Im Excited!

[kribensis12]

So, today I was doing a trade in. I was given some store credit so I started looking around. Guess what I found? A breeding pair of adult Firemouths! 20 bucks for the pair, plus 3 of their 1 inch long fry! I feel like it was a good deal! They seem to be doing okay at the moment. They are in a 47g tank by themselves. Hopefully they can fill it up!(with fry I mean!). I will post pictures later tonight!

 

[kribensis12]

Here is a picture of the fry. I would surmise that they are about 1 inch long.

Here is 2 pictures of the adults. The male is on the bottom, and the female on top.

Now, I believe that they are close to breeding, as I think I saw the beginning of the females breeding tube distended from her anus.

 

[Tolak]

Nice deal! Keep an eye on the older fry, they may not appreciate them being around if they spawn again.

 

[kribensis12]

Thanks John! I will move them out,

 

[Flagtail]

Nice. That is a good deal.

 

[kribensis12]

Thank you! Do you know how their tank should be laid out? It's barren except for a few pieces of slate rock and stone. The parent's seem to be very shy. Especially the female, which I am thinking is due to the barren environment. On the other hand, the fry (i have yet to move them), are all over the tank.

 

[kribensis12]

So, I will upload a picture later, but I added quite a bit of rockwork to the tank. The parent's seem a lot more outgoing now. But they are still very shy. I moved their fry, and 2 of the 3 died. The other one looks healthy though.

 

[Jenste]

interested to see if they breed for you!!! sorry about the two little ones! keep us posted on the other little guy!!

 

[Flagtail]

Looking forward to the pics.

 

[Carlovel1]

So, I will upload a picture later, but I added quite a bit of rockwork to the tank. The parent's seem a lot more outgoing now. But they are still very shy. I moved their fry, and 2 of the 3 died. The other one looks healthy though.

to the 2 firemouths fry.

 

[AstonN24vantage]

sounds pretty great apart from to 2 babies. i don't have too much expierience so i wanna work up some before getting any cichlids as i have tried before and it was very unsucessful

 

[kribensis12]

I am still working on the pictures. THey will be up by tonight though, i promise. Also, i have a question about them. The male and the female are always by eachother, but the male seems to chase her a lot. Now, she has no ripped fins, and she doesn't hide behind the filter either. But he is bullying her. Is it just because he wants to breed and she isn't ready?

 

[ArnieStinger]

good luck with the breeding, sorry to hear about the fry though

 

[kribensis12]

Thanks. So does anyone know about the bullying?

 

[SDWalters]

Hi

I have 3 Adult FM's and they are the same and have been since I first got them. The male is always bullying the female but she stays right by his side and never has any damaged fins or scales and occasionally gives him a bashing back. So I wouldn't worry.


I find FM's are all bark and no bite anyway.....