WooHoo

Our fuelleborni has just had 17 fry

nice, well done - name means nothing to me tho. a pic would be ace

Oh congrats MC. Happy fish parenting.

You,ve got quite a few fry now haven't you MC? How many in total? Oh, and as above - pics wuld be great

I will try & get a pic. She was only holding for 15 days, she should of held for more like 28. They still have their eggs sack on their tummies and are soooooo tiny. The mpanga we thought was over 28 days wasn't.
We fished her out while the rocks were out and moved her & she spat an egg out, so we quickly put her back in the main tank.
She must of lost the others & was holding a fresh lot! She will be ready in another couple of weeks i'd guess.
We're going away on sat for a week so i'm hoping the babies will be ok with alternate daily feeding by my Mum
We have the fuelleborni that's in my avatar due the day we get back, she is quite big so lots expected from her.
We now have 14 Interruptus fry, 11 Mpanga, 6 Labs & 17 Fuelleborni.

Just imagine how rich I could be if I sold them at the lfs prices of around £8 each...£400 !!!

munchycarrot wrote:

Just imagine how rich I could be if I sold them at the lfs prices of around £8 each...£400 !!!

That'd buy a nice tank setup...

That's a lot of fry MC. You could have a nice little bsiness starting there

Oh just think of the lenses I could buy...dreammmmmmmmmm

Just thought... one of the mpanga spat an egg yesterday & wouldn't pick it up. It's sat on the bottom of the fry tank...wriggling

It's a little yellow egg with a tiny tail & 2 eyes. It's about the size of a pin head & impossible to photograph but i did get a pic (very blurry) and have enlarged it to show you. It's well weird


cropped to make it a bit bigger

Aww...looks like a tiny fry with a giant yolk sac.

The little thing died, it was white & furry this morning. He went for his last ride down the plug hole

:lol:

Ahhh, that's a shame. Wonder why it was spat out - perhaps there w\as something wrong with it??

munchycarrot wrote:

last ride down the plug hole

^^ made me giggle.


Mother must have known it was defective

GeordieDave wrote:

^^ made me giggle.


Mother must have known it was defective

Hehe. I think she must of done, she is holding tightly onto the rest

Ah, thats quite wonderful isnt it, clever little fishy

i had some scallies on my bus the other day that i wish had been treated like that :lol:

Bet their parents do too! :lol:

munchycarrot wrote:

I will try & get a pic. She was only holding for 15 days, she should of held for more like 28. They still have their eggs sack on their tummies and are soooooo tiny. The mpanga we thought was over 28 days wasn't.
We fished her out while the rocks were out and moved her & she spat an egg out, so we quickly put her back in the main tank.
She must of lost the others & was holding a fresh lot! She will be ready in another couple of weeks i'd guess.
We're going away on sat for a week so i'm hoping the babies will be ok with alternate daily feeding by my Mum
We have the fuelleborni that's in my avatar due the day we get back, she is quite big so lots expected from her.
We now have 14 Interruptus fry, 11 Mpanga, 6 Labs & 17 Fuelleborni.

Just imagine how rich I could be if I sold them at the lfs prices of around £8 each...£400 !!!

That's a good set up you have there MC, are you hoping to go into breeding fish or is this just a casual thing? I guess with cichlids there is a better chance of selling them than with things like gupps, plattys and the rest of the commonstuff

Guppy wrote:

That's a good set up you have there MC, are you hoping to go into breeding fish or is this just a casual thing? I guess with cichlids there is a better chance of selling them than with things like gupps, plattys and the rest of the commonstuff

Thanks guppy. I think the fish are making me go into breeding, lol. They're always at it. Got back from 2wk hol yesterday...trying to spot who is holding and who isn't, it's tricky. God knows when they will be due to spit.

The babies in the fry tank have grown loads while we were away. Will try & update with some recent pics soon

Welcome back MC, :lol: