to be making the whole tank hers.
It is starting to look like i will have to move the sub dominant female to another tank and just leave the pair in the tank.

Post by **John** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 7:25 pm

Congratulations Andrew,

Just a quick question:
Do you have sufficient flow of freshwater into the hatcher as i can't see any supply of freshwater into the hatcher in the pics?

eklikewhoa · Post by **eklikewhoa** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 8:10 pm

Congrats!!!!

civicr · Post by **civicr** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 9:06 pm

well done hope the rest of the fry are fine aswell.bet your a proud father

Andrew C · Post by **Andrew C** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 9:53 pm

Some pictures of the new fry;

Hello John
There is some flow through the hatcher, the hatcher vent on the left hand side of the hatcher, is right in front of the last hole on the Eheim spray bar, which is giving the hatcher some current.
The worst bit is i have been feeding them ZM 100 fry food (smaller than baby brine shrimp) and some micro worms, but feel the smaller food is not settling in the container much and geting pushed out of the vent on the right hand side of the hatcher too easily.
So i put some uncrushed Tetramin (the red granules) in with them tonight as it won't get pushed out the vent, and mushes up soon after being added to water, so the fry should be able to feed on it !

Well get a better picture tomorrow night.

rich1988oxford · Post by **rich1988oxford** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 11:07 pm

Pop a piece of cucumber in there!
They wont touch it for at least 24hours, but once it has softened they should love it

Lucy · Post by **Lucy** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 12:24 pm

Andrew well done!!!

All that waiting has paid off - I'm soooooo pleased for you!!

Lucy <><

McEve · Post by **McEve** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 12:36 pm

Congrats Andrew!

and yes, time to start feeding them

SilverSurfer · Post by **SilverSurfer** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 2:23 pm

Very cool,
about how big are the breeders?