Nothing But Fish

Sunday, May 14, 2006

40 Babies Moved.

We moved 40 babies over to the fish store yesterday. One more batch of bigger fish and I can remove the divider of the tank and let the smaller ones take over the 12 gallon tank.

I have one female who looks like she's "in heat" -- the area where her eggs would dispense from is swollen, she's been moving rocks and really, really aggressive to the other females in the tank. I'm not quite sure what will happen. She seems healthy, just really mean right now. Weird.

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I originally had a 12 gallon tank with 5 african cichlids that were born in November 2003; one male ("Mr. Blue") & four females. I raised them and in August 2005, they bred and 3 female fry survived. A breeding frenzy ensued and at one point, I was selling their fry to a fish store for enough money to break even on fish supplies (food and filters). Sadly, in November of 2006, Mr. Blue passed away after siring over 300 babies. June 2007, one of the grey females died. In May of 2008 another grey female died, and in June 2008 I lost yet another grey. I now have a 36 gallon tank, which holds 6 females (3 grey and 3 albinos). The algae eater died early 2009 of old age. In the 12 gallon tank, I now have 1 male albino "fry", who was born in 2006 ("Mr. White"). He's fully grown now and I suppose I could breed him with the other females, if I were brave enough. This blog tells the tale of their journey through life.

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Sunday, May 14, 2006

40 Babies Moved.

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