Devon Posted December 29, 2006 Report Share Posted December 29, 2006 Hello everyone. Been a while since i posted but yesterday i got 1 male 3 female albino koi swordtails. THey look great but they are hiding quite abit. is this normal???? they just sit in the twisting valve dont com up for food. and when im to close to tank they hide and skoot around the tank Mayb im ugly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keri Anne Posted December 29, 2006 Report Share Posted December 29, 2006 Give them a couple of days to settle in and they should be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMAZONIAN Posted January 12, 2007 Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 If they are the Strain form "BROOKLANDS" you will have to do a lot of nurturing to keep them alive. :oops: I lost 19 out of 20 that came from them. I have one female left. I dont know why, and I'm not going to cast aspersions and, or get into heated debates on suppliers, problems or whatever. Just keep a very good eye on them. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMAZONIAN Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 Hi All I can tell you that if you are lucky enough to keep them alive they are quite prolific and true breeding. My solitary female whom I was nurturing very carefully as I had lost the other 16 females and three males; and who anybody would not have held out any hope for has produced 23 fine fry; although there looks to be a couple of belly sliders in the bunch at present. Time will tell............... I'll just keep pouring in the BBS. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devon Posted January 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 ive got 2 fry so far. None of which are albino. Hopfully some are. She must have mated with normal koi swordtails that where in her tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoban Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 although there looks to be a couple of belly sliders in the bunch at present. I have seen the term Bely Slider a few times but have yet to see it defined. Any assistance on this ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMAZONIAN Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 Hi Zoban How's your weather. The term, according to me anyway, is a fry with a pinched belly and swimming jerkily at an angle of 45 degrees and appearing to have a serious swim bladder problem. :roll: They never seem to recover so they are "Angel" food. :oops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiuh Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 belly sliders frys should be culled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMAZONIAN Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 They are shiuh Read the post. I feed them to my Breeding Angels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoban Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 Okay that makes sence and is along the lines of what I was thinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devon Posted January 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2007 So what are belly sliders? I just collected some fry from the tank. 3 are albino. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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