Another Loach Spawned
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January 5, 2010 at 11:21 am #300498
Mark DuffillParticipantIn August last year I bought a group of Acanthopsoides molobrion, the tank I put them into suffered some problems a couple of weeks after I got them and I lost 3 of the group, the remaining 3 fish were moved into a small Aqua One cube for a short period (which was the plan then) a month later another one died which left me with just the two adult fish, to say I was gutted was an understatement but these things happen
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This is one of the juveniles:
This is one of the adults:
As a reference for size you can see a white mark in the base of the tank before the anal fin of the juvenile which is just behind the pectoral fin of the adult.
January 5, 2010 at 12:00 pm #316005
MattKeymasterWay cool Mark!
January 5, 2010 at 12:28 pm #316010
Mark DuffillParticipantCheers Matt
January 5, 2010 at 10:37 pm #316032
keith565Participantwow, isn’t that fab. way to go mate.
January 6, 2010 at 9:40 am #316062
Mark DuffillParticipantCheers Keith
January 6, 2010 at 10:24 am #316070
retro_gkParticipantSweet!
Are the adults sexable other than by girth?
January 6, 2010 at 11:59 am #316083
Mark DuffillParticipantThanks Rahul
/blush.gif” style=”vertical-align:middle” emoid=”:blush:” border=”0″ alt=”blush.gif” /> I just got them into a different tank quickly, although saying that my tanks do tend to sit around 7 pretty much all of the time.
January 6, 2010 at 5:41 pm #316094
ThomasParticipantOk MD, I admit I’m a bit jealous, but
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January 6, 2010 at 5:51 pm #316095
David MarshallParticipantHey Mark
Well done.
Regards David
January 7, 2010 at 2:48 am #316124
PlaamooParticipantAre the splendidas next
January 7, 2010 at 2:04 pm #316142
Mark DuffillParticipantThank you Thomas and David
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January 7, 2010 at 9:38 pm #316149
EyrieParticipantCongratulations!
Now that you know you’ve got a breeding pair, will you try again with them?
January 8, 2010 at 5:04 pm #316172
andy rushworthParticipantHi Mark , If you look at the fish from above , perhaps the slimmer males have got longer pectoral fins ?
Its hard to class it as a spawning , i m o its an incidental spawning , youngsters appearing in the same tank as parents
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January 8, 2010 at 6:16 pm #316173
Mark DuffillParticipantQUOTE (Eyrie @ Jan 7 2010, 09:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Congratulations!Now that you know you’ve got a breeding pair, will you try again with them?
The two adults that are left could well be both female,I will be trying to get some more soon and they will be given their own tank so hopefully it will happen again.
QUOTE (andy rushworth @ Jan 8 2010, 04:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Hi Mark , If you look at the fish from above , perhaps the slimmer males have got longer pectoral fins ?You could be right Andy, when I get some more or these youngsters grow on hopefully I will be able to say a definite yes or no
QUOTE (andy rushworth @ Jan 8 2010, 04:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Its hard to class it as a spawning , i m o its an incidental spawning , youngsters appearing in the same tank as parents/wub.gif” style=”vertical-align:middle” emoid=”:wub:” border=”0″ alt=”wub.gif” /> keep up the maintenance regime !
Yeah that is what I meant really in that another loach has spawned, it is only down to the fact that they have been left to it. When it comes to it I like you say I haven’t done anything apart from give them ideal conditions but they have still spawned (trust you to be awkward
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January 8, 2010 at 8:50 pm #316176
andy rushworthParticipantHa ha Mark, sorry to sound a bit churlish
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Keep up the good husbandry
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