snakehead fry feeding video

[ozwald]

Some of you may have seen the thread of these guys growing up, but here's the latest installment.
1st Video is of them about 2 months old.
2nd is 2 1/2 months old after I moved them away from the parents.

(fingers crossed the embedding works)


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[kevinfleming21]

that's a ton of the lil' guys!

 

[ozwald]

literally a ton! 117 at last count

 

[south coast nelly]

nice looking gachua, how are they coming along, how was the parents toward the little guys,did they care well? i found the ornatipinnis to be amazing parents..

thanks for sharing budd

 

[ozwald]

The parents were amazing. The male in particular took great care of the little ones.
Making sure they didn't stray from the group and that they got fed.
He would grab them in his mouth and eject them back into the group through his gills.
He also would chew up food and spit it out for them.
I also witnessed the female feeding them with eggs a couple of times. I kept missing the video though.

 

[south coast nelly]

Exsactly the same as my guys, brill news mate, yeah those "feeder eggs"
How many broods was that?

 

[ozwald]

Just one brood. It didn't take them very long to figure out what they were doing.

See the thread in the breeding area for a full story
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=329368

to be honest Nelly, your thread about the Ornates was what inspired me to get snakeheads. So thanks

 

[south coast nelly]

Lol....your welcome mate, yeah mine was a first aswell,amazing how they didnt need to learn