malawiman Posted January 28, 2007 Report Share Posted January 28, 2007 Hi I got a pair of Viejitas as a present after I lost some fish recently. I put them in with my Eunotus and they all seem to be happy. The past couple a days the female did not show at feeding time and tonight I started searching for her. I found her hiding in a flowerpot and after getting a torch to have a better look I found some wrigglers at the bottom. There is no way of moving them and I don't know how old they are. Suppose they only a couple of days old. They are in a 120L tank with some other Apistos. Anybody bred these before? Do I feed them BBS once free swimming and/or greenwater? Any help and advice welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antwan Posted January 28, 2007 Report Share Posted January 28, 2007 Just go with the BBS, they will take them straight away. Some may only eat the very newly hatched ones, but they will still take them Congrats on the spawn, got any pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malawiman Posted January 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2007 Will try to get pics, hard to see anything without distubing them. Will wait untill they free swimming and try then. Thanks for the help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandS Posted January 28, 2007 Report Share Posted January 28, 2007 yea mate, go straight for the bbs, Congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted January 28, 2007 Report Share Posted January 28, 2007 Congrats, keep us posted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malawiman Posted February 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 An update. Have about 8-10 freeswimming fry. :bounce: :bounce: They are real small and mum and dad are proud parents and tend to them well. Took some pics, but not that good. Need to get a better camera with zoom. http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k61/m ... 0_0358.jpg http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k61/m ... 0_0364.jpg My dolphins were also spawning this morning and I managed to get a couple of pics. http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k61/m ... 0_0362.jpg http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k61/m ... 0_0361.jpg Will try and get some pics of fry and post it later. :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 Awesome pics mate love the dolphins too Hows the first lot of fry coming along? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malawiman Posted February 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 Thanks, they growing fast and some are about 30mm. I've had another batch and they are about 10mm now. Have about 100 fry and another female holding now. The dolphins are really going for it now. I have 2 females that breed and think I might have one male and 3 females. The smallest of the 4 have not spawned yet, so might be male/female. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caserole Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 Congrat's malawiman, thats so cool you got them breeding so fast. Nice pic's too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johannes Visser Posted February 3, 2007 Report Share Posted February 3, 2007 Congrats, let us know how they get on ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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