Neil Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 The female was beaten up last night and the 20 odd fry are still in the tank with the male . Do the males turn on the fry when left alone with them ? This is his second female . They are priceless to watch with the parents picking up and spitting the wayward fry back into the group great parenting but Ive always wondered about the male he is always darting around but havn't seen him take any fry just spitt food and sand into the group. There might be a female left in my pond but I havn't sighted her for months. Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAZ Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 She might be under the Rainbow Bridge keeping my girl happy, Neil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burgoid Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 Did you loose ur girl Waz.. do you still have any fry from that last batch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAZ Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 Yep, sure did Burgoid, the pair were together nearly 2 years too - spawned 3 times together and never had any issues. Seemed like the perfect couple. Then 2 weeks ago, on the Saturday, i came home from work, went into the fishroom only to be greeted with a 6' tank awash with scales and my gorgeous female hovering in the corner - belted beyond recognition. I hooked her out into the 10 footer added 1/2 dozen air stones to try and help her - she got through the night, but next morning was floating upside down and couldn't remain bouyant, so I assume her swim bladder had been damaged. The next step nearly broke my heart - I put her in a plastic bag and introduced her to the slate tiled floor at about 90mph. I felt that this was a case of "You gotta be cruel to be kind" as I did not want her suffering any longer and with the swim bladder damage I felt there was little hope of her recovering. I just couldn't believe it - I have heard the stories of these guys doing this - but I thought maybe I am just so lucky that I have the perfect pair. Why these guys just turn on each other this way is beyond me. Anyway I have some very good photos of her, for memories, just wish I could put her photo in this thread, but I don't know how to do it - my son puts up my photos for me normally, but he is overseas at the moment. Could anyone help.......please. I do have about a dozen fry left from their last spawn - with any luck I may be able to raise them and keep her excellent bloodline going - just hope there is at least one female amongst them. RIP........Mrs Festae. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burgoid Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 Im so sorry for your loss mate, they were a great pair as you said, Its such a same that somthing like this happened. If you want to email me your pics I could definatley post them up for you. Sorry once agian mate, I see this as a real loss to the rest of us american keepers as well as both were quite stunning as we know how hard it is to find fish of such high quality here. I really hope you are able to grow some quality fish from the fry so the rest of us can enjoy them at a later date. -Dave Oziwi2ATbigpond.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcloughlin2 Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 Dave i suggest you place the @ with AT .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burgoid Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 Whys that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 to stop spam - some spammers search message boards for addresses that aren't hidden. As it's automatic they can't pick it up if you put an AT instead of the @ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaymes007 Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 WAZ, that is a real shame. Your girl was absolutely beautiful. Your girl was the one that inspired myself to get some. (i am growing 3 females for my 1 male,but i dont believe that they are any where near the quality of yours! Even though i have sourced 4 different bloodlines) If you have any fry for sale, i will make you proud! I swear!!!! Please let me know? Thanks Jaymes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burgoid Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 Im with Jaymes if theres any fry for sale let me know. Id be honoured to keep the family name alive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chameleon Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 open a account with photobucket ,from that account go to browse that will take you to your computer, pick witch photo you would like to post then press uplode,that puts your photo into your photobucket account, then above your photo you will see edit press that, your photo will come up again this time press resize then press wiebsite,email then to your right you will see view album press that find the photo you would like to post, under it you will see IMG CODE click on that then copy and past right here--------------------------then press add reply hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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