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Nice Andrew I love seeing this happen.

 

These guys are now attacking Dirk's 'Benkers'

 

Hi Jason, yes it is lovely to see. But unfortunately disaster struck this weekend and the parents have eaten most of the fry. This is a major set-back as both parents seemed to have done so well with the previous spawn. So back to the drawing board with this pair and will have to see how they do with the next batch.

 

OMG Andrew are you saying that the parents ate the babies you show in the pic just above ??? They seem so big - too big to eat - DAMN - cannot believe your bad luck. If they were eating on their own can I ask why you did not remove the parents already - that's a question not a criticism - sorry man such bad news !!

 

@eros111 no, they ate their latest spawn. The previous batch which are the ones in the above photo are safely growing out in their own tank.

This is why I quoted Jason's comment in my post as it was this latest spawn which he was referring to. Unfortunately there are only about 15 fry still latched onto the parents so ja, it is bad news hey.

 

Some just eat there young, I know I think of it now and then!!

 

Plumbing all working......

 

@Marco updated photos of the 'barless' young. The red colour is quite visible now.

 

Hi @pHish_man

Andrew they are really nice looking hey. Well done on these.
Id like if possible a photo, well lit -of the head region. Therecshould now be a fine dusting of blue appearing in the head area. Can you see it yet?
I still think these guys are going to be something special to look at when bigger. Holding thumbs they turn out as nice as we expect!

Marco

 

Shot @Marco

No blue visible on the head region yet, just a bit on the anal fin.

 

Hi @pHish_man,

Looking very good. Lets see how the colour will shape up on these. Gonna be fun seeing them develop.

Marco

 

looking good Andrew, how old are these guys now and how many are there?

 

Hi Waleed they are 60days old and there are 26. Ive culled a few stragglers.

 

Updated pic of one of the barless youngsters

 

Seems like there will be a fair number of barless young in this latest batch

 

They're fantastic Andrew! Beautiful little buggers!

 

If i was barless, id be very upset, no where to drink beer :laugh: great looking fry as always.

 

Lol @HennieRoux

I do have an empty shelf on one of the stands in my discus fishroom which ive set aside for brewing some beer.......perfect temperature.

 

Now that is a propper fish room....I use to make, but then I realised I had the 2 most labour intensive hobbies in the world, so I decided to give 1 up, it was the beer, as I decided to move a fridge in my hobby room, and just keep the beer there.

 

Hi @pHish_man

Well now Andrew that one is looking stunning hey. Still no hint of colour but it has a nice golden glow hey.
Would love to see this guy at 10cm.

Rgds

Marco