Chromidotilapia melaniae fry

[tjudy]

I kept this spawn a secret... not there are about 20 more in the USA!

 

[bigbird]

well done, does this now include points for your challange against Mike ? cheers jk :biggrin:
PS how is that challange going so far

 

[tjudy]

Of course! I am ahead, but Mike has to start slow due to some unfortunate family issues when we started. That will be balanced out, I suspect, but a few out-of-town trips I have planned and the ACA convnetion in July. My challenging Mike is kind of like the Iceland national soccer team challenging Manchester United... Mike will probably trounce me in the end.

 

[aquaticclarity]

I'd be happy yo come over and care for your fish while you visit the Bermuda club Ted. :biggrin: Things will be just fine in your fish room that way...

 

[tjudy]

Still thinking about bringing you a pair of C. melaniae, Jeff... that's worth you driving over here everyday... right? Oh... two feedings a day, once at the * AM and again at 8 PM. Very important. Cannot be early or late... What if I also throw in a pair of P. pulcher Ndonga?

 

[dfea]

Very Cool Ted! Congrats...

 

[aquaticclarity]

Still thinking about bringing you a pair of C. melaniae, Jeff... that's worth you driving over here everyday... right? Oh... two feedings a day, once at the * AM and again at 8 PM. Very important. Cannot be early or late... What if I also throw in a pair of P. pulcher Ndonga?

Will Deb be home? If so I'll consider it :wink:

 

[tjudy]

No, she will be in Bermuda...

 

[aquaticclarity]

Then I'll just move all of your fish to my place to make feeding easier. I can empty a few tanks to make it happen.

 

[tjudy]

Deal.... I would have a LOT of tank space to play with.

 

[aquaticclarity]

:biggrin:

I'll get working on it.

 

[westafrica]

Congrats on this breeding Ted! And thanks for the photos! Could we see a bit more, with fry? :biggrin:

 

[Nebraska_cichlids]

Hi Ted,

any updates on the melaniae?

Janos

 

[tjudy]

I removed the fry from the parents after I got back from a trip last week. There are 14 of them in all. They are now in an shoebox to grow out a bit. The pair did not seen to take the removal of the fry very hard. now that I have a spawn I gave the subdominant male and an extra female to Jeff (aquaticclarity) so that there are two of us working with them.

 

[tjudy]

The pair spawned again, and just at ten days after I removed the first batch of fry. I am going to let the parents raise this batch longer.

 

[Nebraska_cichlids]

Great job, Ted! Keep me in mind if you ever need a taker/buyer.

Janos