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A. thomasi spawn!

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lizardboy

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Hopefully this pic works, I've had these guys for a few months and they finally spawned! Kind of surprised that they bred at this size (they're two inches), but I'm super excited. Hopefully nothing eats the eggs until I can move them.

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lizardboy

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Update: something must have eaten the eggs. I woke up this morning, and they were gone... oh well. Next time I'll try spawning them in their own tank.
 
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lizardboy

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2nd update: my other pair in there has been acting weird lately, so I looked in the back of the tank where their nest is, and there are free swimming fry! I must be doing something good lol
 
Forester

Forester

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lizardboy said:
2nd update: my other pair in there has been acting weird lately, so I looked in the back of the tank where their nest is, and there are free swimming fry! I must be doing something good lol
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Awesome! Are you going to take the fry out?

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lizardboy

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Yeah, I took out as many of the fry as I could. I wasn't feeling good about their chances in my westie cichlid community
 
chriscoli

chriscoli

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Congrats! Mine keep acting like they are going to spawn but then they don't.....maybe soon.

Keep us posted on how they're doing!
 
mchambers

mchambers

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Mine do the same thing. I see fish in breeding coloration, but I never see eggs.

Good luck with the fry!
 
dogofwar

dogofwar

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Great job - I've actually never kept or bred these guys.

Any tips on keeping them? Temp, food, etc.? I'd think live worms and a nice water change would do the trick...

Matt
 
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lizardboy

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I keep them around 75F, feed flakes, pellets, frozen food, etc. Before they spawned I was feeding them some live earthworms. I have 6 of them in a 55G with two N. parilus. They really enjoy a planted tank.
 
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