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Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 3:05 pm
by Rocker
lol they are very similar to angel fish but swim at an angle!
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 3:10 pm
by RachelS
Rocker wrote:lol they are very similar to angel fish but swim at an angle!
Any angelfish I've had have always ended up swimming at an angle. Angels scare me
Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 3:41 pm
by Rocker
angle's scare me especially obtuse angles.
Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 3:45 am
by Rocker
Sad news I am now down to 2. One of them didn't make the night.
Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 4:10 am
by RachelS
Shame
What are you managing to feed them?
Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 5:23 am
by PetPirate
Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 6:27 am
by Rocker
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
Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 8:14 am
by Rocker
Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 8:18 am
by PetPirate
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.....
Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 9:55 am
by Rocker
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?
Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 10:58 am
by Pufferpunk
How about 1/2 & 1/2?
Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 5:15 pm
by The Fisherman
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.
Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 4:18 am
by Rocker
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.
Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 12:07 pm
by Rocker
The male has removed the two unfertilised eggs.
Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 12:19 pm
by susiejames101
wow that's really exciting!!! maybe he will be a better daddy second time around!! Good luck Rocker
Sue
