Apisto fry - after 4 nights

My apisto agassizi have eggs!!! so exciting - their first spawning. (and I've only owned them for 4 nights!)

they must be competing with the a. borellis breeding with fry in the tank on the desk next to them.

 

Congratulations!! I love A. agassizi! Beautiful fish!

 

Thank you

I got them from @Altum - surprised at how much they look like the photo LOL agree they are beautiful

 

great stuff @Pauline love my aggies too ,which variety strain do you have?

 

variety strain? @firemanmuzz you'll have to guide me on this one please

they are the ones recommended by the Prof that Altum imported from Germany expensive but stunning

 

@Pauline... are the fish still "expensive" considering the rewards you are getting?

 

Congrats Pauline. Very exciting. I must come look at the fry sometime.

 

of course they are worth it, this is the reason we all have MTS - but they are expensive.

never doubt that fish are always worth it. I scuba dive every weekend (often 4 times a weekend); and I do not even eat seafood at all. I love fish. And I would spend the same expensive amount on them again.

 

Thanks to every for the congrats.

I'm waiting impatiently for the fry to hatch ....

Daphnia culture is up and running and going very well.

 

I'm sure you have the fire red ,yellowish bodies with brilliant candy red colour fins I think I saw the pics in a previous post of yours when you were ordering,they were pretty expensive no matter how you look at it but being human we want what we want! And if I had the tank space I would have bought some myself,now that you got them breeding they will pay for themselves also because not many have them they will be a hot commodity,I'm sure u getting sale equiries already,how many fry do you have ,my aggies only seem to produce around 20 @ a time the fry are tiny I usually start mine on microworm then progress brines altho the prof goes brines straight from the free swimming stage but he has brine hatching 24/7.

 

Hi, @firemanmuzz - yes they are the fire red - sorry blond moment when i read your post earlier ... could not figure it out ... LOL

The eggs haven't hatched yet - although there a quite a few eggs. The borelli's hatched about 18 or 20 fry.
I won't be doing that bs route (brine shrimp just in case anyone reads that any different )

Some crushed flake, new born daphnia; and liquifry.

I have my hopes up that if they breed succesfull the first time - that there will be many more in future and this lot have good genes, thanks to @Altum's German import.

pretty exciting

 

@firemanmuzz
Hey,
You forgot to mention their maroon to Beet Red Subdorsal flash!
I think it offsets the creamy white-gold, metallic and the vibrant Red fins very well. :laugh:

@Pauline
I TOLD you I sent the genes to PE for a round trip to Cape Town:rock: