In other news, last weekend was a bit of a blip in my 'no-more-fish' policy. I went a little overboard and splashed out on a female HRP, a pair of 4" Blackbelts (V. maculicauda), the aforementioned female Jack Dempsey and a pair of Rams. Oops!
Other than the fish being stunning, the pairs were all looking like they were going to breed very soon, so I couldn't resist. God knows if I'll be able to keep the Blackbelt pair long-term (they hit the 14" mark), but if the jags will put up with them (once I've removed their fry) then there's hope.
All the fry are growing well still. I now have three female multicolor with mouths full of eggs! Those guys are really precocious, as they've got to be only 1.5" long.
Other good news is that my Firemouth pair have come back from the brink of death and fought off their Lymphocystis infection. The male was looking amazing yesterday as he has a black border to his anal and caudal fins, which I've never noticed on other Firemouths before. I think they might breed again soon too, which would be fantastic.
I sold some fish: the male Channa sp. Assam and a couple of male multicolor. I'm also taking a few Port acaras and angelfish down to Hastings for my friends Chris and Jenny tomorrow morning. Nice to finally be making some space in the fishroom for the impending quantities of fry.
Just fell in love with another fish species I heard about on the MFK forum: Parachromis sp. La Ceiba 'Yellow Head'.
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