Mattzilla Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 mother is Koi Marbel Veiltail and father is Koi Marbel here they are with their first try spawning together a little while back (no good that time) veeeeeery hard to get a good photo of these guys cause they are so small and there is so many of them cheers matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziad Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 That is great! what do you feed the little guys? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziad Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Oh also is that the same fish that had the dislocated mouth before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattzilla Posted June 16, 2009 Author Share Posted June 16, 2009 Oh also is that the same fish that had the dislocated mouth before? yeah it's the same fish! I feed them freshly hatched brine shrimp. they eat like crazy! i will be able to get them onto crushed flake and pellet soon too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandy001 Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Looks great, Well done. Looks like you have a few more calico's coming through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CThompson Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Fantastic - thanks for going to the effort to boast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 The pic of your two footer full of fry does it for me. I want a pair now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattzilla Posted June 19, 2009 Author Share Posted June 19, 2009 ok so tonight we decieded to move the angel spawn to a bigger tank becuase the standerd 2fter was looking a little crowded. It took five bucket loads of babies to transfer them. each bucket i took a photo of from above and once all fish where transfered we did an official head count..... the results are in.... hold on to your seats.... drum roll please...... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 887 fish!!!!!!!!!!! that's right people, 887 from 1 spawn! i can't help but gloat a little here.... here are the count photos for those who would like to confirm the count.... hahahahha (have fun, it will take you a while). each fish should have a red dot meaning it was counted Cheers Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 WOW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattzilla Posted June 20, 2009 Author Share Posted June 20, 2009 a couple of close ups my better half captured last night great photos considering how hard they are to photograph at this size cheers matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcloughlin2 Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Thats a fantastic sized spawn. Great quality koi angelfish they are too. Hard to track some like that down. Did you find you had to sift through hundreds of your run of the mill angelfish to find them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattzilla Posted June 25, 2009 Author Share Posted June 25, 2009 Thats a fantastic sized spawn. Great quality koi angelfish they are too. Hard to track some like that down. Did you find you had to sift through hundreds of your run of the mill angelfish to find them? thanks yeah there are a lot f crappy angels out there i got the veiltail from B & C Aquariums at Matraville (some excellent stock especially in veiltails) the other was bred from stock we bought from Trans at Canley Vale hth matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattzilla Posted July 6, 2009 Author Share Posted July 6, 2009 just some updated pics the fry are doing really well and most are around 1.5cm now. they are really colouring up too they eat like pigs!!!! everything and anything that goes in the tank they eat in no time. cheers matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Miller Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 G'day Matt, Good work! The little guys look great! What are they, about 3 or 4 weeks old? And how long before mum and dad produce another 800 bubs? What are you going to do for tank space then? I've still got that tank you were going to pick up, but I don't think it'll be big enough for you Cheers, Lee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattzilla Posted July 7, 2009 Author Share Posted July 7, 2009 hey Lee well i split them up cause they spawned again a week after the initial monster spawn and i didn't have room for more fry i put the female with what i thought was another female... i was wrong. i now have a batch of a few hundred from the female and another veiltail! she's a good breeder this one...always keen sorry i never picked up that tank, i got one dropped off by a mate and forgot to get back to you. i'm due to pop over for a catch up so might sort something out soon cheers matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klw Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 theyre gorgeous little things!!ive always liked a fish such as koi angels where every fish has its unique colour pattern,it must be interesting to go through them and see if you have any with unusual markings.eg.a marking that looks like a heart or a letter etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieStar Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 selling at about $5 each and your loaded haha Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fry_2_buy Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 Fantastic Job Your photos are excellent.... makes me envy not keeping angels myself. Keep up the good work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonnyM Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 Hi Matt, Great work Have you ever thought of keeping and breeding real angels? By real, I mean non hybrid ones, like pure scalare, dumerelli or the notorious altum... It'd be good to have someone pumping those out I've never really been a fan of angels but since getting some Peruvians (pure scalare from Peru) I'm hooked lol. These are mine... Ronny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattzilla Posted July 13, 2009 Author Share Posted July 13, 2009 Hi Matt, Great work Have you ever thought of keeping and breeding real angels? By real, I mean non hybrid ones, like pure scalare, dumerelli or the notorious altum... It'd be good to have someone pumping those out I've never really been a fan of angels but since getting some Peruvians (pure scalre from Peru) I'm hooked lol. These are mine... Ronny. wow ronny they are stunning!!!!! now you've got me thinking! are you breeding them? thanks everyone for your kind comments. to those of you that would like some they will be ready for sale in about a month i would say. the good thing about koi marbels is that every single one is unique.... no two are the same! Cheers matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonnyM Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 Breeding them, I wish lol. A friend here has been breeding them for years and I got them from him for $10 each. The ones pictured are far too small to breed, their body is only the size of a 20c coin but the heights of some of them are around 12cm. They're alot more impressive when older. Chuongy has some adults that have spawned but I dont know if he's had success with fry yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cichlid_KB Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Very nice spawn, no mortalities since the count? Must be doing alot of water changes. The Peruvians are awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattzilla Posted July 14, 2009 Author Share Posted July 14, 2009 Very nice spawn, no mortalities since the count? Must be doing alot of water changes. The Peruvians are awesome! there have been some runts...maybe 5%, and actually some of the runts have started to due in the las week. they are tiny the ones dying. i'm planing on culling the runts over the next few days anyway i've been doing huge water changes though so the water ca keep up with all the fish i've split some into another tank too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbo2232 Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 Nice Work Matt!!! any more pics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattzilla Posted August 13, 2009 Author Share Posted August 13, 2009 Nice Work Matt!!! any more pics? more pics in classifieds section... they are now ready for sale Cheers Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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