new rainbows
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To be perfectly honest its just another aquarium....except it has a great (if not the best in London) selection of snakeheads
Although....it is worth a trip down here just to check out the MONSTER of a Wolf fish...its a beast!
those are class the colour is really good, i visited wildwoods a few years ago and was impressed by the selection then.
some of my more recent buys were shipped from them too and the service was excellent.
some of my more recent buys were shipped from them too and the service was excellent.
thanks guys , they are actually getting even better now ,they have been in a week and have settled in nice ,
cheers col
cheers col
hermandrum;2112915; said:
"Reproductive habits: No specific information concerning wild populations. Vierke (1991b), however, described reproductive behavior in aquaria in detail. He noted that females are smaller than males of the same age, and that males grow faster than females. A male selects the nesting site, but it is the female that appears to initiate courtship behavior. Two days prior to spawning, there is frequent body contact between male and female, with the two wrapping around each other. This behavior increases at spawning, near the surface, and the spawning act can last up to 30 seconds.
The eggs released are transparent and float to the surface. They are small, round, and 0.9-1.1 mm in diameter. An oil globule, about 0.6-0.7 mm in size, is present in each egg. The egg mass, with eggs close together, appears to be made of foam. Both the male and female initially tend the egg mass and display an interesting behavior. They take the eggs into the oral cavity and expel them through the gills, presumably to remove materials that may settle on egg surfaces. The eggs adhere to each other at the surface. Following hatching, both parents guard the larvae.
The young remain around the parents, often with body contact between them. Young can often be found on the heads of parents, appearing to be feeding on mucus. They appear to nip the parents, and removal of young from parents at this stage seems to slow growth of the separated individuals."
