I have a successful suvattii pairing!!!

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lol they are very similar to angel fish but swim at an angle!
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Rocker wrote:lol they are very similar to angel fish but swim at an angle!
:P Any angelfish I've had have always ended up swimming at an angle. Angels scare me :nervous:
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angle's scare me especially obtuse angles. :durr:
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Sad news I am now down to 2. One of them didn't make the night. :pout:
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Shame :( What are you managing to feed them?
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RachelS wrote:Shame :( What are you managing to feed them?

Unfortunatley they are that small I cannot tell if they are feeding at all.

They have the liquifry No1, BBS and water flea
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down to one now!! :pout: :pout: :pout: :pout:
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Maybe you should get a rotifer culture going for the next batch of fry.

Of course, you'll need to get a phytoplankton cultuire going first, to feed the rotifers.

Should be able to pick cultures up for both in the UK fairly easily though.....
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Arrh!!! my suvatti have been performing a courtship that has last 3 days solid. I have just come home from the gym to find them half way through spawning. It was briliant and I nearly missed it. The female has laid close to 100 more egss thn simply swam away and left it to the male.
Now do I leave the eggs well alone or do I remove them and try to raise them myself?
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How about 1/2 & 1/2?
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I agree with PP, try a little of both.

You never know, Suvatti might be some kind of bizzare fish where the babys feed off of the parents slime coating....Although, thats a bit out of proportion, I would try a little of both.
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Well the third fry has died unfortunately.
The good news however is that i have a fry rearing tank stood by and been feeding it liquifry no1 for a few days. The male has left the eggs alone for now and is dutifully gaurding and fanning them. His aggression is still there, so I will leave them with him as long as possible.
I will however take the eggs out to the fry tank at around day 6. IME the last lot hatched around 7 days.
Its a risk leaving them with him but if i remove them to the other tank I will have fungal problems with the eggs and I do not want to treat the water.
Out of the 100 or so eggs there are only two unfertilised.
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The male has removed the two unfertilised eggs.
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wow that's really exciting!!! maybe he will be a better daddy second time around!! Good luck Rocker :)
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