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inkodinkomalinko    Fish Guru Posts: 2441 Kudos: 833 Registered: 18-Jan-2003   | If anyone's interested, their for free. They'll be ready in about 2-3 weeks. Right now their in the incubator. Also got some one month old Hap. Burtoni fry, that grow like crazy and breed like crazy. Also free Will ship if you'd pay for the shipping fee. In San Francisco |
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Lindy    Administrator Show me the Shishies! Posts: 1507 Kudos: 1350 Votes: 730 Registered: 25-Apr-2001    | Inko!! Free? I gotta move to the US so I have half a chance of getting some.  Make sure they go to good homes. Any piccies? Before you criticize someone walk a mile in their shoes. That way you're a mile away and you have their shoes. |
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| inkodinkomalinko Fish Guru Posts: 2441 Kudos: 833 Registered: 18-Jan-2003 | Yep, heres the pics  . Everyones breeding them like flies in San Francisco so I might as well give em away http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/llblizzardll/album?.dir=9b77&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//photos.yahoo.com/ph//my_photos Parents are shown, as well as fry |
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| Dafridge Enthusiast Posts: 154 Kudos: 113 Votes: 17 Registered: 16-Jul-2003  | would you be able to estimate for me their size when they will be given away? also what type of shipping would you use? could you give your zip code so that i can estmate? how many will you give to 1 person? |
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| inkodinkomalinko Fish Guru Posts: 2441 Kudos: 833 Registered: 18-Jan-2003 | Umm right now theres 19 alive, they will be very small after they are out of the tumbler, probably like ( ) big or smaller. The last batch of fry grew to about ( ) after a month, fed on crushed flakes and BBS. Amount given away will depend on the number of people that want them. Usually they spawn every month anyways, and theres four females which all bred. Zip Code: 94121 Last edited by inkodinkomalinko at 02-Aug-2005 21:38 |
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| Dafridge Enthusiast Posts: 154 Kudos: 113 Votes: 17 Registered: 16-Jul-2003 | i see aqs they dont grow too fast i will have to turn this one down. i hate turning free things down and i like those too my other africans will eat them if i get them that small or else i would take 2 off your hands. |
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Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004 | Well, what'd you expect? They were only recently hatached.  :wishes for a large enough tank to keep fronts: Just out of curiousity, as I have little to no knowledge of c-tilapia, what is generally considered the most "desirable" variation (or most expensive) of the frontosa? Also, how does breeding go about? What do you mean by incubator? |
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| inkodinkomalinko Fish Guru Posts: 2441 Kudos: 833 Registered: 18-Jan-2003 | The most $$ one would be either the zaire blue (or purple) and the moba (newest variation). All these variations occur in the wild and are not man made. To breed them, you'd need a colony with about 1 male:4 females. They mouthbrood like most other africans, so you can either strip them or let them hold (I choose to strip since the females will get harassed by other fish). Then you put the eggs in a egg tumbler (I call it an incubator). Eggs usually take about 1 to 1 1/2 week to hatch and 3 weeks to become free swimming without the egg case. |
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| Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004 | So the incubator simulates the conditions of the parent's mouth? That is really quite cool  . |
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| wild-tiger Hobbyist Posts: 74 Votes: 0 Registered: 27-Mar-2003 | Would they ship via priority ok? I'm only 2 states away. |
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| inkodinkomalinko Fish Guru Posts: 2441 Kudos: 833 Registered: 18-Jan-2003 | Not sure how they'll ship priority..maybe you should ask around. Eek, another batch of 15ish just spawned. |
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tanker Hobbyist Posts: 99 Kudos: 113 Votes: 4 Registered: 04-May-2005 | OK, ICP fan, I would be more than willing to pick up next day air freight for all you can send, however in order to keep the cost at an appropriate level I would request that we do at least 10 at a time. These would find a welcome home in my breeder tanks, along with another colony of burundi that I currently own. Who says you can ever have to many fronts? Eventually mine will reach the point where they start to produce and I may find myself in your situation, but sadly that day is a ways off for now as mine are just now coming of age. |
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| inkodinkomalinko Fish Guru Posts: 2441 Kudos: 833 Registered: 18-Jan-2003 | Where are you located at? |
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| tanker Hobbyist Posts: 99 Kudos: 113 Votes: 4 Registered: 04-May-2005 | Houston,Tx. |
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| inkodinkomalinko Fish Guru Posts: 2441 Kudos: 833 Registered: 18-Jan-2003 | Opps,i keep forgetting to check this thread. Not sure if it'll make it to texas since they're new born. If you'd like to risk it I'll send you 10 fry. If you have AIM : lFl2iction . |
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