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Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 1:18 pm
by mickthefish
here they are bud, give me your opinion mate as to the girth.
and this is the other female bud
mick
Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 2:33 pm
by Mad Duff
Mike - I have almond leaves in all of my loach tank at all times, I don't know what it is about them but the loaches definitely find something nice on them and I have lost count how many times I have seen loaches physically rubbing themselves on the leaves and like Mick said fry seem to find something to eat on them.
Mick - They look very similar to how my female kubotai was and is now
Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 2:42 pm
by mickthefish
cheers bud, i might be in with a shout with mine, but i've never seen any form of spawning behavior between them, only chasing each other when they get in a paddy.
mick
Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 3:35 pm
by Mike Ophir
Amazing. Where do you find/buy almond leaves?
Mike
Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 3:54 pm
by Tinman
Amazing. Where do you find/buy almond leaves
EBAY..........
Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 3:59 pm
by Mike Ophir
anywhere else besides ebay?
Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 4:02 pm
by Tinman
I have lost count how many times I have seen loaches physically rubbing themselves on the leaves
That is intresting, I keep mine in the top of the biostack but will move some clutter in the tank then.....
I have y. Modesta that also look like she has two pontoons on her belly as your large bellied. I guess since you don't know when this happened you don't know the trigger, if it was soon after this tank was set could it have been the large water change possibly or the better enviroment they moved to ? Very interesting to ponder. I have hit mine with large water changes to no effect here to get mine to drop eggs at least...
Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 9:40 pm
by Blue
Congrats, Mad Duff! You have a magic for being able to spawn loaches.
Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 10:16 pm
by chefkeith
Love seeing pics of loach bellies. Those implants or real?
Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 10:48 pm
by Marcos Mataratzis
Hi Mark,
How long you assume breading took place?
Congrats!
Marcos
Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 2:01 am
by Mad Duff
Marcos Mataratzis wrote:Hi Mark,
How long you assume breading took place?
Congrats!
Marcos
Cheers Marcos, not sure really but I would say that the youngster is at least 5 months old which would tie in with them spawning pretty much straight after I got them.
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 1:31 pm
by piggy4
Love the three tank shots ! is that one of your C.nigriloba's tail end on in the second tank pic ?
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 1:31 pm
by Keith Wolcott
Fantastic Mad Duff!!!!!!! I remember a year or two ago that you were thinking of getting out of fish keeping. Look what you have done since. Congratulations!!! You just won the gold.
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 3:41 pm
by newshound
very interesting!
yet another reason to under stock a tank. Better chances of the fry surviving.
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 9:36 am
by Graeme Robson
Congratulations Mark!! This is wonderful news!