Yesterday I wet the bag of peat/coir from the N korthausae Mafia Island that was collected on the 4/1/2017. I checked the peat/coir before wetting, but could only find one egg (which are very small) and that was ready for hatching (gold iris around the eye). So today I removed 25 fry from the container using a large pipette (kitchen baster). This was not very easy as they were very active, and there are a few more left but they kept hiding in the substrate. There were no belly-sliders, but I had added a 1/4 oxy-tablet to the container.
16th Update - Another 5 fry removed from the original container. 17th Update - No more fry. Have now recollected the peat/coir and it is now drying between paper towels, and will be bagged up tomorrow. The 30 fry will be more than enough for the next generation plus a few extras, but this re-bagged material will be a safe guard in case of loosing all of the fry. I also have another bag that will need wetting in 3 weeks time.
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Yesterday I wet some Fp gresensi Takwai eggs that had been laid on damp peat for the last 18-24 days, and today I removed 4 fry to another container. There are a lot more eggs that will hopefully hatch over the next few days.
Also removed the mop from the adult pair's tank, and picked off a lot of eggs. I actually lost count due to an interruption when it was over thirty. So these should be ready for hatching by the end of the month. Update 9th - Another dozen fry removed from hatching container. Update 10th - Another 3 fry removed. Will stop collecting eggs now. Probably will now start to find fry in the tank with the adult pair. Yesterday I wet 2 bags of N eggersi (Red as well as the Blue variety), as it was 11 weeks since their collection, but nothing hatched. So they have been rebagged and I will rewet at the end of February. Now before wetting the peat I had checked and could only find a couple of eggs, but these were still clear.
Now these were posted from Spain just before Christmas and took a very long time to arrive so definitely experienced some low temperatures which may have slowed incubation. Though when I checked them on arrival I could see a lot of clear eggs in the peat/coir. Fundulopanchax:
Fp spoorenbergi Adults + Eggs Fp marmoratus Mbonge Adults + Fry Fp cinnamomeus Dikoni Bafor Adults Fp oeseri «GEMHS 2000-45 Bioko» Adults + Fry Fp sjoestedti Warri Adults + Eggs Fp gardneri nigerianus P82 Adults Fp gresensi Takwai Adults + Fry + Eggs Nothobranchius: N cardinalis Lisingiri River TAN 1997-27 Adults + Eggs N guentheri Zanzibar Adults + Eggs N elongatus Mackinnon Road K2015 Adults + Eggs N rubripinnis Mbezi River TSTS 2012-20 Adults + Eggs N korthausae Mafia Island Adults + Eggs Others: Aphanius Mento "spring inlet" Adults Chromaphyosemion volcanum Ekondo Titi CB3SR07/21 Adults Cynolebias griseus Nova Roma BR 2014/05 Adults + Eggs Epiplatys ansorgei Massana GJS 00/02 Adults Rivulus xiphidius Crique Boulanger Adults Scriptaphyosemion schmitti Jurazon Adults Scripaphyosemion guinardi Mamou Adults Plus a few bags of peat/coir of other Nothobranchius, so watch this space to see if anything hatches from these. |