Link2Hell Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Finally got the Tinanti I bought from St George to spawn after the females fattened up andsorted out which male they wanted to bred withThese guys have been in a 2' tank with Peppermints, Neon Blue rams and some Guppiesfor about 3 months decor is some timber with Anubia and 3 pieces of white rock no substratefilter is a sponge and cannister filter spawn site is a turban shell near the filter outletremoved the Rams and second pair of Tinanti when I noticed the first female in the shell andskinny but thought the Guppies and Peps will be OkNearly 2 weeks after this I noticed fry in the shell and so the fry care reared it's head as thefurther the fry explored the more agro the female got with everything else in the tankso 3 Guppies down the balance got moved out, but now she has the Peps herded up one endof the tank and lets them know if they are too closehere are some picsNow the second pair have spawned but the fry will be removed for harmony in the new tankfor a fish only 7cm long they lay an egg that is approx 3mm check the following pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradfitzy Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Congratulations on the spawn mate.They are awesome...... 1 fish i have allways wanted to keep ... hopefully 1 day soon.Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishinf Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 congrats and great pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priscacara Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Grats on the spawns! Those eggs are huge for the size of the fish. Love the window in the pot with the fish looking out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ged Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Well done on the spawns. Great series of photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sloany Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Awsome pics Chris. Well done on the spawns. Great looking fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markfnq Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 great shots !! amazing clarity whats the secret ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Nice work Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted January 15, 2012 Author Share Posted January 15, 2012 Thanks guys they seem to like the conditions and luckily the second pairspawned in something I could see into for the egg pics and will try to getmore of the eggs as they developMark no secrets bought a new DSLR Cannon 600D when they were goingcheap, camera and 2 lense kit for $860.00 delivered ...... still learning ittake lots of pics on the largest format so you can crop and resize the good onesamazing how many large format pics fit on a 32gig card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolla Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Congrats on the spawn Chris! Great pics too mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simonauv Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Nice, Chris. I was just looking at these last night. Very nice! What's the bluey coloured fish in this photo? Looks like some kind of Apisto. maybe??? Maybe you could smuggle a few down here in your beard (you still got a beard right!)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted January 18, 2012 Author Share Posted January 18, 2012 Holly crap Simon your still around no Appisto it's a neon blue ramhow are things in Tas you still got fish ?no need to sneak them down your import list is wide openit's just you can do anything with them once you get themand they breed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simonauv Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Yep... I drift in and out... still got a few fish.. mosting just display fish now... big polleni, black belts, H. lifalili, my good old krib, and the obligatory convicts. Been playing with breeding Betta too which has been kinda interesting.I'm currently in discussions with Tim Farrell at fisheries down here to see if we might be able to get the laws 'adjusted' a bit. I don't want to say too much on here because it is an emotive subject and there are a lot of irrational people around which is the cause of half the problems IMO (problem with opinions.... they are like a$$holes... everyone has one!). Suffice to say I'm happy with the way things look. Tim Farrel, Senior Fisheries Officers, is pretty cool and I think a positive relationship can be set up. I actually need to talk to you about something too (associated with this). Is there any chance you could PM me a phone number so we can have a chat? If you have skype we could do that too.I'll take a photo over the next couple of days of my big polleni boy. He's nasty as all crap and has killed off every female I've put with him and now lives with a black belt cos it won't take his crap.. but he is soooo pretty. Just gotta let the tank clear up after the reno it had today.Cheers,Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydie Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 mate im interested in getting some of them,are they acounted for.......the fry i mean..cheers marty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alvon Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Congrats with the spawn.. Great photos too!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killiguy Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 These are great fish one of my favourites.I was surprised at the survival rate of fry in a 3 ft tank with 5 adults.They have big mouths but didnt seem too interested in eating the fry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted January 19, 2012 Author Share Posted January 19, 2012 the fry protection of the female borders on Tassie Devil level in Bugs Bunnythey are a little grey whirlwind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted January 28, 2012 Author Share Posted January 28, 2012 Update from Tinanti Worldwell I remove the fry from pair #2 on Australia Day and these are now in a tank with Endlers and Cherry shrimpbut ended up having to suspend the pair in nets while they cool off as all they wanted to do was attack all theother fish in the breeding tankalso while checking the tanks that day pair #3 are at the back of their tank she's in the shell and he is doingborder patrol ............ you guessed it another spawn so now I keep checking for the eggs to hatch (disappear) the shell will be removed this time while they are wrigglerspair #1's spawn are now pushing 3cm and growing wellthere will be Tinanti in the NSWCS March auction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ged Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 How are you finding their growth rate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted January 28, 2012 Author Share Posted January 28, 2012 GedFrom the dates I have, the spawn was approx 23-12-11 and released from shell 7-1-12from measureing the spawn I got from the second pair last week the release size wouldhave been 5mm and they are now around the 26mm sizeso in 3 weeks the have gained 21mm and no losses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raycam01_au Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 OMG Simon n Chris hahahahahtis like the old days yahoo times bloody hellChris great great fish, Tinanti are one of my all time favs, how could you not love their little muppet heads, awesome fish, hows things going mate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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