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Mark, YOU ARE A LEGEND!!!!!!

helen nightingale wrote:wow, i am so excited for you that is brilliant news. have you stopped shaking yet?

can you tell us about your water change regime? do you exactly match the water?

do you know anything about the water conditions where you got them from, compared to your water, if you think it might be a spawning close to when you got them?

what we now need is CCTV webcams on your tank, to see what happens when they spawn. i bet they wont do it again when you are watching them.

Now we have to hope that its going to become a regular occurence

Thanks Helen - yes the shaking has stopped now

Maintenance wise all 5 internal power filters are cleaned every week, one external is cleaned and the next one is cleaned two weeks after so that's 4 weeks between cleans. Water change wise the tank gets a 30% to 40% weekly change, the water is taken out by gravel vac and returned straight from the hose in summer and bucket in winter.

I don't know what the water was like that they were in before here, I got them from Pier aquatics - Wigan so wouldn't imagine that there would be to much of a drastic difference.

Doc wrote:

Mad Duff wrote:Thanks, I have already been contacted by Practical Fishkeeping

I let Matt know as soon as you posted this on here.

I have just heard back from Matt and the story should be online tomorrow

Spectacular

I really look forward to reading it Mark. Good on ya mate!

Mike

Fantastic news!! Well done

Excellent news.

Congratulations!!!!
You are certainly doing a lot of things right to get spawning in both the sids and now the kubotai.
Well done!!!!!!

Fantastic, this is great news. Congratulations!

I still can't get over this great news Mark! If I am this excited you must be on the verge of losing your voice from excitement. I told random people today that B. kubotai was spawned and ppl where looking at me as if I fell off of Mercury.

Mike

Thank you for all the great comments guys

Mike Ophir wrote:I still can't get over this great news Mark! If I am this excited you must be on the verge of losing your voice from excitement. I told random people today that B. kubotai was spawned and ppl where looking at me as if I fell off of Mercury.

Mike

I am glad you are so excited Mike

I have to admit I didnt get any sleep last night and then I think Ive only bred a fish "BUT ITS KUBOTAI"

My wife keeps telling that I dont really realise the enormity of what I have done, its just a really weird feeling. I thought I would never better the sidthimunki.

I have had a **** head on another forum question whether or not I am actually the first to breed them and he will reserve judgement until I can prove it

Mark mate, you know there's going to be folks like that, i've had the same to my face but when i show the pics of the fish spawning, eggs, development of the fry they shut their big stupid mouth.
just think of the Critch's bud.

take no notice Mark, having met you i believe you.

mick

Cheers Mick, I actually laughed at him anyway, the guy is a complete plank

Out of all the great messages I have got which I have now lost count of there had to be one or two negative people, there always is

That's two species out of the way. I think your next target should be....

Congrats Mark

You need to start working your magic on those Emperors next


Ashleigh