dheideman
08-24-2007, 1:40 AM
This is a young female of
mine and her first spawn. She'd been holding for about 11 days, but yesterday got frazzled at
*something* and started spitting fry left and right. She ignored the ones she'd spit, so I
caught her, stripped the rest, and rounded up the strays still in her tank. I suspect it was due
to her being young and inexperienced, and possibly not up to optimal weight before spawning. She
was looking pretty darn skinny by the time she spit. Anyhow, I'm amazed. This is my first
mouthbrooder spawn. Where does she FIT all those? The blob of (still on egg sac) fry is as large
as the female is. I counted--no joke--52 young, and only 1 bad egg in the lot. Color me
amazed.
I lost 2 fry in the last 24 hours, but the others are doing just fine, swimming
around, obviously getting more mobile and the egg sacs are shrinking, so I think they'll be
fine.
http://grumpybumpers.com/bettas/photos/BAP/egyptians/mom-fry-1.jpg
http://grumpybumpers.com/bettas/photos/BAP/egyptians/mom-fry-2.jpg
http://grumpybumpers.com/bettas/photos/BAP/egyptians/mom-fry-3.jpg
mine and her first spawn. She'd been holding for about 11 days, but yesterday got frazzled at
*something* and started spitting fry left and right. She ignored the ones she'd spit, so I
caught her, stripped the rest, and rounded up the strays still in her tank. I suspect it was due
to her being young and inexperienced, and possibly not up to optimal weight before spawning. She
was looking pretty darn skinny by the time she spit. Anyhow, I'm amazed. This is my first
mouthbrooder spawn. Where does she FIT all those? The blob of (still on egg sac) fry is as large
as the female is. I counted--no joke--52 young, and only 1 bad egg in the lot. Color me
amazed.
I lost 2 fry in the last 24 hours, but the others are doing just fine, swimming
around, obviously getting more mobile and the egg sacs are shrinking, so I think they'll be
fine.
http://grumpybumpers.com/bettas/photos/BAP/egyptians/mom-fry-1.jpg
http://grumpybumpers.com/bettas/photos/BAP/egyptians/mom-fry-2.jpg
http://grumpybumpers.com/bettas/photos/BAP/egyptians/mom-fry-3.jpg