Afrikan Posted June 29, 2008 Report Share Posted June 29, 2008 Well I recently noticed our Cockatoos were showing interest in spawning... female colouring up nicely, male and female dancing alot... however, with other tasks around the place re reorganising tanks, I didn't take overly alot of notice and a few nights ago, wow the cheeky girl has babes that she decided to keep secret :lol: There is a decent spawn and babes are doing well, however yesterday I got up in the morning to find the tank on 18 degrees, the heater plug had been bumped and wasn't pushed into the socket properly so the tank dropped it's temp overnight.. it is on the breakfast bar and temp went way down to 18... I thought awwww hell the babies are dead... plugged the heater back in.... notice the babies were missing out of the pot.. drat.... well yesterday while feeding the parents... I checked the pot further back behind the pot they were in.... as the female kept sailing into it.. to find she had shifted her babes into the pot behind :lol: And they survived that huge temp drop... the babies are still moving around happily in the bottom of the pot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandysme Posted June 29, 2008 Report Share Posted June 29, 2008 wow thats great news. Good for you.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpidersWeb Posted June 29, 2008 Report Share Posted June 29, 2008 Congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted June 30, 2008 Report Share Posted June 30, 2008 Awesome yeah I think they're relatively hardy My latest batch is huge going to be a massive spawn swimming around soon.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted June 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2008 Thanks Yeah the spawn are already swimming around with mum and dad as of today, rapt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smcoleman Posted June 30, 2008 Report Share Posted June 30, 2008 ill be keen for some when u wanna sell some Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted June 30, 2008 Report Share Posted June 30, 2008 I posted some pic's of mine in my gold ram thread Mekhaela's would be fine if anyone is wondering what they look like, very nice fish thats for sure It will be interesting to see how the babies colour up with the mixed gene's the parents have.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted June 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2008 Will keep you posted smcoleman The babies are already picking at food... and doing well The parents are stunning, sadly with my digital camera having broken port I can't take a pic as of tonight... Ryan put some pics up of his that are from same lot aren't they Ryan? The male is stunning... and the female is just gorgeous, and boy is she mum of the year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slightly Blue Dalmation Posted June 30, 2008 Report Share Posted June 30, 2008 send some down south if you get enough pretty please, also the possibility of a cherry thrown in on top Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted July 1, 2008 Report Share Posted July 1, 2008 lol im sure they will get spread around.. My mother is out with half of her batch today the other half have stayed in the pot there must be 50-60+ of them so thats pretty good for their second spawn.. I probably should have saved the first.. Just because its more on topic here than in the other thread here are some photo's male is getting more and more colourful by the day so is alot nicer than pictured. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted July 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2008 I managed to get some pics last night of our boy... found out hubbys comp has card reader, so don't need to use camera port to get pics... All babes are busy buzzing around today, eating very fine baby food.. soon to be on brineshrimp 8) Will post some pics up later tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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