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Paretroplus maculatus


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Hi all,

I know I haven't been posting much in a while but life has been kind of busy.

That said, my Paretroplus maculatus spawned on Friday, the eggs started dropping off of the rock yesterday, and their tails have just started to show. Here they are, approximately 18 hours after starting to move on their own.

David

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That's too cool. How big are they?

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Nice pictures and good job.... What power of optical lens do you have on that camera?

It's a Minolta Dimage Z3, 4 MP with a 12x optical zoom and super macro to less than 1 cm. Not quite Froggies camera (in fact, not even in the same league) but it is pretty good in low light and it has a great movie mode.

David

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Kudos to you for breeding an endangered species. All the best. -Luke

Thanks Luke. Endangered and "extinct in the wild" species are what I tend to concentrate on these days, at least for breeding; the species from Madagascar in particular. I managed Paratilapia polleni (large spot) about a year ago, the maculatus now, and I am hoping to do Paratilapia polleni (small spot) and Katria katria (formerly Ptychochromoides katria) over the next year with Paretroplus menarambo (once they reach breeding) soon thereafter.

All really cool fish, at least in my opinion. :thumbs:

David

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