sausagewinkle
Fish Herder
After my first unsuccessful spawning attempt I thought id give it another try with a different female. Wisp, my opaque halfmoon.
I removed Thai from the breeding tank on Sunday 17th April after he nearly destroyed Matilda (her tail is growing back great if any of you seen the pictures in the journal section)
I set up a new tank, a little bigger than the last one and left it for a few days.
20th April - I added Thai and Wisp to the tank together, Wisp was in her bottle. Thai didn't seem that interested in her and built no nest, unlike the first time when he built one straight away.
22nd April - 2 days later and still no nest but I still released Wisp to see if that would encourage him to build. Later that afternoon when i checked on them we had a nest
I left them over night as there was little damage done to Wisp
23rd April - 8am I went to check on them to find them spawning it was amazing to watch and sat there for a good hour watching them (from a distance). Around 9:30am Thai was chasing Wisp away and being very aggressive so she was removed. Thai done a great job looking after the eggs and re built his nest half way across the tank, I couldn't get any pictures as he was aggressive towards me when I was in the room so just left him alone.
25th April - Checked on him in the morning and the nest was covered in tiny little black dots the eggs had hatched woo. Again he was very aggressive so I had to be careful i wasn't in the room for to long. The little fella worked so hard keeping all the fry in the nest.
26th April - Unfortunately we were off on holiday for a few days and my dad was house, cat & fish sitting so we needed to remove Thai. I don't think it was too early as most of the fry were free swimming anyway. I lowered the water level right down so it was easier for them.
3rd May - The fry are growing great they are getting fed 3 times a day on microworm and having daily water changes (which is so difficult as they are so nosey towards the airline) I am not syphoning the bottom yet as they are still too small.
Heres a few pictures of the spawning. Ill take some pictures of the fry tonight and get them added tomorrow
Wisp
Video - not the best but you can see the eggs
Video - Thai looking after the eggs the day they hatched
Can just see a little fry on the side
I removed Thai from the breeding tank on Sunday 17th April after he nearly destroyed Matilda (her tail is growing back great if any of you seen the pictures in the journal section)
I set up a new tank, a little bigger than the last one and left it for a few days.
20th April - I added Thai and Wisp to the tank together, Wisp was in her bottle. Thai didn't seem that interested in her and built no nest, unlike the first time when he built one straight away.
22nd April - 2 days later and still no nest but I still released Wisp to see if that would encourage him to build. Later that afternoon when i checked on them we had a nest
I left them over night as there was little damage done to Wisp
23rd April - 8am I went to check on them to find them spawning
it was amazing to watch and sat there for a good hour watching them (from a distance). Around 9:30am Thai was chasing Wisp away and being very aggressive so she was removed. Thai done a great job looking after the eggs and re built his nest half way across the tank, I couldn't get any pictures as he was aggressive towards me when I was in the room so just left him alone.25th April - Checked on him in the morning and the nest was covered in tiny little black dots
the eggs had hatched woo. Again he was very aggressive so I had to be careful i wasn't in the room for to long. The little fella worked so hard keeping all the fry in the nest.26th April - Unfortunately we were off on holiday for a few days and my dad was house, cat & fish sitting so we needed to remove Thai. I don't think it was too early as most of the fry were free swimming anyway. I lowered the water level right down so it was easier for them.
3rd May - The fry are growing great
they are getting fed 3 times a day on microworm and having daily water changes (which is so difficult as they are so nosey towards the airline) I am not syphoning the bottom yet as they are still too small.Heres a few pictures of the spawning. Ill take some pictures of the fry tonight and get them added tomorrow
Wisp
Video - not the best but you can see the eggs
Video - Thai looking after the eggs the day they hatched
Can just see a little fry on the side
Can't wait to see pics of the babies as they progress. Sure to be some crackers there! 
