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Okay so here are some more photos of the fish all grown up and looking good.  They have spawned a few times but either the females swallowed the eggs or I was not quick enough to save the fry.  I will keep trying.  Oh and another shot of the Callochromis.

Protomelas sp hertae spawned yesterday. IJust hope the female holds for longer this time round.

Lepido elongatus. How long have you had them for, havent seen them around for ages?

Protomelas sp hertae spawned yesterday some time for the first time so I'll see if she hold full term or not.

Quick phone pic update of the dominant/most colourful male Protomelas sp hertae.  Will get the DSLR out when I'm home during the day and not as busy.

 

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Old mate Choombies could be getting kicked out of the cricket for a while.

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Here is a few photos of my Protomelas sp hertae I bought from an aquotix when they did an order from east, just starting to colour as well.  The Callochromis I bought from Robs I'm really not sure how long ago but they have been pumping out the babies.

 

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Nice looking fish you have there.

The feeling I get is that not many of the fish Jeremy investigates would actually ever eat a human e.g. wells catfish, aligator gar, goonch catfish and he sets up the show in that way as well. How ever the obvious sharks and tiger fish would eat a human. I enjoy the show for the landscapes, cultures, fish and the interesting ways they are captured on film.

A female Callochromis macrops emptied her mouthful into the fry tank last night. Got around 11 or 12 fry.

I also picked up the Protomelas sp. hertae friday noon. Looking forward to growing then out and breeding them.

Looking good. A 1 male 3 female ratio is good from my experience, so 2 male 6 female when scaled up and so on. Ventralis take a while to reach a nice colour but its worth it in the end.

That is sad. He left a legacy that will be remembered for a long time, I still have a number of his books. Lets not forget the rainbow fish named after him Melanotaenia herbertaxelrodi, a nice fish.

So I went ahead and stripped two holding female Callochromis macrops. Managed a pretty good haul of about 31 fry. Here is hoping I can raise them to maturity.

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Great Joel

I'm having the same issue with females chewing up eggs after spawning. Getting plenty of spawning activity but only had two instances where fry have been produced. Trying a few things to sort that out but if you come up with a solution I'd be keen to hear what you did

Yes sir, this is the second time around so I hope they will have learned a few skills and what not from the first time.  I think I will try get the females out of the main tank earlier this time just to cut down on being chased by other fish in the tank, especially the male.