Guess who's got babies!?!?!

[TheFanatic]

Looks like the pair of J. Marleri I bought a month ago are a pair. I have three babies that I can see. I wish I would've known. I just rearranged that side of the tank yesterday and I'm willing to bet the parents couldn't take care of all the fry in a tank full of Africans, Synos and some Clown Loaches.

These pics suck. I put in this huge piece of Granite that is flat like a piece of slate. Something a cousin brought back from a fishing trip for me years ago. the granite shades the caves the parents are using. I have circled the fry in MSPaint. Here are the parents and the fry

 

[TheFanatic]

Here are better picks of the parents when I bought them

 

[mike dunagan]

once they start you will have hundreds...

 

[TheFanatic]

once they start you will have hundreds...

I'm OK with that. Gonna yank the parents and breed them in a smaller tank and raise the fry in a large tub and sell them to a LFS. Could use some store credit for those Orange Finned Apisto's that are $30/per

 

[gomezladdams]

Cool I have some regani,great looking fish

 

[cichlidgirl]

Striking fish. Good luck.

 

[Muske]

a 20 gal. tank is all the perents need....

 

[TheFanatic]

a 20 gal. tank is all the perents need....

That's what I was thinking. Not sure how I will break this to the wife that I will need yet another tank!?!?!

 

[straitjacketstar]

For once, your julies are not J. marlieri.
They are J. transcriptus.
Usually it's the other way around, where people think thay have J. trans but they're really J. marlieri.
The notable difference, J. marlieri have markings on the lower gillplate, under the line that goes through the eyes and upper lip.

Googled photo - credited to Johnny Jensen
J. transcriptus does not.

Googled photo - credited to Johnny Jensen
You can tell J. ornatus and J. regani apart the same way.

 

[TheFanatic]

For once, your julies are not J. marlieri.
They are J. transcriptus.
Usually it's the other way around, where people think thay have J. trans but they're really J. marlieri.
The notable difference, J. marlieri have markings on the lower gillplate, under the line that goes through the eyes and upper lip.

Googled photo - credited to Johnny Jensen
J. transcriptus does not.

Googled photo - credited to Johnny Jensen
You can tell J. ornatus and J. regani apart the same way.

Well Butter my Butt and call me a Biscuit!!!

You learn something new every day. I bought these guys at a Missouri Aquarium Society Auction. I wonder if my other two that I bought from a petstore are correct....Gonna have to look into that....