Spawn Diary\\opaque Whites

OhMyDog

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:lol: Two spawns in one week. What can I say? He's too gorgeous not to spawn. :p

Here's Papa:
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And Ma (a little torn up from the last breeding attempt):
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The female was released late Sunday night. The male made a HUGE bubble nest right away. I caught them embracing earlier this morning. He couldn't quite get the eggs to release but after a couple hours, he finally got it! :D I wasn't sure if he was eating the eggs or spitting them out but I guess he did spit them out.. as I spotted some in the pictures I took. I counted about 60ish or so. I was hoping for a bigger spawn.. but, oh well. There's always F2. :lol:


A couple pics..
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(sorry about the wacky colors =P)
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Eggs!!
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Here's the video: http://d31.yousendit.com/D/26B4MK4FEGL7K0S...KR/MVI_1186.avi

I'm SO pysched about this!! :D
 
Good Job! I just wish you could ship to MN so I could have one of the babies :no:
Either way, I love the parents.
 
Congrats, Ashley!!!! OMFG, your Opaques are BEAUTIFUL. Like, ridiculously beautiful. I cannot believe you got him from an LFS, you lucky :hey: Good luck with all of your babies, and awesome job!

I'm really bummed that I couldn't give you one of my pairs :/.... however, my next 2 spawns are coming up soon, so maybe I could trade you one of my pairs for an opaque pair! (assuming you'll be going down to WA this summer).
 
Wow!! I'm so incredibly jealous. You're living out my dream!! :crazy: It's just not fair!!

Congrats! I can't wait to see the babies!
 
I added the link to the video on the top! =D

Congrats, Ashley!!!! OMFG, your Opaques are BEAUTIFUL. Like, ridiculously beautiful. I cannot believe you got him from an LFS, you lucky :hey: Good luck with all of your babies, and awesome job!

I'm really bummed that I couldn't give you one of my pairs :/.... however, my next 2 spawns are coming up soon, so maybe I could trade you one of my pairs for an opaque pair! (assuming you'll be going down to WA this summer).

OOO!! Sounds good! My mom just got a pretty well paying job.. so we *should* be going down soonish. And if not, I'll definitely drive down after I get my license in April. :D
 
:) I like the way he's looking around for more eggs afterward, then looks at the female like "What!? That's all ya got? Sigh... oh well..."
 
The babies hatched! :D Gosh.. they're so hard to see! Their tiny white bodies blend perfectly into the bubblenest. I only counted about 20 pairs of little black eyes.. but I could be way off since they're so blended in.

Daddy's doing such an amazing job with the babies. Lets hope he doesn't decide to take a snack within the next few days. :unsure:
 
Looks like my original estimation was right. It looks like I have roughly 60 babies. Not bad!

They're 2 days old now. They're all free-swimming. Poor daddy is going nuts right now worrying about his babies.

I surprisingly got some decent pictures of them. :D

See them?
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How bout now?
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Look at them!! Eee! So tiny!
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And a couple of daddy..

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"This is my angry face. Grrrr!"
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