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May 6th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| The female kenyi's eggs have hatched... she has wiggles in her mouth!
They are so cute.. she is having trouble w/ them they get to the front of her mouth and she has to work them back in.
Now my question, how much longer does she have until she will spit? I know for a fact she has been holding at least for 3 weeks as of this sunday coming up. | 
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May 6th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| dont know the answer to this, but id love to see a pic of her holding! congrats!!! | |
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May 6th, 2008
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| Heres one I took a couple days after I think she spawned I came home from work at 7p and her mouth was big. | |
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May 6th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| Wow! Congratulations on the little wigglers....She is a beautiful fish...I can't wait to see pics of the babies..... | |
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May 6th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| chipmunk cheeks!! shes beautious! | |
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May 7th, 2008
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| | Master Of Fish Poo!
| Beautiful pic!  | |
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May 7th, 2008
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| Congrats! I can't wait to see the babies when she spits! | |
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May 7th, 2008
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| Thanks, hopefully it won't be long... and it won't be in the on the next 3 days that are planned (today son to ent, tomm myself to DOC and hair, then sat to chat) so if she can miss those times to spit... I will be so happy... | |
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May 7th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| She could be spitting any time now. Congrats...do you have her a tank alone? | |
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May 7th, 2008
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| Quote:
Originally Posted by Allie  She could be spitting any time now. Congrats...do you have her a tank alone? | Thanks, yes she is in a tank all to herself w/ one cave for her to feel safe in. I put her there about 7 days ago to give her a while to get used to it and get a "safe" feeling in the cave so she would hopefully spit them out in there... I just hope she spits them out and don't eat them before I can get her out. If so I will be stripping her the next times. | |
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May 7th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| This is exciting. I have only seen mouthbrooders in books, you are so lucky. Hope you can post pics, and I hope she respects your timetable..lol.
Pretty darn cute. How big is she?
Val | |
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May 7th, 2008
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| Quote:
Originally Posted by voiceless_kat This is exciting. I have only seen mouthbrooders in books, you are so lucky. Hope you can post pics, and I hope she respects your timetable..lol.
Pretty darn cute. How big is she?
Val | Thanks, She is about 3 inches long not very big. Honestly I am not expecting a big batch from her because of her size right now. I am just so excited with this being my first time seeing for myself a mouthbooder in person. I am having to ask questions and read read read. I will def post pics!
They are poking their little heads right at her lips right now, you can see strips on them... I am sooo excited! | |
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May 7th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| Geez..............me too! Ha ha!! I would be up all night watching.
Val | |
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May 8th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| Quote:
Originally Posted by voiceless_kat Geez..............me too! Ha ha!! I would be up all night watching.
Val | I have been bugging her a lot! I vaccumed her tank out today, but I left her "corner cave" alone and tried not to stress her. Shes so used to the python she comes out and swims around it. Of coarse shes grown up w/ my fish ocd. My husband even took a flashlight looking in her mouth, he's as bad as me, even saying "hey there little guys!!!"
I went out today and bought a brine shrimp hatchery and some "first bites" just in case they weren't happy w/ crushed flake food... I hope the shrimp eggs hatch before she spits... | |
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May 8th, 2008
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| | Master Of Fish Poo!
|  I love it! Quote:
Originally Posted by steveangela1 My husband even took a flashlight looking in her mouth, he's as bad as me, even saying "hey there little guys!!!" | | |
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May 8th, 2008
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| Good Morning, I can't wait to hear how she is this morning  ? What a miracle of nature all these different fish are, right? fingers crossed for a successful "spit"??!
Val | |
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May 8th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| Quote:
Originally Posted by voiceless_kat Good Morning, I can't wait to hear how she is this morning ? What a miracle of nature all these different fish are, right? fingers crossed for a successful "spit"??!
Val | Thanks, not yet... Im glad I have been gone all day! I had an out of town Drs appt then I had to go pay bills.. so I would have the rest of the week and weekend free... She was a good girl.... Im hoping she does it Sunday day... lol.. or tomm before 3 (but you know mother nature when its her time it will happen).
It is a miracle of nature and so amazing how all these fish do the different things they do. I used to literally watch my guppies for hours when they were looking ready to drop their fry and would get so excited when I saw the live births. So this is even as sweet.. I am thinking of setting up my video camera on the tank when I am not home, maybe I won't miss it that way. | |
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May 9th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
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Originally Posted by steveangela1 It is a miracle of nature and so amazing how all these fish do the different things they do. I used to literally watch my guppies for hours when they were looking ready to drop their fry and would get so excited when I saw the live births. So this is even as sweet.. I am thinking of setting up my video camera on the tank when I am not home, maybe I won't miss it that way. |
A video camera would be awesome! When my gup dropped it was me "first time" with any of this fish birthing, and I pulled up a chair and watched. We are kooky!! However it was the most amazing thing to me. A mouthbrooder is almost beyond what I can comprehend....
I love that your husband is getting into it -- mine kinda caved also.....
Val | |
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May 10th, 2008
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| | Master Of Fish Poo!
|  Yea - a fish-cam!  | |
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May 11th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
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Originally Posted by COBettaCouple Yea - a fish-cam! | I guess the fish cam wouldn't have helped  however at least I would have seen how big of a batch she had) | |
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May 12th, 2008
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| | Master Of Fish Poo!
| Yea, I'm sorry it didn't go well. We've had no luck with our angel pair yet.. these cichlids are something, aren't they? | |
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