Jewels. +fry pics updated!new and good!

[Ben]

hi everyone, i would just like to share some photos of my Jewel cichlids that have recently spawned,they are currently in a 12 gal by themselves (so they dont kill my other fish) and some of the fry are trying to swim by themselves now.

the mama protecting the fry:

the mama and the daddy doing their bit:

a close up of the above picture trying to get some fry shots( ) :

a shot of the turned over pot and the mama looking over the fry:

mama and daddy looking out for danger:

and just for fun, what they look like a week before spawning:

thanx for lookin,

DD

 

[mwm]

Wow nice! so colorful. when i get rid of my goldfish im thinking about seeling my 5g and getting a 10g with those

 

[Ben]

Wow nice! so colorful. when i get rid of my goldfish im thinking about seeling my 5g and getting a 10g with those

10g is too small

maybe a 20g with a pair will work
Thanx anyway
DD

 

[cometcattle]

Congrats!

Your jewels look young, is this their first batch of fry?

 

[Doggfather]

nice work DD! they look great...small, but great

What you started to feed them?

 

[Ben]

thanx cometcattle and Dogg.

comet - yes this is there first batch,i never even knew about it until i was doing a decor change in my tank and saw some wrigglers. the parents are only 2.5 inches in length and so far havent eaten any babys. although i may have killed most when i transfered them into there own tank.

Dogg - theyre only 4 days old,not even free swimming yet and are just finishing eating there egg sacks around them. ive crushed up some flakes already and my lfs have some baby brine shrimp for me to take home.

DD

 

[Vip]

you know, i was 100% sure i added a reply to this topic im sure of it!
anyway

Cool fish DD congrats what do you plan on doing with the fry?


thats what i wrote as well!

 

[Ben]

you know, i was 100% sure i added a reply to this topic im sure of it!
anyway

Cool fish DD congrats what do you plan on doing with the fry?


thats what i wrote as well!

Thanx,im gonna keep 2 or 3,or if i a bigger tank i might keep 5 or 6. and ive made deals with some of my lfs to get loads of store credit if i trade them in

DD

 

[fufanu360]

thats odd, my jewels look nothing like that.... mine are about 3 inches long... And by what i have heard, yours look to both be female

 

[Nix]

yours look to both be female unsure.gif

I have a feeling you might be wrong...

 

[Ben]

yours look to both be female unsure.gif

I have a feeling you might be wrong...

these arnt normal Jewels(Hemichromis bimaculatus) these are Red Forest Jewels (Hemichromis lifalili) similar but different

the fry are just becoming free swimming but are still not alowed to leave thepod. the parents dug a hole outside the pot and moved them there when they can swim around. i was just about to feed them when i saw the parents had saved somefood up themselves to feed to their kids

so ill post some pics of that later

DD

 

[Ben]

i just took some pics now

you can sorta make out some of them:

heres another one fo them :

thanx for looking

DD

 

[fufanu360]

i no i am wrong, but that was supposedly the theory i understand now redforest!

mine are more shiny, but yours are differently cool

 

[mwm]

Wow nice! so colorful. when i get rid of my goldfish im thinking about seeling my 5g and getting a 10g with those 

10g is too small

maybe a 20g with a pair will work
Thanx anyway
DD

damn cancel that then. I dont think ill get them i dont know what i was thinking im already over my head right now with fish breeding

 

[mwm]

i just took some pics now

you can sorta make out some of them:

heres another one fo them :

thanx for looking

DD

Nice new pics they look like they are doing good