finally spawned!

[dbondi]

woot my hap sp. thick skin(sp. 44) just spawned. I have a trio with a female over 4 inches and a female around 3.5 from mack74

2 weeks ago the bigger female did the dance with my male...she released ALOT of eggs, but the next morning her mouth was empty.

I go down stairs before to the little female doing the dance with the male. must have been the water change..I hope she holds. Do I treat these fry like regular fry? will they be fine with small mbuna fry?

thanks!

[emartin]

How big are the small mbuna fry?

[mack74]

They should spawn every couple of weeks now. The fry should be fine with mbuna fry around the same size. Actually the sp 44 fry are really tough u should have no issues.

[s10jimmy]

congrats , how about some pictures of the parents .

[dbondi]

sry jim I didnt see your comment..heres an pic of the male and female a few months ago..

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_ik60iusQAr8/SkjjeKRRYxI/AAAAAAAAACU/gMMbv161JrI/s640/P1000156.JPG
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_ik60iusQAr8/SkjjZbEyLCI/AAAAAAAAACM/UlhSxo0cGf0/s640/P1000137.JPG

Im not going to start a new topic but I have another issue. My male hasnt been eating like usual for the past three days. I tried a bunch of stuff and he wont touch it...only a few flakes MAYBE. Tonight I notice my big female colored up like a male trying to shred apart any fish that walked in her way.. she was even chasing away my arautus. my male is now pale as a ghost and wont come out because she chases him. I wish I wasnt so lazy to take a vid and post it...shes all flared up its amazing

has anyone ever experienced a female doing this? Im sure its a female. Ive seen it spawn but not successfully and her tube looks like its dropping. maybe shes just cranky and about to spawn?

[mack74]

They are prob gonna spawn soon. My males usually don't eat during this and the females can get nasty during this time as well.

[dbondi]

the female is almost back to her normal color and attitude..the male will actually come out and eat when shes by him now..I was worried for a while, i will keep an eye on him though. He got so skinny! No spawning...hopefully the water change on saturday will produce some wanted results and action.

hey mack for a second I could have sworn that you gave me a reverse trio but things are looking up

[dbondi]

i spoke way too soon. the once dominant fish only come out during eating. The "female"(?) is still all colored up, and the other female that held for me I found beat up and dead the other day. heres a vid. you will see what im talkin about.

any input is appreciated

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KVmK7NlyUY

[joefish]

i think you have two males in that video..i thought the females were silverish with vertical black bars and little back in face.....but im no expert...good luck