Amanda

Just an update for Shawnie & everyone:
The pink con is a FEMALE - she just laid eggs...too bad the juvie in the tank ATE them. Also one of the juvies in the 55 gal. just colored up with an orange belly, so I have at least one other female.

MissMTS

I'm sorry the eggs got eaten. That stinks! Sounds like your cons are doing well though. How many do you have?

Amanda

I have 4 black juvies & 1 pink adult

MissMTS

Cool Do you have any pics of them yet?

Amanda

I believe I posted pics somewhere in another thread...

But here are pics of when I FIRST got them:

Shawnie

awesome for the update..sorry you lost the eggs..but jellys wont protect like a pure con will goodluck in the future!

Amanda

Oh...she protected them, the juvie got the tar beaten out of it. But then she started eating them too.

Shawnie

if she was a pure con , the juvie would have been dead

Amanda

I think he's a male, which is why she's tolerating him. Regardless, there are no eggs. Maybe they'll get it right next time.

MissMTS

Cute pics I just love cons.

Amanda

Well, I just went downstairs to check on the tanks before I went to bed, and the female is fanniing around 100 eggs inside of the terra cotta pot. So, I'll see if they're fertilized tomorrow when I get up. If not, hopefully she'll eat them.

Amanda

Ok, UPDATE:
The female is still fanning around 100 - 150 eggs. They are a darker color, what does that mean? Fertilized or unfertilized?

Shawnie

creamish/ darker tan colored are fertilized as per the norm with them ..lets keep our fingers crossed!

SWilkins

Good luck with this batch!! Still waiting on mine to be free swimmers. I love that pink one you have.

Shawnie I did not realize that the pink ones were not full convicts....learn something new everyday.

Fingers and toes crossed here for some more con babies!

Shawnie

some are SW...i have a pure pink con and then jelly bean cons....the difference is body shape and their mouths...

SWilkins

Well I thought I had read that there were pink cons so that really had me wondering. I have 4 pinks ones headed my way right now...hee hee. Sorry for the hijack.

Amanda

No problem on the hijack.
I like hearing about others Con experiences.

SWilkins

Amanda...I have a tank with over 50 con babies probably less than or right at 1/2 an inch and a new batch soon to be free swimming....how many do you want/need?

Shawnie

shes so good to us LOL ...i think I am very nawty for hijacking but amanda seems to let me slide now and then

heres a pure pink con DSC01054.jpg

and here is the jelly that i sent amanda rescued jellys.jpg

the pink cons are much much more leaner and not as round..and the jellys have much larger finnage and eyes...a pink cons mouth will shut all the way and a jelly always has some of it open and shaped more like a con(not as round as the blood reds are tho who always seem to have them open )

Amanda

Hopefully I won't need any if this spawn comes along ok!

Amanda

Yep, yep. That's my girly!

SWilkins

Thanks for the pics beautiful fish! I can't wait until my pink ones get here. A friend is sending them because I cannot find them anywhere around me. So now I can have Bonnie and Clyde (my reg cons) and a tank setup next to them with the pink ones....and I could possibly have jelly beans if I mix them with my BRPs. My hubby is so going to have to get to work on those extra tanks!!

Amanda you are a dear letting us hijack you like that...LOL. And the offer still stands if you need babies just holler and I will send them to you just for shipping fees.

Amanda

Well, most of the eggs have turned white, and she's eating them. Not looking like I'm getting any babies this time.

SWilkins

So sorry Amanda. Maybe they will get it right next time. If not just let me know...I'm covered up in babies right now. I would be glad to share.

Shawnie

aww amanda im sorry too....ill keep my fingers crossed for you!! at least you know you have one female.......alot of fish will spawn without a male ....my eye doctor has a female angel who spawns ever month but shes the only angel in the tank hahah

Amanda

I think it's kinda good that the eggs didn't hatch, now I don't have to worry about hundreds of babies.

MissMTS

Well then it was a blessing in disguise Hopefully once you are ready you will have better luck with them.

Amanda

Well Miss Witchy has finally calmed down & stopped trying to torture the other con juvie to death. The eggs were completely white this morning, and were consumed by this afternoon. There seems to be some relative peace in my 20 gal. once again. For now at least....