Julidochromis Breeding

[narayanang76]

So I am having Julidochromis Transcriptus a species only tank . The good news is that they have been successfully breeding. I am not doing any 'special' care for the fry and leaving to natural way of survival. I am only ensuring that they are not disturbed during water changes and also they get timely food and water quality is maintained. My setup is simple and minimum, just having sand and rocks to have enough hiding places for Julies.

Currently I am having more than 25 fry in my tank, and I can already see the next batch of fry coming! The fry also is growing quite nicely, after a few days they are coming out from the hiding spaces and eating food outside.

I think I will have to start giving away some of the Julie babies once they are big enough, I will run out of space if this continues..

 

[deeda]

Congratulations on the fry and the continued spawning. I've always enjoyed seeing multiple generations in the tank though keep an eye on them. I've found that tank size and the amount of hiding places can influence the number of generations that can be kept successfully.

Do you not have a way of selling any of the juveniles to stores or other hobbyists?

 

[narayanang76]

Sharing a pic of the Julie babies in my tank. They come out from their hiding places as soon as I go near tank. Now seeing them, even the recently spawn fries have become bold enough to come out in the open.

 

[YankeeJack]

What a great pic!!!

 

[narayanang76]

Julie babies are growing up nicely. Visible growth in 10 days.

It's interesting to see adults caring for babies. During feeding adults carry food and keep it at some common place, and babies come and feast it from there.
Also adults are protective if someone goes near tank and they come and block viewing the babies.

 

[narayanang76]

A short video of Julie babies in the tank, while feeding.

There are at least 4 different age/size group babies if you see closely. From different batches of spawning in the tank. Parents are guarding.

 

[narayanang76]

Here is an update, my one set of Julie babies got sold. There were 28 babies more than 1 inch size that got sold and I got some money in hand today. Even though I didn't get what I expected, It's the first time in this hobby that I made some money, so feeling happy. Next set of fry is already in, bringing them up now.

 

[deeda]

Congrats on selling some fish! Sometimes it can be disappointing what they sell for but it's still nice to see them spawn and be able to raise up the fry.