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First Successful Spawn
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 7:18 pm
by Andrew C
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 ?
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 8:36 pm
by smithrc
Nice one
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2007 8:40 pm
by rich1988oxford
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?
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 8:41 am
by davo
nice healthy fry
you know what happens when you put two females in a room together
cat fight
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 1:38 pm
by Plastic Mac
Congraulations, that's the hardest part over and done with lol!
Plastic Mac
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 5:24 pm
by PlecoDamo
Great News. Hopefully there will be lots more to come
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 5:56 pm
by Andrew C
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.
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 7:25 pm
by John
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?
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 8:10 pm
by eklikewhoa
Congrats!!!!
zeb
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 9:06 pm
by civicr
well done hope the rest of the fry are fine aswell.bet your a proud father
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 9:53 pm
by Andrew C
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.
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 11:07 pm
by rich1988oxford
Pop a piece of cucumber in there!
They wont touch it for at least 24hours, but once it has softened they should love it
Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 12:24 pm
by Lucy
Andrew well done!!!
All that waiting has paid off - I'm soooooo pleased for you!!
Lucy <><
Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 12:36 pm
by McEve
Congrats Andrew!
and yes, time to start feeding them
Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 2:23 pm
by SilverSurfer
Very cool,
about how big are the breeders?