3 new fry!
3 new fry!
Hello everyone!
I am pleased to tell that today I seperated 3 new fry. This is already the fourth breeding, coming to a total of 10 living fry now.
I already released the one fry from the second breeding and he is still hiding al lot but doing well (it was the hooligan that was beating up his little brothers and now he is getting some beating himself from the oldest brother from the first breeding ). But don't worry it is nothing serious, just some typical zebra tolerance
I am sorry that I don't give my contribution to this site on a more regular base, but I am very busy with my study at the moment.
I am pleased to tell that today I seperated 3 new fry. This is already the fourth breeding, coming to a total of 10 living fry now.
I already released the one fry from the second breeding and he is still hiding al lot but doing well (it was the hooligan that was beating up his little brothers and now he is getting some beating himself from the oldest brother from the first breeding ). But don't worry it is nothing serious, just some typical zebra tolerance
I am sorry that I don't give my contribution to this site on a more regular base, but I am very busy with my study at the moment.
Congrats Cascudo!! Your zebras seem to have things figured out. How much time elapsed between each of the spawns? Just curious to know.
Don't worry about not being able to post more frequently due to other commitments, sounds like you have a life outside of keeping zebras unlike me .
Well done, keep up the good work .
Adam
Don't worry about not being able to post more frequently due to other commitments, sounds like you have a life outside of keeping zebras unlike me .
Well done, keep up the good work .
Adam
Thanks for the friendly responses
Mabye this one could be made a "Sticky" so it is always on top.
My simple philosophy is that you just need patience and a little luck. I do think that it helps to leave them alone as much as possible.
My first breeding happened during my holiday (which gave the zebra's the oportunity to have a holiday from me ). It happened by the way in a rather overstocked tank. Presently they have the tank practically for their own, sharing it just with a school of Rasbora hengeli and Amano shrimps.
In fact I had to rescue this last breeding in an early stage. One day I saw the male out of his breeding cave on a rather unusual moment (not during feeding time) when I looked better I saw that a bundle of eggs were outside the tube, this situation was appearently stressing the male.
I picked up the tube with te male inside it and dropped the bundle of eggs inside the tube. From then on the male stayed inside the tube, appearently satisfied being rejoined with the lost eggs
Adam, I think about 2 months. but I have to look it up to be more precisely.How much time elapsed between each of the spawns?
McEve, I use this thread to post my updates:http://www.zebrapleco.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=263is anybody keeping score of how many new ones we've
Mabye this one could be made a "Sticky" so it is always on top.
Shell, I have my zebra's for almost 3 years now, they only started spawning last summer. In fact I don't do much effort to create special conditions. I take care well of the tank, but I don't practice cold water floods, I don't have extra powerheads and I don't try to change the water's chemistry. I just keep the temperature at 29 degr. celsius and I provide a simple PVC tube as a breeding cave (an advantage is that I can easily remove the fry).Well done! How long have you had the zebras, what sort on conditions did they breed in?
My simple philosophy is that you just need patience and a little luck. I do think that it helps to leave them alone as much as possible.
My first breeding happened during my holiday (which gave the zebra's the oportunity to have a holiday from me ). It happened by the way in a rather overstocked tank. Presently they have the tank practically for their own, sharing it just with a school of Rasbora hengeli and Amano shrimps.
In fact I had to rescue this last breeding in an early stage. One day I saw the male out of his breeding cave on a rather unusual moment (not during feeding time) when I looked better I saw that a bundle of eggs were outside the tube, this situation was appearently stressing the male.
I picked up the tube with te male inside it and dropped the bundle of eggs inside the tube. From then on the male stayed inside the tube, appearently satisfied being rejoined with the lost eggs
Cascudo, are you doing Java by any chance? I had to give up, just couldn't find the time what with all the family commitments. just as well really it use to melt my brain.
I have heard that zebra eggs are quite large, perhaps this is why their spawns are not bigger.
I have heard that zebra eggs are quite large, perhaps this is why their spawns are not bigger.
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