Another Coatepeque spawn

chriscoli

chriscoli

Administrator
My convicts (originally from Jon) have been spawning in their community tank...so far I've completely failed at trying to siphon the babies out when they become free swimming. So I put some clay pots in there and this time they were courteous enough to spawn inside one. I pulled the pot out the other day and have it in an external breeder box with an air stone right near the eggs for some extra aeration. I checked last night and I have wigglers! We'll see how they do without parents in the box. I've had the fry of some particularly parental types of fish fail to thrive in these boxes in the past so they're definitely not out of the woods yet.

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jonclark96

jonclark96

Past CCA President
Congrats on the spawn, Christine. Keep an eye on the parents. Sometimes males will become aggressive when they lose a spawn.
 
Tony

Tony

Alligator Snapping Turtle/Past Pres
Do convict fry feed off of their parent's slime coats when tiny? I know that the most commonly cited examples of this are dicsus, but have seen other centrals doing this as well.

Good luck, Christine. You sure do have a blue thumb. :)
 
jonclark96

jonclark96

Past CCA President
I've not seen the fry feeding off of the parents that I can tell. The fish that Christine has were raised by being removed from the parents as wigglers, so if they do exhibit the behavior, it isn't essential for them to grow.
 
mchambers

mchambers

Former CCA member
Christine, I think we can concede all the 2013 BAP awards right now! You're doing an amazing job with your fish.
 
chriscoli

chriscoli

Administrator
Not too fast.....the Jewel's eggs didn't make it through the night!

But the coatepeque wigglers are doing well. :)
 
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