Julidochromis Transcriptus Gombe (oops)

[gianniz]

Thanks to Rosco who travelled all the way from Canberra to get me this fish

I was suprised how fast they grow and for the last few weeks I have seen these fish jittering together and going into the shell

smaller one with eggs

bigger one so I am assume this one is a girl

[mbuna man]

well done. They look awesome.

[rosco]

Congrats Mark they are in good hands and it was a pleasure driving them up.

cheers

rosco

[dogboy]

nice gombe's, and congrats on the eggs. now they are breeding you will have fry everywhere in no time

[chrisso81]

Nice fish there mate, I have transcriptus Gombe too, they are a very interesting fish to watch thats for sure. Oh, and just quietly, their name is Julidochromis, as opposed to Neolamprologus.

[gianniz]

lol took a while before someone noticed I don't know what I was thinking but I guess I had it mixed up with neo. leleupi

thanks for the kind comments guys.

hi Rosco, I noticed that only 1 have formed a pair but the other pair doesn't seem to have such strong bond. they are kinda hanging around in the same 10-15cm area and with the size wise it should be a male/female. What I have noticed, the smaller one seem to be interested but the bigger one kinda pushes it away but the smaller one keeps coming back and sometimes the bigger one just leave it alone. (is this somesort of FIRST DATE sydrome? lol)

Oh those eggs are all gone now. there was 8, then 5, then 3 then 1 and now none

I think the gaps too big so somethings gone and eaten it (i think). I might move this pair to a 2 foot 60litre tank bythemselves (or might a pair of occies).

I noticed that black occies and the julis sometimes flare up but not once have I seen Julis back down! These guys are some tough character, and the way them swim and hang upside down is just spectacular.

Again thanks for the great fish Rosco.

Ps are you coming up for the January Meeting? if so what have you got for sale

cheers,

Mark