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One for Pseudogastromyzon cheni Breeders.
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 7:47 pm
by Martin Thoene
The picture quality is crappy due to blowing up a crop from a big picture.
This is a 1/2" SL baby
cheni. Comments please.
Martin.
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 7:53 pm
by shari2
Why, what big eyes you have...
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 7:55 pm
by Martin Thoene
Who me?
All the better to.............
Martin.
guys
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 8:49 pm
by LUVaLOACH
well well Martin,
sounds like you are feeling better, hehe! Great to hear it! Hi Shari!
Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 2:19 am
by LES..
Very nice, would that be about 3 months old Martin?
I know all too well just how infuriating they can be to capture on camera at that age, very active and very small. I think the first shot shows the most character. Looks nice and fat, I'm ashamed to admit that ours don't look as well fed.
LES..
Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 6:24 am
by Emma Turner
Lovely!
I must say that for such a short TL, this little 'un looks remarkably stocky. It's amazing to see such large fins too, compared with
Sewellia lineolata at a similar size.
Emma
Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 6:54 am
by Graeme Robson
Superb!!
A lovely
chubby specimen.
Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 7:16 am
by Martin Thoene
Ok......."chubby" was my point.....most of you seem to have recognized that.
Compare:
It's a "balloon"
cheni. 
Look at the relative distances of anal fin to dorsal. The Pectorals and Pelvics overlap too.....something that you don't see in
Pseudogastromyzon. It's altogether more
Gastromyzon in shape.
Seems to be healthy though.....it's very lively.
Martin.
Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 8:22 am
by Jim Powers
Is there any inbreeding going on in that tank?
The reason I ask is that when I was a kid, I had gerbils. Well, you know what gerbils do when housed together. I started out with a pair and they bred like....well...gerbils. It was often difficult to separate them before they became sexually mature and started breeding so there was some inbreeding. Occasionally, individuals would be born that were smaller, with rounded bodies and snouts and larger eyes. They were actually cuter than the regular gerbils. Unfortunately, they tended to die after a few months.
Just a thought.
Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 8:29 am
by Martin Thoene
Inbreeding? Oh yeah. You have to remember my fish have been breeding since 2001 here in Toronto with only one injection of new genes into the tank during that time.
Funnily enough yesterday, just after photographing this fish, I found a new baby that's much smaller. There seems to be a small increase in population. No major spawns. I figure that some eggs get eaten before they hatch.
Martin.