to add to the confusion I have many females here that are from 3cm+ that have bristles along the lip only, only the males have bristles up the centre of the face

rounded snout and presence of bristles I will say male too

Royal Whiptails

this is the fry now devouring a lettuce leaf

ur welcome yeah the camera really does good things if I knew more about photography it would take better pics too I bet, yes it is really amazing watching them develop daily, sometimes they change in the space of an hr, there now foraging.

here is a post of mine of a spawn I have rearing now, if u get eggs kicked out this may help, basically mine sit in the tank and amuse themselves, 21-29deg, gravel or bare bottomed tank, planted or plastic, community or species, feed them veges like zuchini and cucumber, lettuce and if u have male ...

Well just wanted to give u all an update on the Royal Whiptail fry and let u all know that there have been some losses but the remaining fry seem strong and are growing well.

here are some pics and a vid showing there progress.

It is interesting to note there is one fry in there that seems to be ...

Well I have been taking more pics of these BN fry and here they are,
progressing well and starting to colour up well.

It is interesting to note there is one in there which is much darker than the rest???
anyone have any thoughts on this fish, would it make a better breeder to seperate and rare ...

bnalbino,

Very nice pictures. :razz: And they are so orange. :shock: And to see them develope the black eyes, it is amazing to see the frys develope.
I have done with some corydoras and tetras but never spawn the pl*co yet. I just got few ABN month ago but they are still babies and haven't ...

yeah they seem to have a very strong will to survive

Well as some of u know I had a pair of BN spawned on the 27/5/07 but managed to kick the eggs out of the log!!! So at 11pm I was madly syphoning them into a bucket and transferring them into a seive for hand rearing. after 3 days the fry started hatching and as I was moving at the time the got the ...

hey guys the title was sarcasm only, LOL
I love spawns even though I have no more room for fry LOL

the interesting part was the crossing factor

Well I have a heap of BN as most of u know, I have some gene carrier BN that I have mentioned elsewhere from memory, the male of which is a measley 3-4cm and has already fathered 2 successfull (small) spawns.
Having run out of tank space I chose to put a small pair of albino BN in the same tank. Th ...

i dont know for sure and correct me if I am wrong but I would think they would be the same

oh and congrats on the spawn

thats an awesome set of pitures thanks heaps for posting

well thanks for that

racoll wrote:If Jools doesn't notice your picture threads, send him a PM, as the photos are really good, and I'm sure he can use some in the cat-elog.

oh really???
didnt think they were THAT good

here are some videos of them too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NasDljKIXoM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Didpf5E1YUM

yeah ur exactly right
Cannon S2I S
and many more to come if I get more than five min to load them and closeup macro vids too

excellent posting good work and congrats on the multiple spawnings

Andrew wrote:I've always been fascinated by the spiral intestine that can be seen through the belly skin of a few Loricariids... Nice shots.

yeah me too, it all seems very well oragnised in there hey

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c93/redlineXX/Royals1012.jpg

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c93/redlineXX/Royals1017.jpg

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c93/redlineXX/RoyalWhiptail.jpg

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c93/redlineXX/Macro010.jpg

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums ...

http://www.glumbert.com/media/highpower

very interesting
my female laid eggs all over the tank (2ft) which I figure is strange too

I am wondering what are becoming of all these eggs?
Are you trying to hatch them artificially? Males normally guard their eggs for a long time unless something happens to them.

I don't mean to be presumptive but why would another male help? I think along the lines of lost $$$ signs as a fish ...

apisto and flash thanks heaps for ur comments it helps a lot.

as yet I only have a pair but they have been spawning 3weekly (I wander would that change if I was to add another male???)[has anyone done this and noted a change???]

thanks for all the posts and interesting facts about them.
Do the males always have the bristles or do they only have them when in breeding mode???

What is RO water???

is 25-30 a fair range or do they require a more specific temp???

Today I picked up a proven breeding pair, this pair have been ...

will they eat guppie and mollie fry?

are they suitable to go into a bare bottomed tank to clean up uneaten flake?