YEEEES second male started to spawn

Tom Kvitnes · Post by **Tom Kvitnes** » Fri May 06, 2005 12:31 am

Discovered today that i have 2 males guarding eggs.

The second one is altso one of the smaller males, looks like the bigger ones aint intrested in the game.

But do i care, NO

Regards

Tom

Adam · Post by **Adam** » Fri May 06, 2005 10:53 am

Congrats Tom, that's great news.

There is just no stopping your lot now, nothing for two years and now you've got multiple spawns in the same tank.

That is pretty rare, usually the alpha male is the only one involved in the spawning. I have heard of a couple of other multiple spawns but those were in large tanks.

Well done mate.

Adam

McEve · Post by **McEve** » Fri May 06, 2005 11:58 am

Tahat's fantastic Tom! You must be thrilled

How many babies do you get from your spawns?

Tom Kvitnes · Post by **Tom Kvitnes** » Fri May 06, 2005 5:57 pm

Thanks Adam !

McEve i am thrilled

maybe not as mutch as the first time, but still.

My spawns give from 1-7 fry usually 4-5.

I dont know for sure but i think the male that has given all the spawns until now, have a habbit of eating some of the eggs.

As a said earlier the males that are spawning is 2 of the smaller ones in the group, they are about 6-7 cm. The bigger ones 8-10 cm are not active at all.
Is that a little weird or not ?

I am considering putting the biggest ones up for sale, and replacing them with a female if possible.

Regards

Tom

Adam · Post by **Adam** » Fri May 06, 2005 6:03 pm

Hi Tom,

I forgot to ask in my last post, I'm curious to know how large your tank is

Thanks

Adam

Tom Kvitnes · Post by **Tom Kvitnes** » Fri May 06, 2005 6:57 pm

Hi adam.

The tank is 35 uk gallons (160 litre)

It was ment for a group of 6 zebraes, but now it holds 11 adults and it seems to work great.

Heavily filtered with
Eheim 2217 about 1000 L/hour
Eheim 2015 about 500 L/hour
Eheim 2048 internal about 600 L/hour
Eheim 2012 internal about 400 L/hour

Regards

Tom

Cascudo · Post by **Cascudo** » Fri May 06, 2005 7:39 pm

Congratulations with your double spawn!

Heavily filtered with
Eheim 2217 about 1000 L/hour
Eheim 2015 about 500 L/hour
Eheim 2048 internal about 600 L/hour
Eheim 2012 internal about 400 L/hour

My god! Doesn't turn this your tank into a whirlpool?

Tom Kvitnes · Post by **Tom Kvitnes** » Fri May 06, 2005 9:46 pm

hehehe it actually works fine, the pumps are set up in different areas in the tank.
This way i can control the current as i like in the different parts of the tank.
And a can overfeed without worries.

Regards

Tom

Cascudo wrote:Congratulations with your double spawn!

Heavily filtered with
Eheim 2217 about 1000 L/hour
Eheim 2015 about 500 L/hour
Eheim 2048 internal about 600 L/hour
Eheim 2012 internal about 400 L/hour
My god! Doesn't turn this your tank into a whirlpool?