Doug
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 Number of posts: 2270
Age: 26
Location: Adelaide, South Australia
Job/hobbies: Aquatic ecologist/genetisist
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Registration date: 2010-05-08
 | | Subject: baby peps agian :) Fri Dec 30, 2011 5:22 am | |
| Hey all, just thought i would post up some pics of my baby peps.     There are from my trio but only one female laid eggs, I suspect the second female is still a bit young. The male was caved in a slate cave (5cm wide, 2.5cm tall and 15cm deep) in my 4ft display tank. There are a few other fish in there as well including some discus, a ram, a clown loach, 2 longfin albino junis, 2 marble longfin juvis, and a whole mess of male endlers. They spawned after being moved from a 2.5ft breeding tank where they had not bred at all back into the display tank. I suspect the change in tank more than anything else is what triggered the spawn. The temp in the tank is 28 degrees and the pH floats around 6.8. TDS, KH and GH are all low, cant be bothered measuring but the water comes from a 4 stage RO system so it is pretty clean and very soft. To proctect the eggs and the male from the clown loach the cave was moved into a fry saver. the eggs hatched in there and then a few days after the dad had released them from the cave the male and cave were removed and a fresh bit of cucumber was put in. I counted 53, this is the second time that this male has bred for me, aparently he bred a few times for his previous owner. Enjoy _________________ Doug's Bristlenose eBook - The number one source of Bristlenose information and the most detailed breeding guide avaliable
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jaffa1963
Juvinile Bristlenose
Number of posts: 61
Age: 48
Location: Manchester
Job/hobbies: railway worker
Humor: victor meldrew
Thank You Points: 5
Registration date: 2011-05-21
| | Subject: Re: baby peps agian :) Fri Dec 30, 2011 11:45 am | |
| Thats great news and they do look bonny little buggers. |
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Carolan
Juvinile Bristlenose
 Number of posts: 87
Age: 33
Location: Canada
Job/hobbies: full-time mom/keeping fish
Humor: silly/corny/nerdy
Thank You Points: 7
Registration date: 2011-12-13
| | Subject: baby peps agian :) Fri Dec 30, 2011 11:10 pm | |
|  congrats they are very cute, how big are they now? |
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kfenk
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Number of posts: 1241
Age: 27
Location: Adelaide, South Australia
Thank You Points: 65
Registration date: 2009-11-09
| | Subject: Re: baby peps agian :) Sat Dec 31, 2011 11:21 am | |
| Oh arent they cute Congrats Doug  |
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mmccannon
Large Bristlenose
Number of posts: 345
Age: 42
Location: Hungary
Thank You Points: 16
Registration date: 2011-05-16
| | Subject: Re: baby peps agian :) Sat Dec 31, 2011 12:46 pm | |
| Congratulations Doug! Wish you to have even more in the coming year(s)!  |
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bristlenoseblundell
Small Fry
Number of posts: 38
Age: 41
Location: southampton, england
Job/hobbies: keeping Tropical fish, Fishing.
Thank You Points: 1
Registration date: 2011-11-05
| | Subject: baby peps again Mon Jan 02, 2012 11:09 pm | |
| Hi DOUG
They all look so very healthy and dark bold colours very striking fish sir wish you lived near me or i you i would love to see them in real life and buy a few.
CONGRATS.
Bristlenoseblundell |
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ClownLoachAdelaide
Juvinile Bristlenose
Number of posts: 93
Age: 14
Location: Adelaide, Autralia
Job/hobbies: Loaches, Plecos & Discus
Thank You Points: 4
Registration date: 2011-11-05
| | Subject: Re: baby peps agian :) Wed Jan 04, 2012 2:12 am | |
| yes they are super cute in person |
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