Please Share Your Wild Type Livebearers :)

[fish48]

hi chris , I'm not sure why, but I can't open video
this is great news  that you are getting fry from them

 

[chrissfishes]

Hi Gary,
I am very excited about getting fry. So far, my count on melanosoma is up to 40 fry. Got a 25 fry drop today.With still at least 2 more females left to drop. I am not sure what's up with the videos. They worked when I clicked them. My captivus "illescas" has a pregnant female. Thanks! Take care!
Chris

 

[chrissfishes]

new update:
 
count of melanosoma so far is 48 fry
 
I have lost a few of the tamazulae fry. I have 3-4 fry alive
 
captivus "Illescas" is due any day
 
and new addition! So far 3 goslinei fry. I have another female ready to drop any day as well! 
 
I am really working on getting maculata going. Rumor has it they don't breed during the warm months and also they are unpredictable. I have been giving them as much protein and frequent water changes as I can. So, hopefully it will trigger something. 

 

[chrissfishes]

Illescas and goslinei had their drops! I have 8 goslinei total fry and should be a fair number of illescas. I'll have the total soon. I'll get some videos up soon

 

[chrissfishes]

As promised my update videos. I believe my female maculata is pregnant. I had 16 X.captivus "Illescas" fry.
 
A.maculata
http/vid100.photobucket.com/albums/m20/cichlid_lover128/WP_20140820_0011_zpsa7387b66.mp4
 
A.goslinei fry
http/vid100.photobucket.com/albums/m20/cichlid_lover128/WP_20140820_0021_zps72e522e8.mp4
 
X.captivus "Illescas" fry
http/vid100.photobucket.com/albums/m20/cichlid_lover128/WP_20140820_0031_zps942ccba5.mp4
 
X.melanosoma fry
http/vid100.photobucket.com/albums/m20/cichlid_lover128/WP_20140820_0041_zpsb0b79014.mp4

 

[chrissfishes]

New updates

I have 3 goslinei fry living and so far they are looking good.

my tamazulae had a nice big drop. I got around 9-10 fry. I only had one fry living from the first batch.

my maculata is for sure pregnant and should be dropping fry this month! Hopefully its a good drop!

and my melanosoma are pregnant again. Should be getting drops from 5 females.

I would love to get a drop from my gracilis and illescas. Hopefully that will happen before winter

 

[fish48]

thanks for update it's great news your doing so well.

 

[chrissfishes]

Thanks Gary! It's good to hear from you. I am very happy they are doing well. I will be offering some melanosoma very soon on aquabid.

 

[chrissfishes]

New updates

melanosoma : I only saved fry from 3 females. I had 3-4 other females that dropped before them but sadly the colony got a hold of the fry before I could get them. I managed to collect 27-28 fry from one female,25 from 2nd,and 35 from the 3rd. So,I got a good number.

Goslinei: Just 3 fry. I lost one male,leaving me with a male and two females. I got two new pairs and 6 young juvies to add to the colony. Hopefully,I'll have a good number of fry next time.

maculata: still working on getting them to have a drop. Still have a reverse trio.

gracilis: still doing well. Got a decent colony. Hopefully it won't be long to have some drops from them.

"illescas": have 16 fry from 1st drop. Soon will be getting two new drops. Small colony doing well.

tamazulae: still have 3 pairs. Have had some drops. I have around 9 or so fry.

I'm trying to get a hold of some new species to work with.

 

[OldMan47]

Lots of goodeids here.My greens get to go first with this.
 juvy and a fry
Next up is some red tails


C encaustus

3 Ameca splendens

 

[helterskelter]

Good to see you back on here. I've just got some C. encaustus, and do you know your colection data on the esieni? as their rarther nice.

 

[chrissfishes]

Thanks for sharing Gordon! You have some very nice fish. 

 

[chrissfishes]

Its been a while since my last post. My illescas had around 20 fry back in December. Otherwise, its been a while since I had some fry from any of my species. I'm still working on the maculata....hopefully I will get some fry. I got two new species. 2 pairs of allotoca meeki with location information and a pair of skiffia lermae "rancho el Molino". Very soon I will be getting some allodontichthys hubbsi with information.

 

[ricefish]

Hi Chris
Were the meeki and lermae from the GWG trip last year?
I got A.dugesi black,A.diazi,Skiffia. Rancho El Molino. Skiffia Zacapu ,Hubsina, A.zacapuensis 
I have had fry from all except Skiffia from Rancho
Had over 30 lots of fry since new year just A.goslinei and Skiffia lermae(Rancho) that I am waiting for fry

 

[chrissfishes]

Hi ricefish
The meeki I got from a member of the ALA and the lermae came from Mexico from the GWG meeting in Morelia. They were in a shipment. Very nice list and that's great you have had some fry. My colonies have been winter rest. I should be getting some fry soon. Thanks