frankenstrat Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 i was talking with a good friend yesterday afternoon about how one of my rhoadesii held full term and i have about 40-50 swimmers growing nicely, get home later that afternoon to find dad in the fry saver with a fat belly and only about 15 fry left.Not happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malawi sand diver Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 Sorry to hear that. Has happened to me before aswell. Its amazing what lengths they will go to get to the fry.Was it Chilo or Bucco? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
green troll Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 Sorry to hear mate.Im Always hearing horror stories about fry savers....Not the best thing to come home to,but atleast all is not loss.still got 15, thats better than none. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankenstrat Posted May 27, 2013 Author Share Posted May 27, 2013 chilo, a (mostly) german imported colony, there is another 12 or so females that will be due to start spawning about now.but being a painfully slow growing fish, that cant happen fast enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malawi sand diver Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 Cool fish. When they get bigger their jaws are like a nutcracker to crack open those snail shells. Never seen a fully grown one, although some of mine got quite large. But must be awesome once they get to their max size of 13 inches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankenstrat Posted May 27, 2013 Author Share Posted May 27, 2013 they arent eating snails yet but when they get bigger ill give them a few days without food and see if they take an interest in them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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