Conaquavict Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 Ok guys my Jag fry are free swimming now so i thought i would do a pic diary on how they reached this stage. I aquired a breeding pair of Jags and less than 48 hrs later they had spawned, here's a pic of the spawn and mom guarding the eggs. Two days later they moved the eggs to this cave and you can see the first of the wrigglers appear, mom ann dad keep a close eye on things. The parents kept the wrigglers in the cave for 3 days untill the last fry had found his fins, here they are free swimming. A closer look at the fry And here's proud mom with her impressive brood. My Jags took a little breather from breeding and posed for some shots earlier, here's the resulting pics. Heres a quick video of the jags spawning if you're not already bored by the long post. http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v107/ ... ngjags.flv Mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johannes Visser Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 That's fabulous, great stuff congrats. Lynn :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 Congrats on the spawning and those pictures are pefect... Keep the pics coming Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 Brilliant pics and congrats on all the fry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ktttk Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 Cool jags! Cool photos! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quack Posted March 10, 2007 Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 i love jags i got a female myself! wow you got hundreds of babys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conaquavict Posted March 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 Thanks folks, they are an awesome pair of fish, they have the spawning process of to a fine art as you can see in the vid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carla Posted March 10, 2007 Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 Wonderful photos. What is the latin name of these and DO we have them in NZ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimTam22 Posted March 10, 2007 Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 Wonderful photos. What is the latin name of these and DO we have them in NZ??? http://www.aquahobby.com/gallery/e_jaguar.php have a look here for info, and yup they are here in nz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smcoleman Posted March 10, 2007 Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 My Jags bred this week for the first time in 6 months. The eggs hatched yesterday and it looks like I'm going to have heaps of fry again. I haven't sold all the last lot off yet lol These are one cool fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson Posted March 10, 2007 Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 wow what nice fish really good photoes to love the video Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carla Posted March 10, 2007 Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 Thanks for the link. They sure do look good. However 35cm seems a bit big for my 4 footer? How big are yours? They must be adults if they are breeding? And how fast do they get to the 35cm? I suppose they need their own tank, as they would end up eating everything else at that size? I don't want to grow fish that will end up dumped somewhere cause the owners cannot keep them. The pacus are a bad example of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conaquavict Posted March 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 However 35cm seems a bit big for my 4 footer? How big are yours? They must be adults if they are breeding? And how fast do they get to the 35cm? I suppose they need their own tank, as they would end up eating everything else at that size? . My male is 9" female is 7.5" they grow pretty fast these ones are just about a year old, If you have a male or a female you can keep them with other large aggressive cichlids, if your tank is big enough. If you have a breeding pair in breeding mode nothing else is safe in the tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herefishiefishie Posted March 10, 2007 Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 Yep as said above. Used to have a breeding pair in a display tank in the first lfs I worked at. No way was I putting my hand in that tank :lol: As for what they are like, my mate had an American set up. A breeding pair of convicts were defending their babies against others. A jaguar was that keen for the babies & the convict mum was that keen to defend. The convict mum was in the Jaguar mouths when my mate got home from work. jag wasn't that big & the convict only just fitted in the mouth. Oh mate mate managed too get the female convict out & she survived. She hadn't been in there to long, plenty of scratches that was about it. :roll: Frenchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smcoleman Posted March 10, 2007 Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 im to scared to put my hand in the tank since the male got me once before gave me a real shock mine r in a 5 foot tank by themself i tryed to add more fish but the last about 5 min Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted March 10, 2007 Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 I have seen some massive sized Jags, around 10 year old mark.. bigger than 35cm... And big fatties... A guy we know has a relatively large pair and his breach slightly out of the water when they have fry, if he puts his hand over the tank more than likely everytime they would have a go at him :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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