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I have some now swimming pulcher fry in my tank.
the parents are guarding them very well, keeping the other tank mates about 8 inches away at minimum. They are about 2-3 mm. and are very cute.


I will post some pics in a little while

-Vincent

I would love to see pics Bud!

Finally, a few pictures, though they are fuzzy because of the their tiny size.

fry:
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k82/budzilla_2006/DSCN0738.jpg
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k82/budzilla_2006/DSCN0741.jpg

Parents:http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k82/budzilla_2006/DSCN0752.jpg

Tank Mates:
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k82/budzilla_2006/DSCN0754.jpg
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k82/budzilla_2006/DSCN0755.jpg
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k82/budzilla_2006/DSCN0760.jpg

I think that there are about 20 of these free swimming fry

enjoy the pictures.

-Vincent

UPDATE:

The Fry are still growing quickly, and the parents are defending them without end.

Here is a pic of a fry:http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k82/budzilla_2006/DSCN0795.jpg

Here is a pic of a Pulcher:http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k82/budzilla_2006/DSCN0797.jpg

-Vincent

Pretty cool, You are a busy dad with your rams and these. Good luck with them all! What are your plans for these fry?

I might keep one or 2 but otherwise I will try and sell them to the LFS for store credit, Aquabid?, or give them to friends.

-Vincent

The 10-15 fry are doing really good and are now proportional toan adult. Their fins also have a bluish sheen on them.

here are three pics, sorry they are blurry, but these fish are 4-6mm long and they won't stop moving.

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k82/budzilla_2006/DSCN0881.jpg
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k82/budzilla_2006/DSCN0882.jpg
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k82/budzilla_2006/DSCN0885.jpg

-Vincent

Just checked Fishbase.

Neolamprologus pulcher. NICE fishes, and breeding too.

By the way, I'm a bit puzzled about some of the other fishes in that aquarium. One looks like a shell dweller (Fishbase is taking eons to return my queries, so I can't decide what species it is yet - sigh) but the other tankmates look at first sight like Pseudotropheus lombardoi from Lake Malawi ... I hope they're NOT Malawians because I've been told it's a bad idea to mix fishes from the two lakes ...

Oh, Fishbase has at last decided to wake up. Are your small fishes Neolamprologus multifasciatus by any chance?



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sorry I didn't say what the tank mates are.
I now I am not supposed to mix in the mbunas...aka"Pseudotrophues saulosi" but its a dwarf mbuna and they seem to get along fine. The issue I was worried about is that they may not get along with the pulcher but it works out fine because the saulosi stay in the top half and the pulcher occupy the bottom region. also they won't grow to big because they max out at only a little over 3 inches.
The smaller fish you guessed right is a Multi, he has an other companion and they explore the endless cave system, to those 1 1/4 inch fish their massive.
The final tank mate is a bristle nose pleco, always good to have around for algae duty.
I will try to get some better pictures of the fry later.

-Vincent

how bad is your pulcher parents aggresion towards other tankmates,i have a pulcher and a gt spawning at the moment,and its like the gt has taught her to be more aggresive,when i had the 2 pulcher parents,when they spawned as long as the tankmates kept away,they were fine,but now that she has a gt as her partner,shes turned nasty....

Actually Its not to bad because the fish have made that agreement to stay at different levels of the tank while there are fry.

-Vincent

well thats good to hear,its always good when fish breed and the aggression is seldom and every1 get along.good luck with your new fry..

So over the past two months I have come to the conclusion that these are rabbit fish. I now have 3 generations of these fish. Here are 2 pictures of some of the largest ones.

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k82/budzilla_2006/DSCN1024.jpg
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k82/budzilla_2006/DSCN1019.jpg

-Vincent

yes very true,when they get going,they get goingat 1 stage i had heaps of pulcher babies too,but it is cool to watch the whole spawning process,dont you rekon?then watching the little fellas grow and get big..