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These guys are really growing! I've counted 16 fry from the October group and they are 16-18 mm today. The NEW fry I saw today are only about 5 or 6 mm.

Austen

Whoo Hoo!

Short video update. The fry are about 6 weeks old now and I tried to zoom in on one of the new 2-week olds.

http://youtu.be/Rcg_V3x-9D0


Austen

So how many fry are there now? From, what, 3 or 4 batches, I lost count? Awesome, Austen!

NancyD wrote:So how many fry are there now? From, what, 3 or 4 batches, I lost count? Awesome, Austen!

At least 24 from 3 groups. Thanks! I stare at this tank several times a day and every few days I count more and more fry. The newly hatched ones are really good at hiding!

I think I may have witnessed spawning behavior yesterday morning between the largest female and one of the males. They kept going nose-to-nose and then circling each other. I tried to get a video but they were not interested in displaying for the camera. I didn't get to see how it ended as I had to leave for work.

I really must get another tank set up (aw shucks, right?)

Austen

They've been spawning pretty regularly since the fall. I've never seen eggs but I have watched the male dig out the nest ( pic below).



This shows the fry/juvies from at least 4 different spawns. The newest, only a couple of days old, is right about dead center.



The tank is getting pretty full, time to start moving some on.

Austen

Great pics, Austen! I love the breeding pit, & of course the many sizes of fry, so cute!

I've only seen them for sale here, well, once as juvies, then as they aged into adults, & juvies at another lfs 1 time. Hopefully you & other hobby breeders will help bring the astronomical prices down! Hint, hint, I do come to Mich (Lansing area) at least twice a year! Put me on the short list, lol.

Thanks, Nancy! I'm about an hour and a half from Lansing but let me know the next time you're in Michigan and I'm sure we can work out a meet. I'm more than happy to share. I'm passionate about conservation so I'd be thrilled to see more people successfully breeding these, and other, loaches.

Austen

So this is what they look like before getting any color.

Wow, cool to find such a little fry & get good pics