Scheeli fry log

[Barrie]

they can release eggs from about 25mm with Scheeli

[Sophia]

my first fry is about that by now, she's getting big. Approx 5 or 6mm across the top of her snout

[Barrie]

has she got a glint in her eye

[Sophia]

let's say she seems to be aware that there is a burly male checking out her tail fin... biding his time :roll:

[Sophia]

the fish on the left of these 2 pictures is my biggest fry

there are always wrigglers

[Sophia]

one of the big fry is definitely a boy, can now see the colour on the lower fin. Nice to see them developing now, and how the dynamics in the tank change. The smaller fry get chased out of the feeding zone by the bigger ones who are in turn chased by the adults. The male who was the smaller bullied one has become the bully, he rounds them up and zaps off again. Am thinking that when I can tell the new females are definitely females, I will pass on my big boy and let the new little boy grow and that will give the female a little rest while he preparing himself for his destiny...!!

[Sophia]

might even have 2 boys

[Sophia]

Definitely have more than 10 fry of various ages now. There are usually 12 in the top layer at feeding time and a few others dotted about in the plants.

[Zev]

Well done, going to register them, huh, huh?

[Sophia]

OK - do I need a witness ? I read the rules and they were a bit confusing with the changes further down the page.

[Zev]

You have to con some Federation member to count them for you, you could ask Wok also.

[Sophia]

ok - paid up fish club members only?

[Zev]

yup

[Sophia]

Now then, with having fry of mixed ages, should I just put that they are all 30 days old? that will capture all the ages.

[Zev]

You use the date of the last one hatched.

[Adrienne]

I'll do it for Sophia. She's not far from me

[Sophia]

I will be Officially Fryed

[Sophia]

Adrienne just came over and after much cajoling and disturbing of plants, 13 fry showed their naughty little heads.

I thought for a while my biggest fry had gone too, but she came out eventually. :lol:

[Sophia]

So after much waiting it seems that I have 2 males and the rest are too small to decide on yet.

Today I have moved 10 fry (not including the 2 males) and the female into the garage tank where they are currently feasting on a million mozzie larvae. It's my version of Deepsound's Summer Camp 8)

The 3 boys have had a good feed of harvested big larvae and are now wondering where everyone else has gone.

[Joshlikesfish]

Congratulations :happy1:

[Sophia]

It seems to have taken forever. I guess if I hadn't lost the 4 big ones earlier I would have 6 biggish ones by now.

I noticed just now that one of the fry in the bugs tank has a bit of a lyre tail instead of a paddle tail. I can only think that 'someone' took quite a symmetrical bite out of it

[Sophia]

caught 3 more fry in the main tank and moved them to the garage. That's at least 13 small fry and the 2 bigger males. Adrienne and I counted 13 on registration day so I suspect I have 14 downstairs.

[Sophia]

An entertaining weekend with the killies in the bugs tank.

They ate what must have been at least a thousand mosquito larvae by 9am yesterday, I could only find a few and some on the surface. By the end of the day they had picked over those as well and there was nothing left.

Yesterday I caught more daphnia from the trough and put some of those in with them this morning - this was amusing as some of the daphnia put up quite a fight in trying to escape their jaws. One killie squeezed between a rock and the glass like a rat in a drainpipe in an attempt to rootle out some bugs that had found a place to escape. The killies really have to work to catch the big ones. Adult female is not so interested in hunting her daphnia unless they go past her nose, too used to being hand fed I think :oops: Either that or she is already full