Matto Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 i stripped a female rusty and got three tiny little cuckoos in amongst her eggs! hopefully they survive in the tumbler and i had better get some brine shrimp going! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
si_sphinx Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 Congrats :thup: I need to set up a breeding tank for mine. :facepalm: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matto Posted October 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 i am in the process of setting one up for them lol! but obviously i don't need to haha! im stoked haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simian Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 awesome! that's very cool I am guessing you will leave the other eggs in with em? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matto Posted October 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 yea i am planning on it but quite a few of the eggs are infertile so i will need some brine shrimp when they have eaten all the other eggs . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firenzenz Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 :thup: nice Sounds like they're getting in the groove Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcon021 Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 Great job mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matto Posted October 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 cheers guys :thup: i have just borrowed another 210 litre tank and i am planning on separating the cuckoos and my red empress but the red empress have never even spawned as the male has only just started maturing everyone says use the haps and they spawn with haps in the wild but i have 13 decent sized rustys in need of a bigger tank and this brood was with a rusty so would it be stupid to consider useing them as hosts or go for the empress even though they havent spawned ? my azureas are not the best of holders and the red empress are larger anyway :dunno: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 If the rusties are working keep using them.. Empresses can be painful and they can take a while to mature and females to hold successfully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matto Posted October 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 i had a cuckoo fry in my azureas hold last week but they all died in my tumbler for some reason &c:ry i think they will spawn with just about everything :dunno: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matto Posted October 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 well i just found my cuckoos on the bottom of the tank and the 40 rusty fry in the tumbler all dead &c:ry luckily the cuckoos were still alive so i chucked them back in the tumbler ,they have no eggs to eat now but i have brought some bbs today and have a holding yellow if i get desperate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcon021 Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 sorry to hear that. How big is ur syno colony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matto Posted October 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 3 ,two males and a female haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matto Posted October 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 false alarm ,they are just normal Africans :tears: why on earth would there be smaller different colored eggs with heads and tails in her mouth with a batch of normal eggs?now the question is what are they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted October 16, 2011 Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 they may be two different species Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matto Posted October 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 could only 3 eggs have been fertilized? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted October 16, 2011 Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 possibly but i think they would have gone mouldy if they weren't fertile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matto Posted October 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 None of the other eggs survived so maybe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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