Finally managed a good photo of this fish.
I think I've gotten over the egg fungusing thing. I decided for the heck of it to pick a few eggs yesterday. I found one eyed up one too. I put a few in water and a few on peat. Only one on the peat fungused and if anyone fungused in the water I didn't see them.
Update:
Ok, now I've got 1 fry and 1 juvie. I managed to hatch that 3 from the eggs(killed almost all the ones on the peat on accident by leaving them too long). Then the 2 smaller ones dissapeared. Today while feeding my imaginary babies in the parent tank BBS I spotted a juvenile amongst the duckweed! About grain of rice size. At what size do they start to sex out? Right now it looks like a female but then thats how it always is.
~Joseph
Beautiful fish, congrats on the fry and juvie
Deborah
Joseph, you now have a chance for a small group. Hope they do well for
you. That is one of the prettiest splendopleure!
Bill
I can't wait till I can raise up a little colony of these guys...they sure are pretty.
Besides the ritual addition of brineshrimp to the "imaginary fry" and keeping them out of sight anything else I should do for them?
The tank...which has grown in.
Secondary male. Note missing upper streamer and anal fin tip....suppose the big one bit it off.
One of the females
~Joseph
Looks good, Joseph, topcover of plants is very important for babies to hide in.
Bill
Indeed farang it is. I noticed at least 3 juvies are crawling around in their somewhere. I really wish their was a way to up the production more though.
~Joseph
If it is heavily planted, it is very tough to know how many fry there are.
In the one photo I see topcover, but can't see how well-planted the rest of the tank is. For permanent planted setups I like to have the tank look
something like this to protect the babies:
Bill
Update news...bad news and good news...what about bad news first.
Bad news is...
Ok by a stupid mistake I killed one pair of the two including the female I considered the better one.
Good news is...
I just realized I probably have 8 or so juvies growing out in the tank now and also some additional fry. At least 1 male amongst them...cute little thing he is.
~Joseph
Congrats on the 8 fry, Joseph. Take some pics of the little fella when you
can
Bill
I hope to but he seems to have inherited the parents shyness. Maybe move him somewhere and give him the training to become a "photo fish?"
I see maybe another male and one definite female(she's largest and slightly darker). I really wish I could get them to produce faster but trying an experiment with a seperate spawning tank is how I lost that other pair.
~Joseph
Joseph,
I'd separate the smaller fry from the 8 juvies before they become dindin.
I've had very good luck just leaving them alone in a heavily planted tank
and netting babies when I see them. Grow up the 8 juvies together and
you will have a flock breeding colony that should work out great for you.
Put them in a 15 or 20 long. Not being in a hurry and doing something rash
is key. Which is what I keep telling myself about the Mundemba....
Bill
Now approximately 3-4 pairs with a few more juvies running around.
~Joseph
Joseph, that's great news. Multiple pairs will give ya a half decent chance of propagating the species.Originally Posted by nonamethefish
I brought in a reversed trio of 'Muyuka' and recently lost the female. No eggs in mop or moss but the whole tank is under quarantine for stowaway eggs. Little hope but I'm still hoping. [would have preferred 2 pairs or more, but that's all the seller has]
Have been looking at my fish and yours, and both don't quite look the same. Could be pH, temp or environment but I'll try to grab a pic too.
Good luck with yours and may they breed like guppies!
I'm back & keeping 'em fingers wet,
Ronnie Lee
Hello Ron.
Would you mind taking a picture of yours? My male changes according to mood quite a bit...particularly the horizontal stripes.
It is hard to tell right now but I think I am getting either an even or slightly male biased sex ratio from them.
Keep your fingers crossed on those 'Muyuka'.
~Joseph
As does mine but the hue or color is somehow different. I realize too that the camera flash might have a greater influence than we thought.
My 2 males are now isolated in breeding nets as they keep picking and tearing each other's finnage to shreds. I'll shoot them after setting up the photo tank.
Of the BIT and SPL I've maintained so far, IMHO, the Ekondo Titi holds it colors very well. The new pics I uploaded to Aquabid were taken within minutes of the transfer. None of those fright-colors or going pale, leaving just the prominent horizontal stripes.
If you can get hold of the Tiko Green (Orange Phenotype), that's another beau! [I lost that species but am on a lookout for them]
For the past couple of months, I've had a group of 10 SPLs in a 6gal. Temp around 28ºC and not many viable eggs. The last few days, the breeding group were split up into pairs and trios, in 3gal moss-stuffed critter tanks. More cosy... and hopefully, more eggs. You might want to try this too!
I'm back & keeping 'em fingers wet,
Ronnie Lee
Hey Ronnie,
Did you really mean SPL? That is Fundulus splendidus and pretty rare in the hobby.
If you meant Aphyosemion splendopleure, I believe the correct TLA* is SPP. [Ref: p414 of ROTOW] I once got really wrapped around an axle by confusing that (SPP) with spp. which is the plural of species.
Wright
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Ooops!
Forgive the snow-country idiom. You SG guys probably have little trouble with snow chains breaking and freezing up a wheel.
Wright
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805 Valley West Circle
Bishop, CA 93514 USA
Wright, the TLAs are what I quote from our Census and unsure which reference Jian Yang follows.
SPL in this thread refers to Aphyosemion/Chromaphyosemion splendopleure.
no... we won't have much money left for the chain after breaking the bank to get a set of wheels
I'm back & keeping 'em fingers wet,
Ronnie Lee
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