Birth Announcment

[blainep]

A few fry came this week , hard to get pictures of them but I got a couple.

Limia Perugiae fry, pretty much silver slivers with eyes.

http://www.calgarycommodore.com/tanks/splen/limia.JPG

Poecilia latipinna, Rio San Antonio fry, I don't think that's all of them, both females are still huge !

http://www.calgarycommodore.com/tanks/splen/rio.JPG

[CACAdmin]

Congrats! I'm amazed that you could get pics.

[Melody]

That's awesome Blaine - my Perugiae gave birth a few weeks ago too. :smile:

[madattiver]

congrats on the new little ones... if you ever need to find new homes for them.. I think I can find room for them in my new stands I am building. ;)

Do you have any pics of the parents?? I am sure you have probably already posted.. so let e check before I make you do any extra work

Ohh I found them.. parents look great!!!!

[Melody]

They're one of my fave Limias - the males positively sparkle in blue. The females get huge! Its a champion line, incidentally - the breeder placed first in the Limia Category at the 2006 American Livebearer Association show. First of all Limias in that company is very impressive. The best of the best world-wide are in that show.

I'd definitly recommend going on his waiting list :smile: .

[blainep]

At the moment the waiting list is on a waiting list :laugh: .

I'll probably be able to share a few, what I will really need is someone to trade with, so I can keep things healthy, genetically speaking.

Just to add, I found some fry in the Kykesis tank and Liberty tank also. :red_dance:

[Melody]

You're quickly becoming the Livebearer King! Whatever you do, just remember YOU'RE a Livebearer. Don't touch your wife or you'll be turning the fishroom back into a bedroom.:rofl:

The Perugiae are reasonably easy to obtain in the States. The next time I see them on a breeder list that I'm ordering from, I'll snag us some to freshen the bloodlines.

[madattiver]

add me.. add me.. I want to be on the waiting list.. :yes:

[blainep]

You're quickly becoming the Livebearer King! Whatever you do, just remember YOU'RE a Livebearer. Don't touch your wife or you'll be turning the fishroom back into a bedroom.:rofl:



I've made sure THAT can never happen again ! :yes:

[blainep]

add me.. add me.. I want to be on the waiting list.. :yes:

You're on the list, as soon as they're ready, I'll post what's available.

[Pamelajo]

congrats!!

[blainep]

An update for those who may be interested.

http://tlfs.org/ntanks/update/1.JPG

One of the Limia fry and a Red Velvet Sword fry, Mom at the top of the picture.

http://tlfs.org/ntanks/update/2.JPG

A few more Limia fry.

http://tlfs.org/ntanks/update/3.JPG

P. Latipinna fry, mom and dad in the background.

http://tlfs.org/ntanks/update/4.JPG

A few more of the fry.

I'll probably need to sell/trade of these fish in the near future for those that would like them.

Keep your eyes on the classifieds.

[nathan u]

cool fish blainep.
what do you have growing in your tanks on the surface.
it doesn't look like duckweed to me, but it looks usefull

[Melody]

They're growing like weeds - nice job. What are you feeding them?

[blainep]

cool fish blainep.
what do you have growing in your tanks on the surface.
it doesn't look like duckweed to me, but it looks usefull

Most of it is Duckweed with some Riccia mixed in, the Duckweed grows at an insane rate. I skim most of it off every week and feed it to my Cana snails. They eat it like it was candy.

Within a week or ten days there is a thick mat of it again !

[blainep]

They're growing like weeds - nice job. What are you feeding them?

Every morning, breakfast is a Nutrifin Basix flake and dinner is either Daphnia,Micro Crabs, Krill, Tubifex worms, Bloodworms, Spirolena wafers or whatever leftover veggies I have from dinner.

Doesn't seem to matter what I put in the tank, they'll eat it ! :laugh:

[Melody]

Hmmm... how many water changes? You're getting a good growth rate - not too fast, not too slow. :yes:

[blainep]

Hmmm... how many water changes? You're getting a good growth rate - not too fast, not too slow. :yes:

One water change per week, about 20%.
Every 2 or 3 water changes I toss in a little marine salt, to help keep the nasties down.
I read somewhere a while back, that the best therapeutic use of salt was not a constant dose of it, but an occasional increase in concentration.
I don't know how accurate that information was for sure, but so far, no outbreaks of any of the common aquarium ailments in any of the racks of tanks ( gotta find a piece of wood to touch ).

[Melody]

Tooooooo easy.... methinks you're using magic Chinese hormones. :yes:

As for salt, the nasties can build up an immunity to that like everything else, so you should either keep it at a half dose so you are able to treat nasties if they show up, or as you say, keep the dose fluctuating. Half is plenty for theraputic use anyway - it apparently does the exact same amount of good & the rest is overkill/money-grab.

[Chahala]

Baby african cichlids

[blainep]

Baby african cichlids

Gotta like that.
Grab a few pictures and post them !