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[sawboy]

Good times keep rolling over here. About 10 or so days ago, Kegger pointed out what I had suspected. One of my female rostratus was holding. I waited a couple days and moved her to a 30 maternity tank. Great thing about this, is that the tank was already seeded and ready from the Oreo. Tanginicae female I had just stripped. So today, I pulled the blanket off the tank I use to give holding moms privacy and got a great surprise!  About 60 or 70 free swimmers. And BIG ones at that. Must be almost .75" long. She must've been holding longer than I suspected. Anyhow, I'm stoked. That's 3 big fish I've bred in the last 12 months. The Oreos, Champs and Fossos.

As a side note, anyone active in the BAP program who has offered up fish for free, I am willing to throw some fry. These are a gorgeous fish when colored up. And my male is a super looking fish if I do say so myself.

[wilpir]

Nice!! 60-70 now that's a mouthful!! Congrats...

[Muske]

Sweet...

Any pics. of the parents?

[Dragonkeeper]

That's great Bob! He is an awesome looking fish.

Grats

Keeper

[Rusty Shackleford]

Fossochromis rostratus males are easily amongst the most beautiful of all cichlids.

[mikeg2929]

That's 3 big fish I've bred in the last 12 months. The Oreos, Champs and Fossos.

Nuth must be on vacation, normally he leads the cheer leading squad.  Actually, you should be a little more exacting in your choice of words.  Many a fool can breed a large fish; breeding large mouthbrooders is a lot harder, IMO.  The females, although less likely to be killed, are also less likely to hold to term.

Well done.

[baldtaxguy]

Agreed, you need to know what's going on to breed those larger mouthbrooders.  I've tried (and trying) a handful of times, but failed miserably.  Very impressive accomplishment, Bob.

[Muske]

Do they have there own tank, or a community?

[sawboy]

Hey Muske,  sorry I missed the questions.  Here is a link to some pick taken by Radek.  


http://www.gcca.net/gccaforum/index.php/topic,2580.0.html


And they are in a 210 (7'x2') with some Champsochromis Caruleus and some botias that act as clean up crew.  As a side note,  I just pulled another 60 or so swimmers yesterday.

[Muske]

They look real nice...

As do the Champs and Sev's.