Re: New BN fry pics

by **kizno1** Mon 5 Jul 2010 - 19:46

The oldest fry had strawberry and grape for the first time last night n loved it. The newest lot have started eating because there yolk sacs are gone and there coloured up now. It looks like the male is clearing the cave again. Im wondering if because ive took them away there going to spawn AGAIN !!!!!

by **kizno1** Mon 5 Jul 2010 - 21:18

New fry pics but there terrible quality
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by **Irish_Lass** Mon 5 Jul 2010 - 22:27

Y'know what would look nice in that tank Kiz......a bit of wood. Wink

I'm teasing! Smile

Can't believe the cycle has started all over again. You're going to be kept busy.

by **kizno1** Mon 5 Jul 2010 - 22:32

Haha> im never going to recommend wood again now. I just get bullied by you and nataliey now lol. Yh if they do lay again it will be there 4th lot. Im going to try and make some sort of set up for they fry because if i add the smaller ones to the others they will get bullied out of food and starve but then if i lave them in the big tank they banjos got the taste for them.

by **Irish_Lass** Tue 6 Jul 2010 - 0:00

You know we're only teasing you! Smile

by **kizno1** Tue 6 Jul 2010 - 0:01

Yh i know, i take it as a joke :]

by **kizno1** Thu 8 Jul 2010 - 0:06

All the fry and adults are eating spring onion and red pepper which have went down well. I tried potato for the first time last night but they didnt seem to keen on it they still ate about half though.

by **kizno1** Sun 11 Jul 2010 - 13:42

The bigger ones are doing really well. They are about 3cm not including tail and 4cm including it but they are still really skinny but they should start to bulk out soon. They some of them are dark brown with loads of light brown spots where as some are almost black all over.

by **kizno1** Tue 13 Jul 2010 - 23:44

Theres 26 still left to sell (not including the ones for netty)About 10 of the 26 are ready to be sold so im going to go down there tomorrow. It still amazes me the difference in fry size some are about 4cm including tail where as others arent evan 2cm including it. Theres one that is about 1.5cm long and is the same size as a 10 day old bn fry but hes well over 3months old now. Im going to separate him ones i can get the breeding rack set up but at the moment i have no where else he can go.

by **silverrabbit** Wed 14 Jul 2010 - 0:30

Interesting to know they like red pepper and spring onion... new snacks for my 2 then

by **Time-Out** Wed 14 Jul 2010 - 11:11

LOL you feed them quite the meal! Are they the left overs from the dinner table that you don't like?
I only feed mine courgette once a week, but now they've discovered they like it, they no longer bother with algue Sad

How big are they when you take them to the shop?

by **kizno1** Wed 14 Jul 2010 - 19:01

They will eat any fruit and veg apart from citrus fruits. Ive fed mine. chilli, red and green pepper, mellon, grape, strawberry, cucumber ,courgette, spinach, lettuce, potato, carrot and cherrys. There 1" when i can sell them. They have had to be moved into a divided 10G that was going to be set up as a pump but the 15G they where in started leaking Shocked

They eat alot of algea when there young but when they get older they get more used to being feed and just get lazy lol

by **Vandraco aka Bronzecat** Wed 14 Jul 2010 - 20:12

Any new piccies Kizno? Very Happy

by **kizno1** Wed 14 Jul 2010 - 20:15

I can get some of the medium and smaller ones in the 10G but the bigger ones in the 30G theres no chance of getting a pic of theres so many hiding places and they always move as i take the pic :]

by **kizno1** Wed 14 Jul 2010 - 20:57

Ive got some but there terrible. The smaller tank has no light so you cant see any in the pic because about 20 of the 30 are on the cave and the rest are in it or shooting around the tank
these where the best pics i could get of that tank
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I manged to get some pics of the ones in the 30G
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I ended up getting a little distracted and took loads of pics so ill start a new topic with pics of them in.

by **Vandraco aka Bronzecat** Wed 14 Jul 2010 - 21:24

They look really healthy and growing well thumbup

by **kizno1** Wed 14 Jul 2010 - 21:31

That one in the last pic is about 2" long including tail but doesnt really look it in the pic. They should be starting to get bristles withing the next month.

by **kizno1** Sat 17 Jul 2010 - 13:45

Ive had to move the babies from the 10G to my 30G because the water quility was no good evan with daily 50% waterchanges.

by **kizno1** Sun 18 Jul 2010 - 21:20

The young albino female i got a little while ago is starting to look quite fat and ive noticed her in the caves alot more and the male has been in and out of the slate cave like hes done the other times before spawning.

by **kizno1** Sat 24 Jul 2010 - 0:06

Looks Like quite a few eggs went last night and the banjos looking quite chubby today so i would say he had a few last night.

by **kizno1** Sat 24 Jul 2010 - 18:56

They have hatched cheers

. I had to move them into a breeding trap because they started escaping and getting eaten. There must be 100 in the breeding trap. cheers

by **flip** Sun 25 Jul 2010 - 14:49

awesome!! how long till you can tell if there are any albinos?

by **kizno1** Sun 25 Jul 2010 - 14:54

About 5 more days. They should have coloured up by 10 days after being layed so another 4-5 days.

by **flip** Sun 25 Jul 2010 - 16:03

i cant wait till you find out!! this is quite exciting!!

by **kizno1** Sun 25 Jul 2010 - 16:07

Haha. Im not to sure she did look skinnier but we will just have to wait and see lol.

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