spawn

As I mentioned in another thread, I had a holding Cyp Utinta female (Esther, you were spot-on when you picked her out for me, thank you!). I put her into a hang-on basket inside the tank to keep an eye on her last weekend since I also have some Altos and other Tangs in the tank that would love...

FINALLY these two figured it out even though they've been flirting ever since I got them from Sam. Every now and then they'll take a break for a few days, but otherwise they're constantly shimmying for each other and nudging each other in the gills. The constant nudging got so persistent that...

I picked up a few of these lovely fish at a CCY auction a few months ago and have had them in a 40B with a few other fish and a ton of wood while I figured out where to put them. Last week, two of them started defending the back of the tank and excavating the sand from it. I've been slowly...

I went down to the fish room this AM and found one of my female N. aureocephalus guarding an itty bitty flowerpot full of eggs. We'll see if she gets it right and raises them this time. Last time she couldn't figure out what to do when the eggs hatched.

Well, I guess the lemon drops ARE big enough to spawn......saw these today.

I noticed the female (Haplochromis) A. nubila holding about two weeks ago. I stripped her into an egg tumbler since she was being harassed by the male and I was going to move them into a different tank (more fish to distract him and more hiding places for her). Below is a pic of the fry with...

I was looking at my taiwan reef growouts today and noticed one of the females looks like she is holding. The problem is, they are only 2" . The female is the biggest at a little over 2". She has her buchal cavity definitely extended, and she did not come up for food as she usually does. Is it...

My Hemichromis guttatus have been spawning in a community tank about every week or so and I haven't bothered to try to siphon out any fry as of yet. They finally spawned where I can see them, so maybe I'll be able to remove the coconut hut that the eggs are on. We'll see! (And yes, these...

I've been trying on and off to figure out what sort of encouragement my Synodontis lucipinnis need to get spawning. I got two groups of 6 or so from Dave at various points in the past and they've been growing out quite nicely. I've been seeing lots of chasing behavior, so I figured that was a...

So the EB Rams are at it again. This is their 3rd and largest spawn (2nd in the past 4-6 weeks) and this morning I think we had some wigglers. Of course, I really need a magnifying glass to tell and I don't have one. The male guarded the eggs for 2 days and the female kind of brooded on the...

My other Old World spawn this week were Ruby Reds. I pulled about 2 dozen. Parents are from Craig (Rastafish) and the male from Holly.

For a New World guy, I've had some luck with my one Old World Tank. First up, I stripped about 20 rusties this evening. My group is a mix of specimens that I picked up from Tony and Jeff Terrell.

My female Cyano Green Texas have over a thousand fry.This is her second spawn within a month and a half. The father is Escondido and this was his first spawn.Her first spawn was with a male Carpintis but I only have 10 of those fry left due to my srtm that was the same size as them but grew a...

I was surprised by how quickly these guys spawned. Sadly I dont have any tank set up to raise the fry yet but working on something quickly as I am moving them to a breeder basket today. Here is a quick video of them http://instagram.com/p/lp-tvdlLaj/

A few days ago my female siquia had a very swolen stomach and her "tube" was down, so was the males. 2 days ago the female wasnt as plump anymore and her tube was back up. I checked around and inside a cave in the tank, were eggs! The opening of the cave is pretty small and I'm not sure if the...

Just peaked in the tank and to my surprise look what I found Sent from my Galaxy Nexus

As I was shutting down the lights in the fish room last night, I noticed that my pair of cryptoheros spilurum were all colored up and chasing others in the tank. Upon closer inspection, there were a handfull of wigglers down in the gravel! Hopefully they are still there when I get home tonight...

Got a good amount of eggs on the outside of a flowerpot in my planted forty breeder. Noticed the eggs today while feeding, the female is very dark and her tube is still extended. Their tank mates are four other Acara and a few zebra danios.

I've been hesitant to post this cause they often eat their eggs. But this time it seems to have not and I have about 20 fry that are free swimming and eating crushed flake. Sent from my iPod touch using MonsterAquariaNetwork app

They finally spawned!!! There are probably 20-30 free swimming fry! Sent from my iPod touch using MonsterAquariaNetwork app