Finally, Brichardi Breeding

nagukush said:
Friends, I just found that one of my Brich pairs has spawned and I can see a group of little greenish colored egg ! Both the parents seem to take turns and seem to be 'kissing' the eggs !

The strange thing that I notice is that they're arent aggressive atall and are allowing all the fish (even the fronts) to come near their cave. They occassionally drive off other brichs but when a front appraoches, they just run away leaving the eggs at risk...

Is this normal ? From all that I've read and have been adviced, brichs would protect their eggs very aggressively, but this is really strange...

Any ideas friends ?
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Kush, our tangs experts will say something about this, but IMHO, I think those brichs are not ready to be very good parents yet; because they are too young or first time parents.
 
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And again fish can be totally different on what their supposed to do and be when lineages have been bred out, so a natural wild Brichardi could be so aggressive in terms of a killing machine and a washed out over bred specimen could be the total different..

But what i am getting at is this some fish tend to form different attitudes towards life a fish in a book could be a super aggressive species but you may have got the sissy of the bunch.. for whatever reason why your Brichardi's are not holding true to their super aggressive ways even at an early age is that you may have to wait and see what happens when they mature is all..

86F would be ok just don't let it get too much higher and do not let it get lower than 70F and an ideal range would be 80F..
 
Pittbull said:
And again fish can be totally different on what their supposed to do and be when lineages have been bred out, so a natural wild Brichardi could be so aggressive in terms of a killing machine and a washed out over bred specimen could be the total different..

But what i am getting at is this some fish tend to form different attitudes towards life a fish in a book could be a super aggressive species but you may have got the sissy of the bunch.. for whatever reason why your Brichardi's are not holding true to their super aggressive ways even at an early age is that you may have to wait and see what happens when they mature is all..

86F would be ok just don't let it get too much higher and do not let it get lower than 70F and an ideal range would be 80F..
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Agreed. Count yourself lucky if they don't terrorize your Fronts. I'll wager that a few fry will survive if they make it free swimming age.
On the temp, I keep mine at 79.
 
Hi Friends !

Thanks a lot for all the advice and guidance. The Eggs are still safe and the parents almost always stay with them. They are starting to drive away all the fishes that come near the nest but the strange thing is that they allow only one of the fronts (not the biggest one) to stay near ! I guess I'll have to just wait and watch... I really hope that atleast one of the baby survives and makes it... Anyways, I'll keep you guys updated... Thanks a lot again for being so kind and friendly :)

Regards and Care
Kush
 
Also wanted to know if I may carryon with the regular water changes at this time, or should I wait for the babies to arrive ? Also can I feed the other fish normally ? Kindly guide me...
 
Yes you most definitely want to continue water changes and feedings this will aid in the fry to grow strong and survive just make sure you pulverize a few flakes to dust with your fingers to insure a supplement of food for the fry..
 
Pittbull said:
Yes you most definitely want to continue water changes and feedings this will aid in the fry to grow strong and survive just make sure you pulverize a few flakes to dust with your fingers to insure a supplement of food for the fry..
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Oh ok then. I thought that I'll wait for the eggs to hatch before doing a water change. Actually the nest is above the water level, to which I change the water so I was afraid that the eggs might dry-up when brought out of water, but anyways, I will drain less water so that the eggs remain submerged...

Also I dont have good quality flakes - I do have good quality sinking pellets (Hikari Cichlid Gold) and Tetra Bits. Can I crush these to powder and feed the powder to the young fish ?

Kindly advice regarding this...
Thanks a lot again !
Regards and Care
Kush
 
Try to get a hold of some omega one cichlid flake or NLS flake it would be better in the long run but to answer your question yes if you crush the pellets into a dust form, the fry will be able to eat this but wait til your fry are free swimming and lurking at the nest site before doing this..

wow a nest site is up that high if so than yeah your Brichardi's are so immature aye they should be utilizing the bottom for substrate spawning but they will get it together soon enough.. cool job yeah you dont want the eggs exposed to the air its not a good ideal..
 
Hi Pittbull,

Yes, I'm desperately searching for a good flake food but things are SOOO hard to get here... Its really frustrating, but anyways, I guess I'm trying my best. I'll use the crushed pellets till that then...

Thanks again for guiding me as always - Also wanted to ask if you have any ideas on when I can expect these guys to hatch and become free swimming ?

Kindly advice...
Thanks and Regards
Kush
 
Friends, I find that out of the 20 to 30 eggs that are in the nest, a few (may be 2 or 3) appear to have become a little whitish is color and are also looking a little bigger. Is this the hatching stage or is something wrong ? Kindly guide me...

Thanks a lot !
Regards and Care
Kush
 
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