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korith
03-11-2010, 05:17 AM
Just thought I'd share some pics of my leleupi fry, the colors are a bit off on them still they have only been in the tank a few minutes so far. Been feeding them a combination of crushed flake, and live foods. Amount of feedings and food given each day varies depending on how long I'm home. Around 3-6 feedings a day.

The larger ones are a little over 2 months old and are 3/4" to 1" in size, around 40 of them.
The really small ones are around a month old and are 1/4" in size, at least 80-90 of them at last count.

Had them in separate bare tanks but moved and combined them into one larger tank today. Had to free up some counter space in the kitchen the fry tanks were taking up all the room.

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/korith_2008/cichlids/P3090199.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/korith_2008/cichlids/P3090197.jpg

http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww229/korith_2008/cichlids/P3090195.jpg
korith
03-11-2010, 05:21 AM
The tank itself isn't anything exciting, just a 20g long for now with some sand and crushed coral in it, to keep the pH at 8.2. Once they get bigger, I'll separate them into other tanks. The rocks I found at the dollar store for a small bag of them. Filtration is a matured sponge filter and a zoo med 501 canister filter.
Brookfish
03-11-2010, 01:58 PM
Wow that's a lot of fry, congrats mate! thumbs2:
korith
03-14-2010, 03:18 AM
Just finished doing a water change in the 40g, and found some more fry, around 75. These guys are real small though I think less than a week old, around 3mm in size. Didn't want to setup a new fry tank, so just added to the same tank as the other fry. The other fry aren't too big yet so these new ones should be safe enough.

Think at some point I'm going to have to stop saving fry. After reading up on leleupi found out the brood sizes are typically between 50-250. Mine seem to be dropping around 80-90 each time. 2 female and one male adult leleupi in the tank, not sure if all the fry are coming from the same female or not.
Lab_Rat
03-14-2010, 06:45 AM
Very nice Korith! Too bad I'm not in ATL anymore, otherwise I'd buy some from you. Leleupi are nice fish.
hybridguy
03-17-2010, 12:38 AM
very nice, i am right next door in birmingham alabama, do u want to ship me some?thumbs2:
korith
03-17-2010, 02:16 AM
very nice, i am right next door in birmingham alabama, do u want to ship me some?thumbs2:

Maybe once the weather warms up hehe.


Very nice Korith! Too bad I'm not in ATL anymore, otherwise I'd buy some from you. Leleupi are nice fish.

For you, you could have some for free. Well maybe in trade, a few water changes and tank scrubbing for the fry:hmm3grin2orange: