New Firemouth

[Lady Hobbs]

Or 5 or 6. :19:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v93/carolo/Hobbs%20fish/spawn.jpg

[Algenco]

Woo Hoo!! looks more like 5 or 5 hundred!!!!!:19:

[Lady Hobbs]

And I had my nose in the computer and missed it all!

I assume she did this yesterday after that big tank cleaning because I saw her going to this end of the tank and stealing another firemouths cave. And I do see some white eggs so I would say they've been here since the tank cleaning yesterday.

She's a busy girl right now trying to keep 9 silver dollars and 5 loaches at bay. The rest of the firemouths are not stupid enough so they stay back.

[Lady Hobbs]

PS......so goes for them spawning in pits, on flat stones or wood or an plants or in their caves!

[Arkie]

congrats on the spawn!!!!!
there is a ton of eggs there, you will be over run by firemouths when they hatch lol. keep us updated :19: :19: :19:

[nanaglen2001]

What did I say Hobbs??? A few days ago:19: :19:

Congrats, you will have a hell of a good time, and dont worry, even if no baby will survive, this spawning will be followed by many more.

By the way I never caught mine in the act,. either they wait till I have left, or they do it in the late evening or very early morning.

Man I whish I could witness that event. I once watched Discuss spawning, really interesting.

And for the spawning in caves or flat rocks or so. I once found eggs on a nice big leave of a "Nymphaea lotus"

[Fishalicious]

WOWWWWWWWW!!! Fantastic.... what is their behaviour like now they have eggs? I can see a few eggs that have gone white... do the parents remove them? C'mon Hobbs... give us a National Geographic type narration... I wanna know all about it :19: :19: :19:

Congrats .... hope you are a grandma soon :1luvu:

[Tolley]

CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i hope they hatch for you!!!!! :19:

[jbeining75]

you left the zeros out lady.... 50 or 60 lol..... Congrats on the fry...

[Lady Hobbs]

Less of them this morning. I assume some got eaten unless she moved them. I'm trying to figure out what angle she got herself into to lay them here...in the back corner, just off the substrate. If any of these eggs survive, I'll have to change the name of her mate from Lil' Boy to Big Boy.
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I also have some baby shrimp!!!!!!

[jbeining75]

I'll have to change the name of her mate from Lil' Boy to Big Boy.
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I also have some baby shrimp!!!!!!

It is not the size that matters it is the motion in the oce...err aquarium...... lmao.....

[Lady Hobbs]

Thanks. I will add that to one of my "biggest lies in the world" list.
:)

[jbeining75]

Thanks. I will add that to one of my "biggest lies in the world" list.
:)

Biggest Lies in the World ouch...haha.... Oh well at least we like to think that.....

[Lady Hobbs]

The eggs are gone! Most likely these big silver dollars couldn't be held back away from them. They were great at getting to my angel eggs, too.

[jbeining75]

I figured with all the big boys and gals in the tank that the caviar wouldn't be around long.... Sorry about the eggs Lady but at least you got a pair in there now. You could seperate them and make a baby factory. Fry equal store credit. Store credit equals more tanks...Yeah!!!!!!

[nanaglen2001]

Dont worry Hobbs, Firemouths are clever fish. Next time they will find a saver place for their eggs. And now they have licked blood and found out about the fun they had, there will be lots and lots and lots and always bigger clutches:hmm3grin2orange: :hmm3grin2orange: Believe me, it all happened in my tank.

Just call this event a warm up and training session.

[Incredulous_Ed]

Awww....But congrats on getting them to spawn!

[digital3]

Agreed! A spawn is always awesome, even if the Fry don't make it.

[sandy_n]

But still....Congratulations. That was only the beginning. :c3:

[Lady Hobbs]

Dont worry Hobbs, Firemouths are clever fish. Next time they will find a saver place for their eggs. And now they have licked blood and found out about the fun they had, there will be lots and lots and lots and always bigger clutches:hmm3grin2orange: :hmm3grin2orange: Believe me, it all happened in my tank.

Just call this event a warm up and training session.

I believe the other pair also spawned because, altho I can't see the eggs, they are very aggressive today. They might have the eggs in the cave or even in the sand behind the rocks. But, their aggression tells me they have something back there.

My parrots also spawned today. Wow. 3 spawns and new shrimp in two days.

[kitten3326]

Congrats on the spawn Hobbs, I was sorry to hear that the eggs are no longer there. Better luck next time.

[Lady Hobbs]

Actually it's probably a good thing as this tank is much too crowded right anyway. I need to move these Silver Dollars out of there. They have gotten too big to be sharing a tank with my firemouths now much less having a fry swimming about.

My other pair has kept up with their aggression, as well. I believe they have some eggs in their cave. We'll see, won't we?