CodKing Posted September 23, 2010 Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 It must be the season, all my fish are spawning! Lucky I have the tank space, although I dont know what I'm going to do with all these Bullys... Here are some pics of the happy daddy and eggs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted September 23, 2010 Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 whoa. They have the coolest eggs by far! One egg even sort of looks like a fish face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer Posted September 23, 2010 Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 Spinning your usual magic with the lens I see. Very nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted September 23, 2010 Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 Those photo's are awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted September 24, 2010 Report Share Posted September 24, 2010 That is one evil looking dad guarding the nest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted September 24, 2010 Report Share Posted September 24, 2010 Awesome! Very fresh eggs and amazing lens on the camera! Congrats, grandpa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodKing Posted September 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2010 Thanks for the comments all. She had to go lay them in the hardest spot to capture now didn't she. I have to get through the glass on an angle as well which makes for difficult reflections. That last shot is a pearla huh. I kept cleaning the glass but the dust was rather persistent :[ It doesn't look too bad at that resolution but kinda ruins the larger version. How long can I expect the eggs to remain eggs? Would be nice to try and capture the actual hatching. (Grandpa?! Ouch.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted September 24, 2010 Report Share Posted September 24, 2010 Sweet photos and fish, looks like you can see the fry forming inside the eggs. How big are the eggs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 Thanks for the comments all. She had to go lay them in the hardest spot to capture now didn't she. I have to get through the glass on an angle as well which makes for difficult reflections. Well yes, all about keeping them safe. Did you see the paper I posted a while ago about threat-sensitive nest site choices? Maybe you are perceived as a threat How long can I expect the eggs to remain eggs? Would be nice to try and capture the actual hatching. You will see them yellow over the next week, then develop tiny silver bits, then the silver bits will become eyes, then you will see them moving around, then you will go blind from looking too close, then they will hatch. It is temperature dependant, I can't remember what the books say, but somewhere between 2 and 3 weeks IIRC. I find they hatch out during the day, while spawning seems to start late in the day and drag out over night and into the next day. (Grandpa?! Ouch.) hehehe well, you seem to be very proud, and for good reason! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 Well, my commons are at it too! I think they started on Thursday. There are about a billion eggs (ok, I predict something like 300) and are half the *length* of your upland's eggs Codking. TEENY! They are on the back wall of the tank. Joe Common has somehow perched himself against the vertical wall... (notice the tail-end of my giant kokopu in front!) And a close up: He has completely mangled the sides of his tail with spawning. They wriggle around a lot over the surface of the eggs to ensure fertilisation, and doing this between a rock and a hard place for hours gets rather abrasive. He will guard them till they hatch, ventilating them with his fins all the time. When they hatch he will rub his body over them to help them out. His pectoral fins will probably be a mess by then from the abrasion. This is mum. Note the absolutely classic common bully tapered profile and 'whiskers' under the eye. She is looking in pretty good condition for having just spawned, and I didn't even notice her looking gravid! This egg machine laid a similar number three months ago to the day. I think she is 8cm and he is 10cm body length, quite big. They were around 5cm when I got them, which was at least two years ago I think. I took this interesting series over half a minute. Notice how he gets lighter so quickly. The velvety-black is the spawning colours. Normally he is a paler version of her. Unfortunately he went back to defending his eggs after the last pic and went black again so I couldn't complete the series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativelover Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 nice pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 Wow, that's impressive Stella. I could be wrong, but that looks way more than 300 to me (someone needs to count them). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 Thats impressive. Id say closer to 3000eggs . atleast a 1000 anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted September 25, 2010 Report Share Posted September 25, 2010 Hmm, you are probably right.... I would say half of the eggs are visible in the big picture. Damn that woman has some serious ovaries! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted October 5, 2010 Report Share Posted October 5, 2010 Mine seemed to have hatched today or yesterday. (poor doomed little guys) How are yours? Probably hatched by now, but maybe slower with the temperature? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodKing Posted October 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2010 Heya, sorry for the late reply... Yip, they hatched a few days after yours. All seem to be fighting fit and playing in the bubbles. I think the female has laid again The male has been crazy territorial but the female seems to know how far she can push it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted October 13, 2010 Report Share Posted October 13, 2010 hehe awesome! When I had my Cran's one boy got lucky with both girls twice each (I think there is some pheromone action going on after one spawns, the other spawned within days each time). Then the other male got lucky with both. Man, the first guy was PISSED. He was the stroppiest little sod for days, really laying into the girls. Eventually I put a mirror up against the glass. He forgot about the girls, changed colour dramatically (pale with black fins) and went nuts at the mirror! Much fun for me to watch 8) (He probably would have laid into anyone else, but they were the only fish in the tank. I think a lot of inter-male aggression gets aimed at the girls if there aren't spare males. Then again more males can possibly lead to more aggression. It is a balancing act.) What are you feeding your babies? Do you have them in with the parents or separate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterlogged Posted October 13, 2010 Report Share Posted October 13, 2010 thats better than a siamese fighter and a mirror lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodKing Posted October 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2010 Sounds like a soap opera in a tank to me They are all living together at the mo, in the process of rehousing everyone. I've got a few minnow fry I'm waiting on then the female gets her own place and will hopefully stop laying eggs! I also need to get the adults out as the I have them in an unfiltered tank and the water fouls pretty quick with all the baby food. They are feeding on frozen brineshrimp. I've just sorted out microworms from someone here, hopefully they arrive soon as they are certainly big enough to start munching on them. I'm really not sure what I am going to do with all these bullys! I have the tank space but already have plans to fill it If anyone wants some natives they will be ready in a couple of months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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