Gordon Wright Posted November 30, 2007 Report Share Posted November 30, 2007 After a work season short on tank attention, my F1 redhead tapajos got busy in spite of w/c consisting of treated tap water instead of their usual r.o. mixture. A 90 gallon with (I think ) 4 females and 1 male sharing space with a couple big bn's and some wild threadfins, ph 6.8 temp 80F. One night's w/c had me moving driftwood around to add sand that seems to get sucked up with the vacuum. I must have just missed disturbing eggs by a day or so because the next morning mom and dad both had their little herd of fry very close by in front of them. They guarded them extremely well for the first 10 days and I did rescue the last 1/2 dozen or so fry to add to a cherry shrimp tank. They're more than happy there until I set up a fry tank. And I see the same two parents are chewing eggs right now. I don't think it's been three weeks since the first batch. Delayed mouth brooders are so cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RD. Posted December 29, 2007 Report Share Posted December 29, 2007 Congrats on the spawn! Do you have any pics of your Tapajos? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Wright Posted December 30, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2007 Photobucket Pictures are a little iffy but the videos ok. Shows eggs on their favorite log. They own this 5 ft. tank so most of the redheads and threadfins are waiting on a 135 to cycle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RD. Posted December 30, 2007 Report Share Posted December 30, 2007 Nice sized clutch. A buddy just gave me 4 juvies, looks like 1 male & 3 females, so we'll see what happens when I move them into a 125. They're currently in with 2 other juvie eartheaters, that were sold as G. surinamensis (most likely G. abalios) and the 4 Tapajos dominate the tank. Temp in their current tank is 81F, with a pH of 7.8, so I'll let you know how that works out. From what I've read this geo variant breeds quite readily, even in higher pH water. Here's a pic of my juvie male, just starting to get his groove on ...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Wright Posted December 31, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 He looks like he can't wait to be a menace! The rest of the pack in my tank I think are females. One has copied the couple with eggs and cleaned underneath a log and even placed eggs. They were gone the next day. And today there is eggs inside a 5 inch terracotta pot, same area. I thought this would be too confined for tapajos. Only other culprit could be bn plecos. But I think the eggs would be a cluster, not uniformly placed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
African_Fever Posted December 31, 2007 Report Share Posted December 31, 2007 Great pic Neil! I wouldn't mind a few of those myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RD. Posted January 1, 2008 Report Share Posted January 1, 2008 Thanks Kyle, I can't wait to get these fish into a larger tank. Gordon, from what I've read, in an aquarium setting Tapajos tend to pair off, and sometimes only breed with one female, so let me know if your male starts to breed with the rest of your females. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frying_high Posted January 12, 2008 Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 Mommy and Daddy are Beautiful/Handsome, Very nice looking fish! Love how they were all protective of the eggs even from you, swimming at the tank edge trying to get you away in the video, very protective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RD. Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Just an update on my juvie male, which appears to have paired off with one of the females. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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