L333 Spawn

Caesars · Post by **Caesars** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 6:13 pm

L333s spawned and we managed to get some nice piccies. Enjoy!

Eggs In Cave

Eggs Day 1

Eggs Day2

Eggs Day 3

Eggs Day 4

Eggs Day 5

Eggs Day 6

Fry Day 1

Last to hatch ....

The pair laid about 60 eggs; the tank parameters were pH 7.6, temperature 26 C, kH 3 and GdH 4, following a good water change (60% continuous flow) 9 days before.

Caesars and Polleni

Post by **John** » Wed Jun 06, 2007 7:33 pm

Brilliant pics Caesars

BTW congrats on a super batch: 60

stang1 · Post by **stang1** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 12:51 am

Absolutely amazing photos!

Congratulations on so many fry.

Post by **TwoTankAmin** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 2:40 am

Nice series

sam · Post by **sam** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 6:26 am

excellent photos

Caesars · Post by **Caesars** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 9:12 am

Thanks guys!

We'll keep a record of the development of the fry and add some piccies as they consume the yolk sac and assume their "adult" colouration. Stick around ...

Caesars · Post by **Caesars** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 2:29 am

Update on fry: we are currently on day 9 and they look like ready to start eating. Below some footage from their development:

Fry Day2

Fry Day 3

Fry Day 4

Fry Day 5

Fry Day 6

Fry Day 7

Fry Day 8.

They now have their very own piece of bogwood in the breeder and they sure know how to use it!

Caesars and Polleni

stang1 · Post by **stang1** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 6:44 pm

More amazing photos! Please keep us updated with pics!

drd · Post by **drd** » Sat Nov 10, 2007 9:35 pm

Hi how about a little follow up story about your L333´s ??

I have about 120 small frys thats eating and getting bigger myself here in sweden.

bonsai · Post by **bonsai** » Sat Nov 10, 2007 10:08 pm

Fantastic pics! you are lucky!

Caesars · Post by **Caesars** » Sat Nov 10, 2007 11:13 pm

Well this lot of fry is not with us any longer. Having grown enough to be self sufficient in any tank they were allowed to find their own homes.

Below a couple of photos as we were taking them out of their parents' tank:

We haven't got information on all of them, naturally, but a selected few we know about are doing very well.

In the meantime, the pairs have obliged again so there are some new lots of fry "crawling" about in the tank.

drd, are you keeping the youngsters with their parents or do you grow them in a separate tank? Share some of your photos please!!

Caesars and Polleni

drd · Post by **drd** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 6:52 am

Hey....

I have a couple of my frys in small floatingtanks in the surfice in the parents tank which is a 720 litre s.a tank with altum and geophagus tapajos red head and about 40 different catfishes.

Some of the frys have move because the batch was so big, a dropped half of the youngsters in a tank of their own along with water from the parents tank and to filters from it.

No deaths since the move thanksfully

drd · Post by **drd** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 6:53 am

Here´s a pic of some older frys a have bread, they are about 4 cm´s and ready for sale

drd · Post by **drd** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 6:55 am

And one more

Caesars · Post by **Caesars** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 10:06 am

Great photos.

Have you ever tried to move the fry from the floater tanks to the main tank? We have tried it this time with the L333s and a couple passed away for some unknown reason, straight after the move (within the next day or two). When we put them back in the floater they were fine. We guessed it was stress. Anybody had a similar experience or can explain it?

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