Spawn #4/01

Update: 18/11/01: They finally spawned, but it's a really, really, really, really small spawn - one of the smallest I've ever had!! I would estimate 30-50 eggs only?!? But the female still looks like she can drop more, so hopefully tomorrow I can have some good news for you guys. The male's terribly beaten up! And so is the female, actually, haha. Tit-for-tat! I've got a matching female for the Purple MG guy, but she's a little small for breeding - albeit very eager to! Maybe the spawn will come at the end of the month. I want to work on the fin-ray extension of this line. Presently few show tertiary splits, most are secondary only. But outcrosses will tend to make the MG characteristics disappear, so .. headache!!! Come back for more updates, OK? Here's a pic of these 2 looking like a perfectly happy and compatible couple - just look at those stunning colours!
  Don't they just look absolutely gorgeous? hehe ... blowing my own trumpet about my fish, haha! But the contrast is pretty stunning, isn't it? OK, here you can have a good look of what Mommy Salamander looks like before she got beaten up.

Managed to snap a shot of their eggs - it's a small spawn, isn't it? Well, I just removed the female. 

Update 24/11/01: The fry hatched, but I counted only 20 fry! =( Pathetic. Will get Mr. Purple MG to spawn again early next month, this time with a sibling female. 

This afternoon I used a plastic disposable pipette to siphon the fry out one by one into a smaller tank - they can't seem to find their food in such a large tank! Good news though - there are 51 fry!! 

Spawn #5/01