My Breeding Log :D

So Spawn #1 from my ALB SF Male & Comm SF female i have about 25 in the fry trap and they are about 1-1.5cm at nearly 2 weeks old. (Laid 1/6/12 - Hatched 4/6/12)

Spawn #2 from My Comm SF male & Comm SF female have just hatched, I have 3 in the fry saver and i would easily say 100ish in the log with dad! He has got them all pinned into the back of the log & they are all wriggling away! (Laid 10/6/12 - Hatched 14/6/12)

Spawn #3 should be laid any day now as the ALB SF Male & one of my Comm Females are getting cozy in the log.

So far i have been transferring the Males either the day before they have laid or the day after in spawn #2 case

As soon as these fry are large enough i will be doing the transfer into the 4ft tank & put my pair/trio in the 2 & 3fter i have set up. (I was going to do it the other way round)

So far the #1 spawn are starting to munch away on Cucumber but are far from eating the whole piece i put in each day..

Water parameters are the following in the current spawn tank
PH 7.4-7.6
AM 0
Nitrates 0
Nitrites 0

I am doing between 20-30% water changes daily & so far so good

awesome!!!

Spawn #1 - are about 1.5cm long now & flicking around the tankl



Spawn #2 - Dad left the cave last night & i had spotted 2-3 itty bitty babies free swimming through the tank. I moved the log into the fry trap and just as i lowered it in 100's of babies came flying out into the trap...



I am guessing i have 1 huge spawns or 2 little ones in here as the 2 females i had with him were verry hollow the day after he went a hiding!

throw an airstone into the fry saver, the fry will love the extra current and o2

Yep did it & a big log of Cucumber for all of those tiny mouths... and a piece of driftwood that i broke off too

They are about 3-4 deep in this picture

So spawn 1 & 2 are now 1.5-2cm long, Munging away on the cucumber & they love the algae pellets.

I did the dreaded tank move today (out of the 2ft & into the 4ft) so far it has been 6hrs & no casualties, i guess i will know for sure by tomorrow morning....

Spawn 3 (which i thought would be here by now) is still in a fat belly but with a Cold front coming tomorrow night & another on thursday, i should definitely have some more soon!

keep your fingers crossed for me

Whoooohoooooooo it worked! No losses!

They are all now hanging on to the glass for dear life as the flow from my 1500lph filter & bubble wall

One of my biggest is 1.8cm head to end of tail the smallest is 1.5ish

nice one!!

I'm doing the dreaded fry move today on my peppermints

You are turning into a real pro!

Taught by the best

Spawn #3 arrived an hour ago a nice bug clumps

Good old bristles & stumps at it again!

Holy Cow!!!

I have just watched in the space of 25ish minutes, mass amounts of fry (70+) go from little orange balls to bobbing little wrigglers LOL

Excited much!!??!!

Okdoki!

So it has taken just over 6 weeks & my first spawn of babies are now powering on at 3cm.... So to answer anyones questions, fry - when given plenty of food - can get to 3cm in 6 weeks.

A 3cm fry can get up to 7cm in 8 weeks....


My husband thinks i feed them better than him lol...

cos they kick arse and are cute

wow congrats mate. sounds like your gonna be swimming in bn fry soon lol