Male L333 fanning.
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Fanning is needed by Males, in order to keep the water circulation in the cave, usually for the eggs in side. As you can imagine, the cave is closed at one end and as there usually is no water flow in this cave, the male has to fan and do the job of circulating the water. Sometimes males do this to pratcise or territorial displays as well, however highly likely scenario is that there could be eggs present. How big is your tank and how many in the colony ? post a pic. cheers jk :thumbup:
Fanning is needed by Males, in order to keep the water circulation in the cave, usually for the eggs in side. As you can imagine, the cave is closed at one end and as there usually is no water flow in this cave, the male has to fan and do the job of circulating the water. Sometimes males do this to pratcise or territorial displays as well, however highly likely scenario is that there could be eggs present. How big is your tank and how many in the colony ? post a pic. cheers jk :thumbup:
Thanks for the info. I will try and upload pics soon. I only noticed one of the male fanning while he's inside an O-cave.
I have 11 in total inside std 3ftr running on Eheim Pro 2. 5 are adults and the rest are sub adults. They came from 4 separate breeders.
I have 11 in total inside std 3ftr running on Eheim Pro 2. 5 are adults and the rest are sub adults. They came from 4 separate breeders.
males and females can/will fan when agitated and stressed also... but not consistantly enough to be mistaken for sittin on eggs....
L333 spawned.
Hi folks,
While emptying the tank for water change last night I noticed a small white looking thing lying at the bottom of the tank. I stared at it with curiosity and all of a sudden it bloody moved and speeds off across the bottom of the tank. So I grabbed my torch and went looking into the caves. I saw one big male who would not want to leave, the more I shine my torch the deeper it moves into the cave. Another big male left the cave and I discover 2 L333 wigglers inside. In total I saw 8 L333 wigglers still with egg sacks still intact in the tank.
This is all so unexpected but very exciting at the same time. I took some photo using my phone but the pictures are poor quality.
Honestly, I have no idea what to do when I saw the half formed fry, so I just left things as they are and just hope for the best.
Cheers
Hp
Hi folks,
While emptying the tank for water change last night I noticed a small white looking thing lying at the bottom of the tank. I stared at it with curiosity and all of a sudden it bloody moved and speeds off across the bottom of the tank. So I grabbed my torch and went looking into the caves. I saw one big male who would not want to leave, the more I shine my torch the deeper it moves into the cave. Another big male left the cave and I discover 2 L333 wigglers inside. In total I saw 8 L333 wigglers still with egg sacks still intact in the tank.
This is all so unexpected but very exciting at the same time. I took some photo using my phone but the pictures are poor quality.
Honestly, I have no idea what to do when I saw the half formed fry, so I just left things as they are and just hope for the best.
Cheers
Hp
Congrats on the fry :woohoo:
If any fry/eggs get wafted out of caves then I just put them in a fry saver within the main tank with some flow over them and they do just great :thumbup:
If any fry/eggs get wafted out of caves then I just put them in a fry saver within the main tank with some flow over them and they do just great :thumbup:
well done. grate news.
I think its always risky to use torch as can sometimes spook them and they then eat the eggs! what I do is use, if i really need to see in a cave, is a flash camera cos its more instant and like natural lightening flash and so quick its done before they reailise it. even then I dont take more than a few pics in a day. sometimes need more than one to adjust to get focus in back of cave.
I think its always risky to use torch as can sometimes spook them and they then eat the eggs! what I do is use, if i really need to see in a cave, is a flash camera cos its more instant and like natural lightening flash and so quick its done before they reailise it. even then I dont take more than a few pics in a day. sometimes need more than one to adjust to get focus in back of cave.
25+ L333 fry
Hello folks,
Because of the large number of L333 in the same tank, I have decided to take out the fry from the cave so that I can feed them. I have to say this was not an easy task by any means. Lesson learned.
I managed to extract 25 fry from the cave plus some escapee in the main tank. I noticed the male is still inside the cave so I think there may be a few fry left inside, but I'm not willing to find out.
Are their (fry) survival rates higher in the cave/main tank than being in the fry-saver?
Cheers
Hp
Hello folks,
Because of the large number of L333 in the same tank, I have decided to take out the fry from the cave so that I can feed them. I have to say this was not an easy task by any means. Lesson learned.
I managed to extract 25 fry from the cave plus some escapee in the main tank. I noticed the male is still inside the cave so I think there may be a few fry left inside, but I'm not willing to find out.
Are their (fry) survival rates higher in the cave/main tank than being in the fry-saver?
Cheers
Hp
They should do ok in the main tank but I find that they come on better and put more weight on when they spend a couple of weeks in a fry saver 
lovely, really good.
well done
i expect you will get some more soon!, just keep the water changes going...
well done
i expect you will get some more soon!, just keep the water changes going...
