Thread formerly known as Hatch day is today

[DutchChic]

So when I got up this morning, I expected to find Butters upside down again....but NO! He was still upright! And had drank all his water and ate most of his food! He's also walking around well, though still needs more control. I just can't believe how well he's doing. Hopefully tomorrow and I can move him in with the other babies. I'm hoping it's a girl, though. I'd be tickled if all 3 were girls...I have 2 extra drakes, so more girls would be awesome.

 

[Kevin565]

When I was into cichlids, I had 8 different tanks. I had a huge South American tank with Angels and other soft water cichlids, and had it planted heavily with live plants. I shipped fish and plants all over the place. It was a beautiful tank, and the Angels loved it so much that they actually bred and laid eggs in it. I always wanted Discus....but they are extremely touchy from what I read.
I had a huge African tank, too. One of the cool fish I had in it was a shell dweller, and would lay it's eggs up in the shell....it was cool when the female would bring out all of those babies all of a sudden. When spooked, they'd shoot back into the shell. They were prolific, and one of the breeds I shipped a lot of.
When I went through my divorce, I had to sell most of my fish and tanks, and just never got back into them.

Your tank sounds AMAZING

Julie, I know what you mean about the oscars being friendly. Kevin, parrots are like oscars in the friendly factor and are nicer to me because you can keep 3-5 in a single tank. Oscars, on the other hand, prefer to be solo fish unless in a super large tank.

Wow that's alot better than most of my past cichlids! It was very limited in what you could have them with.

 

[Iain Utah]

Excellent news, Dutch!!

 

[Kevin565]

So when I got up this morning, I expected to find Butters upside down again....but NO! He was still upright! And had drank all his water and ate most of his food! He's also walking around well, though still needs more control. I just can't believe how well he's doing. Hopefully tomorrow and I can move him in with the other babies. I'm hoping it's a girl, though. I'd be tickled if all 3 were girls...I have 2 extra drakes, so more girls would be awesome.

 

[Wulfandwyn]

I am the hatch queen!!!!

Just kidding, but isn't this funny?

 

[Wulfandwyn]

so, what doesn everyone have in the bator and under the hens?

I have turkeys and sebbies in the bator, but of the two sebs that spidered, only one is left.

 

[Iain Utah]

All this talk about cichlids, I figured I'd snap a shot of my midas, even though his tank is dirty.

 

[Kevin565]

All this talk about cichlids, I figured I'd snap a shot of my midas, even though his tank is dirty.

Very handsome! Is that fry in the background?

 

[Iain Utah]

Thanks! They are guppy feeder fish. The midas is too slow and lazy to eat them, so we breed in his tank and feed them to the dempsey, who loves them.

 

[Kevin565]

That is officially the coolest fish ever!