My new pair of wild festae have spawned for the first time for me...they have spawned a few times for the last owner. This was last friday they laied...today I have a few hundered wigglers...cant wait for them to be free swimming. He is about 11" she is probably 8-9"
I just acquired a wild couple myself - much smaller than yours, but very nice none the less. The male is ~7" and female ~ 5" but they are making motions to spawn. I am amazed at how quickly and drastically their colors can change! They are sweet fish!!!
I just acquired a wild couple myself - much smaller than yours, but very nice none the less. The male is ~7" and female ~ 5" but they are making motions to spawn. I am amazed at how quickly and drastically their colors can change! They are sweet fish!!!
Yes I love how fast the color can change...and the male is so good looking now in his breeding colors...nice before but not like this. Here is a shot of them when I got them a couple months ago.
Any problems with him pounding the female? I have been very cautious with mine and use a divider that allows the female to go back and forth, but the male is confined to one side.
He had beat on her some..mainly splashing water out the tank but nothing too damaging. She is kinda big tho so maybe thats why. I am feeding them right now some 3mm NLS sinking pelets. He is very very skittish and she is a little better...so at first he wasnt eatting much...now they eat the pelets before they hit the ground. He just had to get used to me I guess
Have a divider ready, just in case. A. Festae are one of those super aggressive when breeding species that you heard of...and can turn on each other in the blink of an eye. But don't do anything to disturb them if they are getting along ok...just watch them closely and have a plan in place.
Yeah I am going to make one just in case...and I been watching them closely...lucky for me they are in my office at work...it only sucks on the weekends but I come back at night and look.
I do plan on shipping
Some of the wigglers are startting to swim and venture out to the edge of the pot...then momma sucks them back in her mouth and spits them in the back again.
lol I would willing but I dont think it would be worth while $ wise for you. But if you wanted a bunch of them...id at least look into if I could even get them there to you. I have no idea. I do know id like to ship myself back to your country...I went there on my honeymoon...amazing...Sydney all the way up to Queensland and out to the GBR and a little stop in Fiji on the way home
lol yeah I dont think so either...but I have never tried or looked into it but I would if I could. If I could find someone that does shipping like that to aust. I could sell them my fish and then they could sell/ship them to you. But I dont see that happening.....
At my office we have shipped things internationally...but its a big process...customs...freight forwarders...the stuff I sell at work is more oil field related stuff. But if could find a way to do it I would entertain the idea of it....
What are you feeding the fry? And how are you getting it to them? I could imagine your hand/arm getting attacked if you tried squirting some bbs directly into the flower pot.
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