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asylumdown 02-07-2014 11:15 PM

Your gametes are showing...
 
I missed the moment of exchange (darn they're quick!) but I caught the the next few minutes as daddy fish got the eggs all settled:

http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/...ps5a0aca93.jpg
http://i1100.photobucket.com/albums/...psbbdd06da.jpg

He's still soooo skinny from the last round, I doubt he'll carry these all the way to release, but his lady is hard to resist. She borderline bullies him in to it.

LoJack 02-08-2014 02:12 PM

Sweet photo's.

I just had a male eat his eggs after holding for more than 3 weeks ... jerk lol. I had even moved him to his own tank to prevent this from happening.

Sidenote, is that bubble algae? Those are huge lol

Coralgurl 02-08-2014 04:41 PM

The pic with the eggs in his mouth is AMAZING - what a great shot!!! That's a POTM (love)....

christyf5 02-08-2014 04:59 PM

Mine go constantly. I don't think there are 2 even 2 weeks in between batches. They're both looking pretty well fed though luckily.

Congrats! :mrgreen:

asylumdown 02-09-2014 02:50 AM

Thanks! And yah, that's one of my many epic bubbles. That wasn't the biggest one in the tank, not by a long shot. I spent about 4 hours on a ladder today trying to get as many of them out as I could, but since I ended up popping 90% of the ones I got, I"m sure I just made it worse. Valonia is the pits.

This seems to be their biggest clutch yet. I can see the eggs through his gill slits when I look at him from behind. So far I've only been awake when he released the fry once and I caught three, but none of them survived. I'm not sure I was feeding them the right thing.


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