Hello.
Just thought to share my rams with you, along with their babies. This couple has spawned five times since I have them. In the last two spawns, almost 100% of the eggs hatched. Unfortunatelly, fry with 8 days old from the first three spawns were eaten by the parents because the female was ready for another spawn. So, I never had fry with more than 8 days old.
This weekend, another spawn took place in my 180L tank. It is the fifth spawn. Eggs hatched and, again, almost 100% of them were fertile. Today is the fourth day of the fry and, to prevent anther infanticide from the parents, I went into the pharmacy and buyed a syringe, large enough in the opening for the fry to be sucked. It worked! I took all the fry from the parents nest and put them in a nursery with plenty of moss. By tomorrow, all the fry will be free swiming and the days that will follow, it will be time for me to feed them microworms and liquid food.
Here´s some pics:
This was in the 65L tank where the pair had three spawns. This batch of fry were killed by parents after two days.
Here are the pics taken today. Fry already in the nursery, still with the yolk sack attached.
Here´s a video:
Vídeo - "
Fry and Dad"
To download the video:
( click the link ---> click where it says " free" in the giant board ----> wait until the countdown ends ----> insert the colourful code and click " Start download" )
The Male
The Female
Regards,
André