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Post by Mad Duff » Thu Nov 29, 2007 12:27 pm

I had my A. zolternans spawn a few weeks back and I have thought on a couple of occasions that I have seen movement but on closer inspection seeing nothing I have thought that no fry survived :(

This afternoon I fed the Rivertank with Lobster eggs and was watching the tank when a small movement caught my eye, at first I thought it was one of the hundreds of young cherry shrimp that have suddenly appeared in the tank. I watched for a while where I saw the initial movement but nothing, then just as I was about to walk away out from under the cobble appeared a 1cm long A. zolternans Image Image

I ran and got the camera and got about 4 photo's before it hid again but only this one was in focus (probably due to my hands shaking :lol: )
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I had a bit of a closer look thinking where there is one there may be others and to my surprise I counted 4 in one corner of the tank so I don't know how many are hidden in the rest of the tank :D
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Post by Rocco » Thu Nov 29, 2007 12:29 pm

Sweet! Oh man, I'd be thrilled if any of my fish ever produced babies.
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Post by loachmom » Thu Nov 29, 2007 12:32 pm

Wonderful!!

I keep hoping to see a kuhli baby swimming in my tank one day! :)

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Post by daspricey » Thu Nov 29, 2007 1:08 pm

That excellent news!

David

ps, i found some fry (I think they were the rainbows) in the main tank a couple of days ago!

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Post by Emma Turner » Thu Nov 29, 2007 1:18 pm

Congratulations Mark, this is fantastic news! And where there's one, there's usually more.....!

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Post by mickthefish » Thu Nov 29, 2007 1:45 pm

sweet mark,
am i right in thinking that the parents are the ones you snagged of graeme?.
if so my babies are now having their own fry.

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Post by Mad Duff » Thu Nov 29, 2007 1:51 pm

Yes Mick these are the ones I got off Graeme, I have just been looking in the tank again and there are a couple of 1cm long zolt's sat with a couple of the adults :D
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Post by mickthefish » Thu Nov 29, 2007 1:57 pm

great sight to see, I KNOW. haha

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Post by Jim Powers » Thu Nov 29, 2007 4:45 pm

Very cool!!! 8)
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Post by helen nightingale » Thu Nov 29, 2007 5:27 pm

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Post by chefkeith » Thu Nov 29, 2007 5:46 pm

Wow. Congrats.

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Post by Martin Thoene » Thu Nov 29, 2007 5:56 pm

Excellent news! Congrats.

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Post by Mad Duff » Fri Nov 30, 2007 4:00 am

Thanks for the great comments everyone :D

I just need to be eagle eyed now and see how many I can spot :shock:
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