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My First Spawn
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 3:27 am
by khrister
I started collecting these beautiful striped pl*cos about 4-5 months ago.
Started with 7 and end up with 27 total. Latest additions was about 2 months ago. I was not paying attention to these lately. Just doing routine water changes, feeding regularly and not looking inside their caves as much.
Today I decided to take a peak and I just noticed, one of my males has been guarding FRY... I'm stoked !!!
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 8:22 am
by John
Congrats
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 11:37 am
by jerry58
Hi
Well done! looking good
Jerry
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 5:14 pm
by Jo's Zebs
Thats fantastic well done
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 7:21 pm
by TwoTankAmin
Nice work- amazing how a change of tank (read that water params) can get them started.
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 9:25 pm
by Joby
What a lovely sight, good luck with them
Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 5:16 am
by khrister
Thanks everyone...I think my male is on a roll. He got another female trapped inside the same cave
Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 2:28 pm
by unungy
Gongratulations!!!
GOOD work.
Now you are a breeder..
best regards,
Saul
Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 4:53 pm
by KenW
Hey Jojo,
That is great news. Soon you will have a swarm of babies.
So did you rearrange the setup with new caves?
Ken
Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 2:31 am
by khrister
Thanks everyone!
Hey Saul, dunno about the new breeder, I think I just got lucky and my Zebs are mature enough to breed.
Ken I did not do any re-arranging I still have all of them in a 55g. All cramped in a pyramid looking cave formation
Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 8:28 am
by Frontyking
congrats on the spawn. Well done!
Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 1:25 pm
by Zebraholic
Congrats on the spawn... I know the surprise feeling you are having. I had a first spawn just recently and counldnt believe it. I guess the best feeling is when they breed and you least expect them too. Good luck with them.
Male trapping Female
Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 5:03 pm
by khrister
khrister wrote:Thanks everyone...I think my male is on a roll. He got another female trapped inside the same cave
So last week the male sitting on a clutch of FRY trapped a female in his cave. I was a bit worried since he got the female in there for more than 5 days. Last Wednesday I did a water change and somehow the female was able to get out. This morning she's back in the same cave. Is this normal?
Posted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 6:22 pm
by Stevie.K
Congrats on your spawn, its perfectly normal, I have females that do the biz in a day & others that yo-yo in & out & no results for days ,weeks & months!
A few weeks ago I had 2 females in the males cave, but this resulted in nothing, he has one of the females back in now so fingers crossed, there all different.
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 6:22 pm
by sid
Congrats, must be a good feeling