dalejordan
09-24-2010, 10:18 PM
Ahhh...I am a happy man , fish guy, tank nerd...whatever you want to call me. It has happened, my Solomon's has spawned !!!!!!!
This one has been a tough nut for me. I best female has been going back and forth to the post now for about 4 months. She'd go through the motions, but nothing would come of it. Honestly, I think it was an age thing and she needed these last 6 months or so to "mature"
While this was happening, I experimented with my very best male to see what he was like as a father ( with just a no name female ) Well, his first three spawns were duds ( not fertile ) So, I've let him do it over and over and he is now up to about 20 fish hatching.....it will come !! ( my wife makes me do things over and over till I get it right as well...tee hee )
I had decided to use my second best male to get her into a cycle. AGAIN, this guy turned out to be very pushy with resulted in a spawn a few weeks ago of the eggs not even sticking to the post ( as the fish passed, he kept nudging her and the eggs just fell , I have it on video if anyone wants to cry along with it :-(
My final attempt was to use my third male ( He's a killer as well, but you know me....have to be a perfectionist !! ) This time....he was the man. He's still young and did push her a bit, but he got the job done last night. As of an hr. ago, it looks like I have a smaller ( 80-100 ish ) spawn that will hatch tomorrow ....YAHHH HOOO !!!
Now....for the good and bad news ??? The bad news is Ken and I have decided ***NOT*** to take orders on these until I have some time with them AND have at least one more spawn under or belts !! Since this will be THE FIRST spawn of these killers in North America, I want to see growth rate, how they eat....etc etc. In other words, I want to make sure my customers get what they pay for !!! These are far far too valuable to screw around with and I really want to make sure before I stick my neck out !! We are going to apply the same thinking to the Cuipeaus ( which are at the post today...shhhh, I didn't tell you that :-)
The good news is, if everything works out ( good growth, another spawn, etc etc ) I will take orders on these and whatever else AFTER our first shipment reaches the US !!! Again, I want to make sure our first orders get into the US without any hitches. ( I do not want to risk these on logistical problems we may run into our first time in !!! )
With all that said, we hope that you guys understand ?? Remember, they're not going anywhere and will be available just a little later :-)
Here is the video and the parents....ENJOY ALL ;-)
http://s847.photobucket.com/albums/ab33/guppy-boy/?action=view¤t=Movie_0001.mp4
This one has been a tough nut for me. I best female has been going back and forth to the post now for about 4 months. She'd go through the motions, but nothing would come of it. Honestly, I think it was an age thing and she needed these last 6 months or so to "mature"
While this was happening, I experimented with my very best male to see what he was like as a father ( with just a no name female ) Well, his first three spawns were duds ( not fertile ) So, I've let him do it over and over and he is now up to about 20 fish hatching.....it will come !! ( my wife makes me do things over and over till I get it right as well...tee hee )
I had decided to use my second best male to get her into a cycle. AGAIN, this guy turned out to be very pushy with resulted in a spawn a few weeks ago of the eggs not even sticking to the post ( as the fish passed, he kept nudging her and the eggs just fell , I have it on video if anyone wants to cry along with it :-(
My final attempt was to use my third male ( He's a killer as well, but you know me....have to be a perfectionist !! ) This time....he was the man. He's still young and did push her a bit, but he got the job done last night. As of an hr. ago, it looks like I have a smaller ( 80-100 ish ) spawn that will hatch tomorrow ....YAHHH HOOO !!!
Now....for the good and bad news ??? The bad news is Ken and I have decided ***NOT*** to take orders on these until I have some time with them AND have at least one more spawn under or belts !! Since this will be THE FIRST spawn of these killers in North America, I want to see growth rate, how they eat....etc etc. In other words, I want to make sure my customers get what they pay for !!! These are far far too valuable to screw around with and I really want to make sure before I stick my neck out !! We are going to apply the same thinking to the Cuipeaus ( which are at the post today...shhhh, I didn't tell you that :-)
The good news is, if everything works out ( good growth, another spawn, etc etc ) I will take orders on these and whatever else AFTER our first shipment reaches the US !!! Again, I want to make sure our first orders get into the US without any hitches. ( I do not want to risk these on logistical problems we may run into our first time in !!! )
With all that said, we hope that you guys understand ?? Remember, they're not going anywhere and will be available just a little later :-)
Here is the video and the parents....ENJOY ALL ;-)
http://s847.photobucket.com/albums/ab33/guppy-boy/?action=view¤t=Movie_0001.mp4