Spawn Diary- Isis And Dawna!

Alright well since I had the empty tank....and since....well since my first spawn was a miss....I decided to try again...with a different pair....Isis and Dawna They are Black/Yellow Halfmoon Plakats. Isis is absolutely beautiful...his anal fin is the longest Ive seen on any of my fish...hes got a great personality to...mom is just a tiger as well...like to attack her food to shreds...then eat it haha...so here are pictures of them...

Here is Mommy...hehe shes got more black around her tail edges now though...


And here is daddy! Such a sweetie...in this picture his body is brown but hes really pitch black...


Alright so now for the dirty details haha (This infos a little late...I had to throw a birthday party for my boyfriend....which took time haha so...sorry) They were set up on 9/26 Thats when I put the tank together...and had it cycled and then put the male in...almost had a bubble nest in the next hour haha..he was ready! I put the female in a breeding trap and his nesting skills took off and up a level and he had a beautiful nest by the end of the night....so I plopped (nicely) Dawna in the tank and I watch for a couple hours but nothing but he wasnt hurting her so I went to bed...and when I woke up in the morning...I watched for a good 2 mins....and it was like BAM...all of a sudden they started spawning! It was probably one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen...So I curled up in a blanket....and sat beside the tank watching...(and took a few pictures!) It took all of 4 hours before they were complete....(WOW!~ ) and when I was positive the girl was no longer welcome I scooped her out and put her in her nice clean tank She was happy to eat some bloodworms...she came out with minimal damage....So dad did wonderful....kept the nest nice and clean and eggs organized...he often would lurk in the bushes....haha waiting to see if bad guys were there....(soo cute ) Here are some pictures of the embrace...



So then...on 9/29 the babies hatched...so cute and millions of them...and daddy was the best thing ive seen since sliced bread....just adorable...chasing babies all around but didnt seem overly stressed by it really...so he zipped around...I ended up keeping him in there till 10/1....when most the little guys were free swimming...and he did baby collections every hour....(He would actually go around the tank collecting the babies...then go back to the nest...haha and hed spit this black cloud of babies back in...just for them to go off and adventure again!) So I decided I would remove him...He didnt seem to happy...so I put him next to dawna for a hour and he changed his mind about them haha So now The fry are about 5 days old and doing really well So Ill keep everyone updated

Gorgeous pair, and I'm sure you're so proud of daddy I fall in love with them all over again when they're good like that. The egg/fry eaters... I just shake my fist at them for weeks afterwards

haha wuv....I know I have had such a bitter sweet experience with all this babby stuff...haha had a bad daddy who ate the eggs...and then the good daddy who was just so darn cute with his babies...it does make you fall head over heals for them all over again hehe....maybe its my woman instinct....daddy baby eaters BAD...Daddy baby lover...(hums wedding song)

very perdyful.

Adorable! Can't wait to see those babies!!

those are going to be purty babies!!!!!

That's going to be a fine spawn, Lady. I did laugh, however, at the spawn diary of Isis and Dawna, though. I'm sorry, and I know we've had an entire thread on the subject of Isis' girly name, but at first glance, to someone who doesn't know the story, it looks really wierd. Two females spawning! Cracks me up, but seriously, great news. I hope the best for the fishies.

Wow, so gorgeous!! I love that pair!!! You have some wonderful fishies!

Aww, the mommy's face is so cute
Those are some fantastic pics of them embracing

omfg. Those are some stunning parents... and they definitely worked hard at making babies ! I'm SO happy you finally got a really successful spawn, you deserve it with all the work you've done.

You know I'm reserving at LEAST 2 of those gorgeous babies, right?? I luurve yellows, and HMPK's, and they're absolutely adorable!

Splashstuff- Ill remember that im sure i have a pretty big spawn with this one...so HOPEFULLY haha I can have a bunch for all you guys

Those are some beautiful pics of the embrace, what a wonderful event to witness and capture.

Naughtygirl~ Yes indeed it was a wonderful event to witness...I wanted to capture it on video (my digital takes viedo too! but go figure my batteries went dead! ALWAYS happens when the good stuffs there to take pictures of haha) so I could show everyone...

Thought I would update...They are a week old today! hehe and they are so cute...I tried counting but its impossible because everytime I count a section they all move...plus they are hiding in the plants haha little buggers....but from the looks of it seems to triple the size of my other spawn I have going right now...and they seem to be growing a bit faster?! wierd but so cute....I started my BBS hatcheries...but they have incredibly low hatch rates....I must be doing something wrong....anyways heres pictures

OMG!! they're so adorable, and tinsey, and adorrrable! *squee*

Thanks so much for those, Lady, I needed my cute-little-fry fix, as I'm waiting for my babies to come those little guys (and girls) are gorgeous! I think I'm gonna reserve the boy in the bottom right corner of the 3rd pic, and the girl in the middle to the left of the 2nd pic...

Aww! So cute!