Brownfish Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 Hi all, just thought I'd share with you that my N.cylindricus are breeding. I bought a very nice pair of these guys off Yew at last year's NSWCS mega-auction (see my avatar for a photo of the male). I kept them in a community tank for a while and am pretty sure they spawned but S.multipunctatus are an effective predator. Anyway, I put them in a dedicated four foot tank. I found about 90 eggs on the roof of a broken terracotta pot 11 days ago. However, after 3 days they disappeared. I blamed the Bristlenoses However, I had hopes that they had hatched and that the female was guarding them in a pit. After 10 days of not seeing anything, I was ready to give up. But last night, to my joy, I saw at least 20, but probably lots more, fry hanging around the bottom of the tank They seem to be taking dry food but I'll have to get some live Daphnia to fatten them up. Anyone had any experience with raising cylindricus fry? If so then I'd love to hear your experiences. Cheers Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CThompson Posted January 19, 2006 Share Posted January 19, 2006 Live daphnia will probably be too large for them at first. Look at using baby brine or micro worms as live first food. They are a nice fish, good luck with them. Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmy2422 Posted January 20, 2006 Share Posted January 20, 2006 Congrats. Good to hear someone is having some luck, i havent had anything breed for a while now. Yesterday my e blue's bred, in the cuckoo tank so we will see what happens there. Good luck with raising the fry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosco Posted January 21, 2006 Share Posted January 21, 2006 Well done Richard are you going to get Alex or Colin (I cannot remember which one) to raise the fry again cheers rosco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brownfish Posted January 21, 2006 Author Share Posted January 21, 2006 Thanks for the encouragement guys I've been feeding the fry with vinegar eels and crushed flake. There seem to be around 50 of the little fellas, and they are doing pretty well. Baby Daphnia will be going in tomorrow. Anyway, here's one of my amateurish photos but you get the idea. Apologies for the algae on the back glass but I have been leaving this particular part of the tank well alone for the past few weeks. Female Neolamprologus cylindricus, with 3 day old fry. Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTR73 Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 Excellent stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucifersJester Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 Well done Richard are you going to get Alex or Colin (I cannot remember which one) to raise the fry again cheers rosco ← It was me that killed them *tears* I am so bad.... *runs and hides in the cupboard from accusing eyes* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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