Spawned giant whiptails

Bigjohnnofish

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the first spawn i found some eggs on the floor under a piece of wood while gravel vacuuming.... unfortunately they were already fungus effected...
they lasted a day before they succumb to fungus...

the second spawn i found the eggs on the ground... about 25 eggs laid 3 wide and about 8 long and they looked like they had been laid on a flat surface....

has anybody bred these before and know if they spawn on the glass or on plants or in a cave or under wood or just on the floor... i can pretty much eliminate the floor as its gravel and the eggs were flat like they had been laid on a straight edge...

anyway lost a few to fungus over the first 5 days.... next 3 days they started to change colour from yellow to orange.... then about 8 changed to a brown colour... and now about 5-6 have little black bodies forming up inside the egg... i'd take pics but my camera dont really like close ups....
i've bred plenty of royal and red whips and the giant whips eggs look like they are forming up like a royal whip... but taking a lot longer...

anyway heres a few pics of the colony....









and heres a pic of one male and female so you can see the difference bewtween sexes... mainly head difference





so if anyone has any experience or info on these.... fire away... :hi::hi::hi:

i will be moving them to their own tank soon so with some luck they will do their own parenting..... :thumbup:

what do you think will be the best food to start feeding with when they hatch up...???
 

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terrific, well done, great pics
I have not bred any but several people have.
from what i remember they lay eggs on the ground.
do they have green eggs?
 

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I agree with dirty. If the eggs have been abandoned, something has been stressing the male.
that would be the fish in the tank... 5 albino b/n, 10 laser orange corys, and about 100 royal whips 4-7cm....

they'll get their own tank shortly...


and the eggs were yellow much like 333,066,260 eggs but a little smaller but bigger than 201 eggs.....
 

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two have hatched up in the tumbler... look funny with big heads and a white coloured tail....

took some pics but now i think i have a virus as it wont let me upload from my camera.... was perfect last night... mmmm maybe i better stop the missus downloading porn... lol.....

i think i have a card reader somewhere... hopefully get some pics up soon...
 

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couple pics

here we go... using a $50 dick smith camera and a 4 year old laptop with a card reader i have got the goodies... here we go...






now comes the feeding... any ideas....

sera flora flake is prob gonna be my first choice... and maybe some daphnia or shall i go spirulina powder???
 

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Looks like you might have a few more to hatch yet. :)

Powder up the good old flora flake and maybe a bit of algae tab, mix with water and pipette it direct near the fry. Might have to do it several times a day since they aren't real fast at catching food yet.

Soon as you have them in a fry saver, see if you can get a small stone covered with green algae in there. My L10a whips loved it.
 

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Well done Johnno a very interesting thread and am keen to see how u go with these.

Awesome looking whips btw !

Cheers
Craig
 

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shotgun second,
i saw some for 8cm for $80 something at asquith@aquariums,
I originally called for royals which some person informed me which infact was a lie, but then he mentioned about the laticeps i was so close from buying them, they told me they were tank bred

Anyways great looking fish and best of luck
 

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ok i have 7 doing well... now... feeding them 4-5 times a day with a small amount of baby brine..... get some pictures soon - gonna pinch the missus u beaut camera... when shes not looking... :yes::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:
 

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quick update..... the 4 strongest looking fry from the start have all pulled through but i lost the weaker 3 fry....

the 4 are all eating b/brine 4 times a day... im taking care to clean out all the leftover food and swapping frysaver over every 2 days to clean the bottom up....

my gut feeling is the 3 casualties didnt fully develop in the egg properly as they behaved differently to the other 4.... moved and swam about differently.

fingers crossed im past the casualties stage and i must get some pics....