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Hi Guys -

As most of you know its been a stressful week for the administrators of ACE. But my fish dont seem to have noticed - perhaps I was in the fish room less to interupt!

I finally have a decent size spawn of J. dickfeldi (around 25 or so!!) generation 5 from wild caught (the spawn is). My J. transcriptus 'Gombe' have had a second spawn also - around 15 or so I believe. My Kiku as usual are breeding machines - since I've moved them I've got around 100 babies. N. hecqui (or N. meeli or whatever they are!) - more fry of these also, from small girl #1. Trouble is - I dont have anywhere to put them sad.gif. The 4x2x2 grow out tank is full of things which are "growing out" (weird that isnt it).

What's not breeding? Well, I have a pair now of J. regani 'Zambia Gold' (See photo forum for some pics) but they arent doing anything else yet. I also have some V. moorii which I am desperate to breed - again, no luck yet (but suspect of my older fish all three are of one sex). I also have a trio of N. olivaceous w/out fry.

Better than no fry I know - but I need to setup more room for fry.

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I've also had a good week. I got 10 fry from my msobo and I just noticed a gobful from one of my new perlmutt girls - and she's 4cm! ohmy.gif

I thought it was only cobwe that bred that small laugh.gif

On top of that my phenochilus bred for the first time yesterday, and my dimis have 2 girls with mouthfuls.

If my polleni breed as well, I'll be ecstatic (more so wink.gif )

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Perlmutts are nice fish IMHO. Ive had a good run of late too. Got around 50 demasoni fry at about 80-100mm. Just got another 10 or so auoras (no multis in there DOH) and hot around 35 elongatus 'neon spot' hai reef fry with another 3 mouthfulls to come blink.gif

Oh and i almost forgot! I got BN to breed YES... BN to breed for the 1st time ever! The only fish i own that i hadent bred blush.gif ROFL

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Nothing too special for me atm. I have a new brood of A. septemfasciatus, N. pulcher 'daffodil' and T. meeki, plus the usual G. acei 'msuli', C. afra 'cobwe' and M. mola. My severums spawned, but the eggs were not fertile cryblow.gif

merjo smile.gif

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well all the rain up this way has done wonders for me , ive got 4 types of peacock fry , 2 types of acei , my dimis have a mothful and my severums have spawned again im pretty happy , if only i could get a few other things to spawn ill be goin off bigsmile.gif

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Ive just stripped about 30 or more greshakei fry today aswell!! raisehand.gifraisehand.gif

i also just stripped about that much from my greshakeis, and there is another female greshakei holding that will spit her fry out any minute

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Ive just stripped about 30 or more greshakei fry today aswell!!  raisehand.gif  raisehand.gif

i also just stripped about that much from my greshakeis, and there is another female greshakei holding that will spit her fry out any minute

Awesome work champ lets see pics

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As per usual, more than half my girls of any given species are currently holding. The only species not overrunning me with fry are the severums I bought at the March auction, still in quarantine dntknw.gif They must be slow starters.

Even my grow out tanks are full of mouthfuls at the moment LOL.gif So much live food woot.gif

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Hi all,

Unforunately I only have one expected Saulosi mum ATM. Probably because I am still growing up and building on my colonies , I am just impatient. But I have gotten hold my first peppermint kittens this week they are really cool. I think that I they will be a long term keeping fish thumb.gif

Oh and i almost forgot! I got BN to breed YES... BN to breed for the 1st time ever! The only fish i own that i hadent bred  ROFL

Great feeling Mike isn't it LOL.gif I know how you feel I had to wait 18 months before my so called "pair" of BN would breed for the first time but when they did they pumped out 120 + in 6 weeks. Now they are in consolidation mode as they appear to be igoring each other, they must have gotten married woot.gif

Have a good day

Rosco

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Hmmm..

You know how I said I'd be even more ecstatic if my polleni bred?

Well I was wrong sad.gif

They haven't bred but I'm even MORE ecstatic laugh.gif

I just noticed about 20 or 30 little pink bristlenose swimming around in their fry saver that houses their parents and a shell.....

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We ned a "dance" emoticon, 'cause that's what I feel like doing!

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I havn't had any babies for over a year now sad.gif.....and my faoi have stopped building pits and are just schooling sad.gif........damn you alll mad.gif ......... laugh.gif

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hey Andy

if you had streched the budget and got those albino juvies at the auction, you would have thought they were 'good fortune'

i've got quite a few different species of shellies going off,e/blue fry [that i've given up counting] and my N' buescheri have thier 2nd spawn[hope to save this lot]

orange spot b/ns are sporatic, but are producing. the p/mints are doing zip [hey Rossco, you did'nt sneak in and do a civil ceremony, did ya!!]

a lot of my other species are hard pushed atm to do anything, i need more tank space! i/m in the process of extending the f/room to fit 4x6ftrs, 3x4ftrs, 3x3ftrs

and however many 2ftrs i can squeeze in.

i need get some time, anybody know where i can get some, needs to be

[species] 'daylight' [location] 'home'. any quantity considered.

ohh well back to work, just come in for a coffee, catch ya all tonite

cheers

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My saulosi mum finally gave released her bubs. I normally allow them to release into the tank as I enjoy the stress and challange of chasing the fry around the tank. This time I decided against it as I just moved them into a smaller tank. This time I caught her and put her in a fry saver. I am glad I did cause in the process of catching her she release 3 bubs and I only recovered 2 sad.gif but in the fry saver she released about another 26 bubs and I got to witness it for the first time. I was pretty cool. I think I will do it this way from now on.

cheers

Rsoco

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