jaysgirl2000 Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 Hey everyone, last weekend my husband and I were in Edmonton and picked up some Blood Red Jewels and Electric Blue Jewels, we were hoping for a pair and we thought it would be really neat if we were able to get the 2 different strains to breed. We haven't been having much luck in breeding our other fish (not sure why) so we weren't really getting our hopes up on it. Then yesterday I just went in to take a look and admire them a bit and noticed that 2 of them were getting really aggressive and not letting any other fish near them, so upon a closer look I realized there were eggs! So I called my husband in and we joked that it was probably just poop knowing our terrible luck with this kind of stuff, anyways throughout the day I kept going in to check on them and eventually noticed they were all gone, needless to say I was upset and figured that they were eaten. My husband was the one to discover that they were actually just down on the substrate, so when I looked in after I noticed that they were wiggling around. So this is day 2 and from what I can tell they are all still there, they were moved under the wood more now but they are all wiggling around and the parents are fiercely protecting them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremoose Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 You can see the electric blue daddy in the background on picture 3 by the way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperGuppyGirl Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senroc Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 They'll be a pretty cool looking group Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayba Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 Too bad it didn't work like Crayons do. Blue and red would make purple and that would be neat to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaysgirl2000 Posted February 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 Thanks, I can't wait to see what they will turn out like! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaysgirl2000 Posted February 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 Too bad it didn't work like Crayons do. Blue and red would make purple and that would be neat to see. That would be awesome haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaysgirl2000 Posted February 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 So this was last night, went to check on the little ones before bed and found this little guy hanging out on the side of the tank: This afternoon their yolk sacs seem to be getting smaller and almost gone and they are starting to try and swim around a little, there are 2 bigger groups like this and then some stragglers in between: Not sure if you can see the 2 groups very well here or not but i like this pic none the less, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beautylovetruth Posted February 11, 2013 Report Share Posted February 11, 2013 Congratulations! This must be awesome for you (and the fishy parents of course!) Can't wait to see what those fry end up looking like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaysgirl2000 Posted February 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2013 I can't seem to help myself, I HAVE to check in on the babies like every hour, I love watching the progress the little ones are making! So here's another update tonight: And we have free swimmers! The parents are moving them to a new location as we speak, might be harder to get pictures of them. We are trying to move some of the tank mates but it's proving to be quite the task, they flip out and get close to the parents and then the parents chase them like crazy, at this point it's 1 down 3 to go. I'm to short to reach in the tank so it's all left up to my husband as usual lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremoose Posted February 12, 2013 Report Share Posted February 12, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=XN-zkPpF90o Video of the little ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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