New addition- gt grow out thread.
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Oliver had a rough first couple days in the tank. Nothing too bad, but a few split fins. My female gt took a liking to him after that. By friday he was head/body shaking at her. Then she started shaking back.
She wasn't due to lay eggs for a couple more weeks, but her egg tube dropped over the weekend. On Monday she laid her eggs and to my surprise Oliver was right there trying to do his thingO.O
Talk about a weird sight... a large female with this little guy trying to fertilize the eggs.
You can see he is missing some scales on his side. That is from him displaying his manliness in front of his new girl. Just another reason my jack won't be staying in the tank. He really holds his own now and the jack has backed off.
The top pic was taken the day him and the female gt spawned. So he looks a little rough, but you can see how he has been filling out compared to the bottom pic of him.
Back to the eggs. I really didn't think he fertiled them, but I left them anyway. Greenie cut my hand last month when I took her eggs, so I was going to see how long it would take for them to be eaten.
Again I was surprised, the eggs have little black dots in them and have gotten more clear looking. Here she is guarding them yesterday.
This picture is horrible. Bad lighting since it was cloudy today. Side note: I finally decided on some lights today. Haha
Still not sure what's going to happen with the eggs. I don't expect them to live past hatching, but we will see.
And of course here are some pictures of my Oliver
His fins have been healing well along with his missing scales. I'm keeping a close eye on him to make sure he doesn't get any bacterial or fungus infections. I'm not too worried though, things have been healing fast. At the very least I'm excited that I know for sure now Oliver is a boy!
Oliver had a rough first couple days in the tank. Nothing too bad, but a few split fins. My female gt took a liking to him after that. By friday he was head/body shaking at her. Then she started shaking back.
She wasn't due to lay eggs for a couple more weeks, but her egg tube dropped over the weekend. On Monday she laid her eggs and to my surprise Oliver was right there trying to do his thingO.O
Talk about a weird sight... a large female with this little guy trying to fertilize the eggs.
You can see he is missing some scales on his side. That is from him displaying his manliness in front of his new girl. Just another reason my jack won't be staying in the tank. He really holds his own now and the jack has backed off.
The top pic was taken the day him and the female gt spawned. So he looks a little rough, but you can see how he has been filling out compared to the bottom pic of him.
Back to the eggs. I really didn't think he fertiled them, but I left them anyway. Greenie cut my hand last month when I took her eggs, so I was going to see how long it would take for them to be eaten.
Again I was surprised, the eggs have little black dots in them and have gotten more clear looking. Here she is guarding them yesterday.
This picture is horrible. Bad lighting since it was cloudy today. Side note: I finally decided on some lights today. Haha
Still not sure what's going to happen with the eggs. I don't expect them to live past hatching, but we will see.
And of course here are some pictures of my Oliver
His fins have been healing well along with his missing scales. I'm keeping a close eye on him to make sure he doesn't get any bacterial or fungus infections. I'm not too worried though, things have been healing fast. At the very least I'm excited that I know for sure now Oliver is a boy! 
That's awesome! I'm excited for you - in part because my boy Bruce seems to have talked one of the girls into spending quality time with him... they're displaying & courting. She's coloured up, but no egg tube visible yet.
I'll be following your progress closely!
I'll be following your progress closely!
That's awesome, I'm sure he did the job I've seen green terrors at that size have successful spawns. One thing I gotta advise to keep an eye for him bc he is half her size she can get pretty mean or pushy with him and can flip in a matter of days so just make sure he holds his own against a feisty mom
Beautiful fish!I took a couple more pictures today. I decided to call him Oliver
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Dang look at that. Your boy is putting on some size already. You have yourself some nice GT there
You're eggs may be ok. That female is pretty mature.
Thank you
Yes he has been growing surprisingly fast. And I swear I see a tiny hump forming. Haha My girl Greenie has to be close to a year old now. I've had her for about 7-8months and she was around 2" when I got her. Not sure how long it takes them to reach that size. That would be considered mature for a gt right?
I've read it can be bad for their development to breed young, but she was already laying eggs without a male around.
I haven't heard anything said about males fertilizing too young. Is that a reason for concern? Other then just watching to be sure he doesn't get too beat up.
DarylMac
Awe! Bruce picked a gf I love watching the courting dance. The first time I saw Oliver shimmy and shake was during a water change. I freak out till I realized he was only doing it in front of Greenie and everyone else was acting normal. Haha Then when she started responding he really started strutting around. Fish are so entertaining I could watch them all day. Keep us update on them!
Alexxxxsv14
I will for sure! So far he is the only fish allowed near her and the eggs. If she gets too aggressive I'll just move him to another tank till things calm down.
I forgot to put in this mornings observation.
I can't really see the eggs. It's like they are there, but so clear you just see the coloring of the rock. And Greenie has been somewhat frantically picking at the rocks and going to the same spot behind a rock.
My guess would be the eggs are hatching and she is collecting them and putting them in the pit she made. But this is just guesssing since I can't really see what's going on. For all I know she might just be eating them as they hatch. Lol
I can't really see the eggs. It's like they are there, but so clear you just see the coloring of the rock. And Greenie has been somewhat frantically picking at the rocks and going to the same spot behind a rock.
My guess would be the eggs are hatching and she is collecting them and putting them in the pit she made. But this is just guesssing since I can't really see what's going on. For all I know she might just be eating them as they hatch. Lol
