peathenster;4089789; said:
I may. I have to free up some space first. I've been looking around my house to see who's going. I have severums everywhere.
Heros notatus gone wild! Who wants some fry?
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I may. I have to free up some space first. I've been looking around my house to see who's going. I have severums everywhere.
I love the severum fry!! I must have some confused severums...there are 4 trying to breed or something...they have tubes down, and white bellies. The gordo gold severum interrupts them when ever they group. Also, I might have a cichla pair in the tank as well...
Congrats on the fry. I have F1 Rotkeil fry that are a week or two younger than your fry from pair you see in my avatar. I am stoked to have finally landed on a process for collecting and growing them. I started mine on rotifers and moved them to frozen baby brine and they are loving it so far. Like you I collected tons, and have bout 25-30 that are keeping pace and growing nicely. Stoked for you!
spxsk;4092486; said:
Thanks. Have you noticed slow growth in the rotkeils or are they on par with other types? I ask because I got my rotkeils at 2" or so a year ago and they're only 5 - 6" now. They've been my slowest-growing fish. I'd love to see some pictures of your fry (and the parents, too) if you have any.
ceeej31;4093470; said:
That's my favorite part of raising fry. I love when the fins and bodies fill in and the bars start to appear.
I didn't think these guys would make it based on how tiny and frail they were in the first couple of days. They really took off when they started eating. I am amazed at how uniform the growth has been, and how few culls I've found. They're easily some of the healthiest fry I've raised.
See my avatar for the parents. My two adults have just gained mass but not much length as I bought them as a breeding pair and were nearly grown at that point. I have not photographed the fry yet but will post some photos in a separate post soon.ryansmith83;4095289; said:
I decided to move some fish around tonight. The notatus fry are getting big now and I decided to move them up to a 55 gallon. Their parents were in a 55, so I decided to move the parents into my 210 community and put the fry in the 55.
I flipped on the lights in the 55 and found the parents sitting on hundreds of wrigglers.
I didn't even know they had spawned again! I siphoned them all out, moved the parents, scrubbed the tank, and moved the F1s up. Now the new wrigglers are going into the 20g. The only difference is that, this time, there are about 6 times as many. What am I going to do with all these notatus?!
I also wanted to share something with everyone. There had been some questions about fused/extra stress bars on young severums. Some assumed this was a result of hybrids or inbreeding. I've observed that about 75% of the F1 notatus I raised have either a fused 5th & 6th bar, or they have half of a bar between the 5th and 6th bars. As far as I can tell, the parents do not show fused bars. The parents were wild-caught fish and they are both definitely notatus. I have seen the same thing with my turquoise grow-outs that I spawned last November. I don't know what causes it, but I can assure you it's not always from inbreeding or hybridizing.
Pictures soon!
I flipped on the lights in the 55 and found the parents sitting on hundreds of wrigglers.
I didn't even know they had spawned again! I siphoned them all out, moved the parents, scrubbed the tank, and moved the F1s up. Now the new wrigglers are going into the 20g. The only difference is that, this time, there are about 6 times as many. What am I going to do with all these notatus?!I also wanted to share something with everyone. There had been some questions about fused/extra stress bars on young severums. Some assumed this was a result of hybrids or inbreeding. I've observed that about 75% of the F1 notatus I raised have either a fused 5th & 6th bar, or they have half of a bar between the 5th and 6th bars. As far as I can tell, the parents do not show fused bars. The parents were wild-caught fish and they are both definitely notatus. I have seen the same thing with my turquoise grow-outs that I spawned last November. I don't know what causes it, but I can assure you it's not always from inbreeding or hybridizing.
Pictures soon!
lol i think our fish are on the same schedule, everytime your thread gets bumped my severums have a batch of fry too
They look great good job. I finding raising fry to be the hard part when it comes to breeding. Do you have photos of the parents?
