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Quite nicely. There are maybe only 5 or so, but I'm sure more on the way because there's a lot of breeding activity going on.







Martin.

Superb!!

Great shots Martin

Interesting markings. That almost looks like a baby P. fasciatus.

The cheni almost look old enough to accidentally shoot another loach in the fasciatus to me

Awww little cuties.

I find it fascinating to look at the markings on our Cheni babies, some you can definitely see who the parents are.

I can only see one photo (the top one) for some reason...

Looking good though, very cute!

Emma

Emma Turner wrote:I can only see one photo (the top one) for some reason...

This was the case with me yesterday, today I can see all.

Great pics/babies!

All three are hosted at the Community site, but the first one was a slightly reduced version that I thought looked better. That is hosted at 2cah.com coppermine, so that would explain the difference.

Martin.

Just seen a new baby tonight. At least a third of the size of the first ones reported above. As there's very regular spawning going on, I'm hardly suprised.

Martin.

Martin Thoene wrote:All three are hosted at the Community site, but the first one was a slightly reduced version that I thought looked better. That is hosted at 2cah.com coppermine, so that would explain the difference.

Martin.

There is a problem with accessing the community site. It seems to periodically disappear, and www.loaches.com resolves one day to the old site and the next to the new site.
Today is the "old site" day for me, so I again don't see two of the photos and cannot see anything on the new site either.

Man, Martin, What are you feeding them to get them to that size, so quickly?

Going into the baby business, Martin?

There is a problem with accessing the community site. It seems to periodically disappear, and www.loaches.com resolves one day to the old site and the next to the new site.
Today is the "old site" day for me, so I again don't see two of the photos and cannot see anything on the new site either.

hmmm. I haven't had that issue as of yet. Was on and off today, like normal.

Jim Powers wrote:Man, Martin, What are you feeding them to get them to that size, so quickly?

I just feed the tank, not them. Mainly good ole British JMC catfish pellets Some flake, Bloodworm, but the babies won't eat that....too big.

They just graze the whole tank. I guess I'll find more of this new size soon.

Martin.

Martin Thoene wrote:I just feed the tank, not them. Mainly good ole British JMC catfish pellets :wink: Some flake, Bloodworm, but the babies won't eat that....too big.

Interesting you consider these foods too big Martin, i have been trying Mark's new wonder food on all my tanks and the young P.Cheni do seem to enjoy it. From what i have seen they will pounce on any sinking food and graze intently all over the pellet as it disolves. This includes the smallest of the bunch which i would put at about the size you have in your pictures or even a little smaller. It's a hell of a show when you have 3 or 4 youngsters all crowding around the same bit of food :-) I even re-positioned the fish cam on the fry tank feeding station over the weekend so i can enjoy these sights from work but most of time all you see is a dull patch of gravel and the picture quality is a bit naff.


It has to said I never saw any of the fry we left in the main tank take a direct interest in food we provided until they were a lot older, I suspect this might have been due to the overly possessive adults in the tank. Adult Cheni remind me of the seagulls from "Finding Nemo" :-)