A Good Day ...

[jonclark96]

I did my water changes this morning before heading out to Tropical Fish World to spend a little of my birthday money. I got home after picking up a little a. robertsoni and chatting with Andrew (thanks again for your help). I checked in my 180G, and two pairs of cutteri have spawned, one one each side of the tank. Then I went up stairs to check on my leucistic HRP's that I moved out of the big tank, and they are fanning eggs as well!:jumpy:

I think that someone must have had the Barry White on while I was out.

 

[Reel Addiction]

They were shy and wanted you to leave so they could be alone lol

 

[minifoot77]

lol @ criss nice to hear john

 

[Tony]

Awesome dude! Gratz.

 

[UNCLERUCKUS]

SO THATS WHERE MY BARRY WHITE WENT! LOL ! CONGRATS MAN!

 

[dogofwar]

You didn't even have to use your AK...

 

[jonclark96]

Matt - You are a trip. It took me a few seconds to pick up on the Ice Cube reference.

Today's update - both sets of cutteri eggs are no where to be seen. This was the first spawn for both pairs, so I didn't expect much. The leucistic HRP's are still fanning a big bunch of orange eggs, so I am thinking wigglers will be here tomorrow.

 

[Andrewtfw]

Good talking to you too, Jon. The cutteri will spawn again soon. If they are anything like their cousins, they should be in some form of spawning cycle for a while and you will have eggs again soon. Congrats on the HRPs.

 

[Jumbie]

I tell people all the time to turn the lights off and play some Barry White and Marvin Gaye..works all the time. BTW congrats bro!!!

 

[jonclark96]

2/3/10 Update:

We have wigglers! It is a pretty big spawn, I'd guess there are probably around 100 little ones hanging out in the flower pot in the tank. I'm pretty stoked about this. I have had the pair for close to a year and this is their first successful spawn. I guess being in a tank to themselves was what they were looking for. I'll get some pics when they are big enough to see on my crummy camera.

 

[Reel Addiction]

Good deal Jon. I cant wait to see some of my fish breed.

 

[jonclark96]

Today's update:

I have free swimming fry as of today. The female took them out of the clay pot where they laid eggs this morning for the first time. I would estimate the brood at about 100.

 

[marge618]

2/3/10 Update:

We have wigglers! It is a pretty big spawn, I'd guess there are probably around 100 little ones hanging out in the flower pot in the tank. I'm pretty stoked about this. I have had the pair for close to a year and this is their first successful spawn. I guess being in a tank to themselves was what they were looking for. I'll get some pics when they are big enough to see on my crummy camera.

Congrats! 100 wrigglers must look like a 'fish cloud". Looking forward to pictures.

 

[jonclark96]

2/9/10 Update

Here are some bad pics. My point and shoot just doesn't take very good fish shots.

The first two are of dad and the fry swimming below him. They are about the same color as the gravel, so they are hard to see. The third pic is of the whole tank, and you can see the female pretty well. My camera doesn't do justice to the blues and reds in their fins.

A rookie mistake is the lack of protection on the filter intake tubes. I am pretty sure I have lost some of the fry to the filter. Unfortunately, I just managed to get my driveway cleared and did not have time to get to the pet store.

I'll post more pics as they get bigger.

 

[Andrewtfw]

Carefully check the filter and you will surely discover some of the fry. I found kribensis fry in a canister filter nearly three weeks after the spawn was free swimming.

 

[jonclark96]

I pulled about 20 fry out of the bottom of the aquaclear filter today. It was really cool to see the female go and find them and move them to the rest of the pack as I dropped them back in the tank. It was a surgical strike team, she would move out and find a little one, and the male would watch over the swarm. After she found all of them, she must have thought that the swordtails in the tank had something to do with her missing babies because she went and took a bite out of each of them.

Any recommendations for protection on the filter intakes once I can finally get out of the house? Would a foam block from an AC filter be sufficient and not cut back the flow on the filter too much?

Thanks,
Jon

 

[UNCLERUCKUS]

Pantyhose secured to your intake work great to protect your fry too.

 

[SubMariner]

I did my water changes this morning before heading out to Tropical Fish World to spend a little of my birthday money. I got home after picking up a little a. robertsoni and chatting with Andrew (thanks again for your help). I checked in my 180G, and two pairs of cutteri have spawned, one one each side of the tank. Then I went up stairs to check on my leucistic HRP's that I moved out of the big tank, and they are fanning eggs as well!:jumpy:

I think that someone must have had the Barry White on while I was out.

LOL! You got that right Brother Jon!))

 

[danger_chicken]

Would a foam block from an AC filter be sufficient and not cut back the flow on the filter too much?
Thanks,
Jon

I cut a piece of AC filter foam and put it over the intake

 

[dogofwar]

That's what I do... although I quite using power filters (pretty much) - sponges and boxes won't do that

Matt

I cut a piece of AC filter foam and put it over the intake