Pelvicachromis Taeniatus spawn

[mudskipper]

I'm pleased to announce I have Bipindi fry! My investment in a RO filter and a stock of Almond leaves seems to have done the trick. Looks like 12-15 fry swimming about. Thanks to everyone here for all of the information on the site. While I have not had a lot of input to give, I have been absorbing everything I could.

Next up, my Kienke and Nanochromis Parilus.

 

[tjudy]

Way to go!

 

[briztoon]

Congratulations mudskipper. :wink: Now for the most important part, we need photos mate, or it didn't happen. :tongue:

 

[mudskipper]

Working on that...

Turns out I'm a terrible fish photographer. Trying to get my professional photographer neighbor to take a few for me.

 

[Gordon C. Snelling]

Fish can be tough to get decent shots however thats the joy of digital cameras, you can take tones of photos to get that one good one.

 

[mudskipper]

Tomorrow will be a week since I first saw the fry. I don't want to think about pulling them yet if I can help it, but how long is it usually safe to leave them with the parents? I don't expect they will spawn again terribly quickly, but I don't want to lose any to aggression down the line when the next spawning happens.

 

[briztoon]

When mine spawned, I wanted to waite untill week 6 before I pulled the fry. At week 4 the female started displaying to the male, so I pulled the fry at week 4. However the parents didn't spawn for another 4 weeks after that. This time around, I'm going to try and leave the fry for as long as possible.

 

[mudskipper]

A decent photo finally.

 

[Lisachromis]

Nice! Gotta love em.

 

[sasikan]

wow beautiful, are both parents with the fry?

 

[mudskipper]

Thanks!

Yes, the father is still trading off care duties with the mother. They are both very nice looking, but every pic I have of him is blurry. I've been working on it and I think I'm getting the right settings for my camera.