ryanjury Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 With all the recent attention demasoni's have been getting I was stripping one last night and took some pics.. Excuse the dirty glass and the nets etc in the tank it was stripped down to catch her and wasn't planning on taking pics. Demasoni male About to shash another subdom male Female (the female I just stripped is in the background) Demasoni Fry (I was very happy to get 21 from this female not all of them are pictured) And some extras Jacobs male Baenshi male Dragons blood male Afra male Johanii male Johanii female (full of egg's) Maleri red male And a fryeri male Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slightly Blue Dalmation Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 ooo very pretty, excuse my ignorance as havnt done anything with larger cichlids, but is stripping when remove fry from the females mouth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 Very very nice fish . I like the Demasoni and their fry. I fI ever set up a cichlid tank I deffinatly going to get some of them. I also like the male Jacob and the male fryeri. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkLB Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 is stripping when remove fry from the females mouth? Yep. Have a look here... http://www.cichlid-forum.com/videos/stripping.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slightly Blue Dalmation Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 wow thats cool, fishy midwifery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted May 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 Yeah stripping fish is an art and can be hard especially on demasoni as they're pretty small but I am starting to get good at it now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slightly Blue Dalmation Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 what do you use to get the mouth open? the guy on the vid posted had fancy dentist tools.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted May 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 I use the end of a cheap bread knife but since I lost all them in my fishroom I have started using eftpos cards Anything thin and rigid works well.. And I tend not to use sharp things just in case I stuff up and stab the fish.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ktttk Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 Great pics Ryan and congrats on more Demasoni fry!! The baenschi and Jacob look very similar in colouring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted May 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 lol thanks yeah I love the dem's I think they will get their own tank eventually and ill just leave them to it and pull the tank down a few time a year to pull out babies... The baenshi and jacob were similair in those pics there are differences now though I was a little worried when they first started colouring up, however they came from good sources so didn't really have anything to be concerned about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna_&_Chris Posted May 4, 2008 Report Share Posted May 4, 2008 oooh i'd love to get my hands on one of those maleri red.. or ruby red.. ..or two.. maybe three... :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted May 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2008 That is a maleri red that came in on the list maybe 2-3 years back I brought 6 babies off a guy and grew them out ended up with 5m 1f that one came out redder than the rest so I kept him lost the female but have found one so hoping to get them breeding Ruben's reds are line bred maleri reds so hoping this guy will produce nice red babies only time will tell http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/red_peacocks.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johannes Visser Posted May 5, 2008 Report Share Posted May 5, 2008 Nice Demasoni Ryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted May 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2008 Yeah I love the little guys I am soo tempted to keep all the babies and get a massive colony lol But everyone always pm's and I sell them all I am slowly adding a few each spawn and the colony is building up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johannes Visser Posted May 5, 2008 Report Share Posted May 5, 2008 Yeah I love the little guys I am soo tempted to keep all the babies and get a massive colony lol But everyone always pm's and I sell them all I am slowly adding a few each spawn and the colony is building up Some times you need to take care of your own needs first I think it is a great idea to get a huge colony, as we have seen they do better in larger numbers ! :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted May 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2008 I do have 14 or so in my colony and they're doing well none are getting beaten or anything so I don't mind if they weren't doing well id keep more, im keen to try and find some unrelated ones to add at some stage Im adding 4-5 each spawn and going to stop around 30-40 of them maybe seperate out some males who knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johannes Visser Posted May 5, 2008 Report Share Posted May 5, 2008 I do have 14 or so in my colony and they're doing well none are getting beaten or anything so I don't mind if they weren't doing well id keep more, im keen to try and find some unrelated ones to add at some stage Im adding 4-5 each spawn and going to stop around 30-40 of them maybe seperate out some males who knows. Great hope it continues to go well for you ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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