Multifasciatus Fry.....yayyyyy!

elisew · Jan 2, 2011

Looked into my tank this morning and saw something small move really quickly, I thought maybe it was just a bit of food or waste but on closer inspection I could see 2 tiny black eyes coming out of one of the Escargot shells.........it`s a multifaciatus fry!! :hooray:

Now I know for sure there`s at least one male in the tank :hey:

Thought I`d share a couple of video clips I managed to get of the fry. On the second vid the fry swims from the shell across towards the rock and then returns:

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talisker · Jan 3, 2011

congrats, no sign of mine breeding as yet i think i'll get a couple more at the weekend interesting little fish.
nice video btw :good:

kiriyama · Jan 4, 2011

Congratulations :band:

How cute is that ? Can I have some of your water? :lol:

elisew · Jan 4, 2011

lol If it`s something in the water then I`m leaving home!! :hyper:

I was gobsmacked when I saw this tiny thing move, all I could make out at first was 2 black dots, then I realised what it was. I`ve moved the shell that I saw the fry in into a spare tank but I can`t see any sign of fry in there now although there`s still at least 1 underneath the replacement shell.
After some good advice I`ll be moving all the multis into the 35L otherwise I think the Leleupi will be having an expensive snack regularly

bullit · Jan 5, 2011

mine have bred again aswell. ive counted 9 upto now

elisew · Jan 5, 2011

bullit said:
mine have bred again aswell. ive counted 9 upto now

That`s good news :good:

There`s no sign of any fry now but considering the leleupi were sticking their heads into the shells I can`t say I`m surprised :crazy:

I`ve moved all the multis into the 35L now, unfortunately there`s no sign of the little fry that was under the shell but there`s nothing I can do about it :sad:

Hopefully now that the multis have no predators around them they might just get 'jiggy' again and produce some more fry.....I know they`re capable of it now :hey:

elisew · Feb 9, 2011

Having Tangs is definately a case of swings and roundabouts! :lol:

Unfortunately the previous batch of multi fry just disappeared, due to the leleupi I think :unsure:

Now the punk fry that I separated from the parents have all died and I can only see one still swimming in the big tank with the parents. I really don`t know what`s happened to cause them all to die :sad:

But on the upside...........I have another batch of multi fry!! Whoo hooooo!! :lol:

I`ve managed to count 5 or 6 so far

markandhisfish · Feb 9, 2011

nice 1 congrats!!

kiriyama · Feb 9, 2011

Congratulations, I think you should just get another tank and let the Multies fill it up :lol:

elisew · Feb 21, 2011

I`ve just discovered another female multi has got fry

I thought she was being very nervous and tetchy, now I know why. The shells are a terrible brown colour at the moment and it`s driving me mad, but I`m trying to keep my hands out of the tank because I don`t want to disturb the multis breeding

So far there`s at least 7. The first batch from a couple of weeks ago are growing really well, they have the blue eyes and are shaped to look like the parents now instead of little tadpoles B-)