3rd times a charm!

[spazmattik]

So my red isletas spawned for the 3rd time since picking them up at AM2.. first batch did not make it to free swimmers. 2nd batch did but the population slowly dwindled. Not sure if it was the parents, the filter, the pleco or the neighbor on the other side of the egg crate divider. This time i am going to pull the fry and put them in a tank with a sponge filter. I kind of have to do this since i am breaking down this tank and setting up my new and larger tank

Not only did my red isletas spawn, but my trimacs did too! They should produce some good genes as my nicest trimac from dan paired up with a male i got from drew, in which he got from tparker. His mom was from skips line and the father from mikes cichlids.

Good week

 

[jonclark96]

Very nice!

 

[verbal]

congrats on the spawn(s), good luck with the fry

 

[blkmjk]

Very nice! Have they decided to kill their tankmates yet???

Drew

 

[spazmattik]

Thanks Jon, thanks Jesse. Ill need some luck at this point lol.

Well i came home for lunch and the trimac eggs are gone already. Lol

As for the red isletas though, would it be fine to pull them as soon as rhey become free swimmimg? Been a few days already. I thought they would be free swimming by now. Maybe tomorrow. If they are by tomorrow can i move them sunday or should i leave them with the parents for a few days?

 

[jonclark96]

If I am trying to save fry, I'll pull them when they are wigglers. Once they go free swimming, they are harder to catch.

 

[spazmattik]

Jon I wish i would have gotten to follow your advice! I planned on making the switch on saturday and then we had a leak! Not from a fish tank though thank god.. (washer)

I ended up having to pull this off sunday and of course they became free swimming saturday night..I thought i might be able to siphon them but i was wrong lol. i pulled most out and seperated from the parents but i did move about 30-40 or so in to the new tank and the parents kept tending to them like nothing ever happened. I was really suprised it went that well.

 

[spazmattik]

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[gravel_digger]

Good luck dude


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[spazmattik]

update

So the batch of babies this post was about are getting bigger. More pics of the parents here spawning for the 4th time in one picture and some babies from that batch are visible in one of the pics. Going to have red isletas everywhere soon. These guys breed like crazy.

 

[blkmjk]

Outstanding pair!

Drew

 

[dogofwar]

Very nice!

Matt

 

[festaedan]

Holy crap! That pair is beautiful!

 

[jonclark96]

Well done, Matt. They look awesome in their breeding coloration.

 

[gravel_digger]

Looking good dude


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[spazmattik]

Thanks guys. Cant wait to see how the offspring turn out

 

[BMORE_Cichlid]

Sweet pair...
Will you be selling any?

 

[spazmattik]

Sweet pair...
Will you be selling any?

Yes sir. Waiting till they get an inch or so. There should be a thread here in a couple months.

 

[BMORE_Cichlid]

Great
I can't wait