Bandi Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 (edited) Just got a trio of 5 inch females and a 7-8 inch male and after 30 hours of intense harrassment from the male he settled down and 24 hours later he picked a female and spawned at about 11pm last night. I left the light on all night and there is a nice cluster of eggs of a healthy carmel colour this morning. Sorry for the bad iphone photos and the dirty glass. I didn't want to disturb them by cleaning the glass. Edited February 3, 2015 by Bandi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RD. Posted February 4, 2015 Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 Cool, congrats on the spawn B&I. Where did the trimacs come from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandi Posted February 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 Friends in Edmonton RD. Two females from one friend and a male from another. Just brought them home last weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RD. Posted February 4, 2015 Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 Do you happen to know where they got them from? Just curious, one doesn't often see trimacs in these parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandi Posted February 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 Knowing these guys they probably brought them in either from Jeff wraps or Conico (spelling?). I know they are rare around here, that's why we wanted them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RD. Posted February 4, 2015 Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 You might want to check before you start marketing the fry, there's only a few reputable sources left that sell pure trimacs. Jeff Rapps from Tangled up in Cichlids, Gage at Cichlid Connection, and Dan from Cichlids of the Americas. The rest out there are typically low grade red dragon flowerhorn. Always good to see some pure stock getting circulated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandi Posted February 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 Thanks. I'll check with my friends and source them out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandi Posted February 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 My friend got back to me and he says he got them from Cichlids of America but he doesn't know if they are wild caught or F1's or F2's or whatever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RD. Posted February 5, 2015 Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 Dan from COA sells a domestic strain of Trimac, that depending on their size range in price from $6.50 - $35.00 http://www.cichlidsoftheamericas.com/id2.html Should be a nice strain, good luck with them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandi Posted February 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 Well, the new parents have some learning to do. I guess I should pulled the log and cared for the eggs myself. They ate them. And now he is mad at her! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikeaholic Posted February 6, 2015 Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 Better seperate them at this point is when he might kill her, then in a month or so try again, the females are still young Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RD. Posted February 7, 2015 Report Share Posted February 7, 2015 I agree with Ivan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandi Posted February 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2015 I beat both of you to the idea and suggested it to the hubby. He thought it best to wait it out and see. She is able to get away from him in a small hide. I decided that if he doesn't let her out to eat for over a week I would move her. But yesterday they were both out and getting along just fine. Today, she even turned on her breeding stripes again. So, we are watching carefully. Thanks guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RD. Posted February 7, 2015 Report Share Posted February 7, 2015 (edited) The nice part is that when they do succesfully breed, you'll end up with more fry than you'll know what to do with. Edited February 7, 2015 by RD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandi Posted February 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2015 Trimacs spawned behind my back and now have a collection of wigglers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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