#1 February 8, 2010, 2:12 pm
- Kribby
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Astatolapia Nubila Fry Are Here!
I was a little concerned when I bought these guys that their difficulty would be beyond me, but so far things have been going rather smoothly. As a result I have my first batch of fry from mama fish! I think that I will wait until these guys grow up before I attempt to raise another batch. No sense ending up with more fry than I can handle in my apartment!
Mama number 2 is still holding, but she has considerably less eggs, so I think I will let her go naturally and concentrate on my first spawn.
I've done a count of the babies and I have 34 little guys! Much smaller than I expected, but now I don't have to wonder where she was hiding them all.
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#2 February 8, 2010, 2:13 pm
- clydesmith
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Re: Astatolapia Nubila Fry Are Here!
Kribby wrote:
I was a little concerned when I bought these guys that their difficulty would be beyond me, but so far things have been going rather smoothly. As a result I have my first batch of fry from mama fish! I think that I will wait until these guys grow up before I attempt to raise another batch. No sense ending up with more fry than I can handle in my apartment!
Mama number 2 is still holding, but she has considerably less eggs, so I think I will let her go naturally and concentrate on my first spawn.
I've done a count of the babies and I have 34 little guys! Much smaller than I expected, but now I don't have to wonder where she was hiding them all.
http://www.nsaquariumclub.com/users/191 … 0_1520.jpg
I need atleast 5.
125g African Cichlid Mix - 90g Grow out tank - 48g Fry Tank - 33g Fwa River Blood Throats- 10g Quarantine
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#3 February 8, 2010, 2:20 pm
- Kribby
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Re: Astatolapia Nubila Fry Are Here!
you can have the 5 ones that look devious... you know the ones, they are the little dots in the corner 
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I will make sure I save a few for you. I know I don't need to keep all 34! maybe 2 or 3 for myself. I just want to make sure I have a back up male and a couple more females from it.
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#4 February 8, 2010, 2:21 pm
- clydesmith
- Dovii (Wolf Cichlid)
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Re: Astatolapia Nubila Fry Are Here!
Kribby wrote:
you can have the 5 ones that look devious... you know the ones, they are the little dots in the corner
I will make sure I save a few for you. I know I don't need to keep all 34! maybe 2 or 3 for myself. I just want to make sure I have a back up male and a couple more females from it.
Understood!
125g African Cichlid Mix - 90g Grow out tank - 48g Fry Tank - 33g Fwa River Blood Throats- 10g Quarantine
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#5 February 9, 2010, 4:21 am
- Kribby
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Re: Astatolapia Nubila Fry Are Here!
Day 2:
The fry are still doing quite well. They were stationary for much of last night and seemed to prefer to hoover in place. this morning I fed them a mixture of live baby brine shrimp and Hikari First Bites. They seemed to enjoy it.
The fry are about half the size of the batch born a couple days earlier so I shall wait until they seem more robust before letting them leave the breeding net. I have heard that they grow quickly so I am sure that they will catch up reasonably well in a few days.
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