My Convicts
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The convicts can be found in the canal on Waipahu st. in Waipahu.The wet end of the canal is by the school on Farrington up from the 7-11. Take a couple soup cans open only on one end and place in the reeds. Come back later in the day and quickly cover the open end w/a dipping net and you might have one inside. You can get in the water and try to catch them that way but they are fast. Hope this helps
Male and female spawned again last night, I was going to get some pictures of them in the act but my batteries died. Oh well, better to not disturb them I guess.
And from the looks of it the females tail fin is making a little progress. I will try to get some pictures of the new clutch of eggs and female's tail this evening.
And from the looks of it the females tail fin is making a little progress. I will try to get some pictures of the new clutch of eggs and female's tail this evening.
Update:
The eggs have hatched, the female has moved the wrigglers to a hard to reach spot, it was hard to get any pictures of her healing process but I got some decent ones.
I can't be certain how much of the credit goes to the Melafix and how much goes to luck or a good diet or good water params. But I know for certain that I will use Melafix any time I have an injured fish, cause I didn't think it was possible for the tail to heal as much as it has.
Here is a picture of the pectoral fin shortly after the incident:
As you can see the top half or so was removed about 1/3 to the base
Here is a picture of it tonight, 20 days later:
Here is the caudal fin, destoryed all the way to the base:
Here is what it looks like tonight:
Here is a full shot of her, I had to use blood worms to lure her away from the spawn:
It looks like I am down to two fry left, one black, one pink:
The eggs have hatched, the female has moved the wrigglers to a hard to reach spot, it was hard to get any pictures of her healing process but I got some decent ones.
I can't be certain how much of the credit goes to the Melafix and how much goes to luck or a good diet or good water params. But I know for certain that I will use Melafix any time I have an injured fish, cause I didn't think it was possible for the tail to heal as much as it has.
Here is a picture of the pectoral fin shortly after the incident:
As you can see the top half or so was removed about 1/3 to the base
Here is a picture of it tonight, 20 days later:
Here is the caudal fin, destoryed all the way to the base:
Here is what it looks like tonight:
Here is a full shot of her, I had to use blood worms to lure her away from the spawn:
It looks like I am down to two fry left, one black, one pink:
Female was in a fiesty mood today, got a good picture of her flaring at the male... she is playing with fire. Her tail is looking like it is going to make a full recovery, my fingers are crossed.
Great thread. Just read through all of it. You have some beautiful Cons, and I'm interested to see if the two little ones make it. I had a nice sized male Con (about 4.5") who was a monster. But then he decided to the wander into the Texas' territory and got killed. My Tex is not one to mess with. But I do have a female growing out in a 55 with 6 Firemouths. She's already showing her oranges and greens. Good luck to you!
....*coughs*..going tomorrow to look at another one...'-.-' what an evil group of fish..like leaches...or chips maybe...elting44;4636344; said:I bet it wont be your last
love your fish BTW!
