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Posted 18 July 2007 - 01:20 AM

Immediately after the last cold snap of the year, my welakas tried to court my Rainbows. Most of the pics didn't turn out very well, but here's a half-decent one for whatever it's worth. I still haven't gotten the hang of digital cameras.
EDIT: Hmmm.. this pic doesn't really show the action, does it? I'll see if I can find another one which does but doesn't look too bad. Why can't digital cameras take the picture when you want them to instead of a second after clicking the button? Do you know how hard it is to get a good picture of two male welakas flaring up at each other Betta-style?

Yikes. That tank needs cleaning, eh? The fish are happy enough, though. Even the Elassoma zonatums are having a ball in this little jungle.
By the way, this Bluenose is in his third year, I think. His fins are now much longer than in this picture, and the black is darker.

Well, I don't know how to put text in between the pictures, so I'll have to give you the whole captioning here at the top:

1- Hey, baby, wassup?
2- You so crazy, boy!
3- Hey, Scram! Yeah, you better hide in that bush, punk!
4- My hero!

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Posted 18 July 2007 - 02:46 AM

If you want fast action I think investing on low-end DSLR would be a good idea. Since the male bluenose is trying to court other species maybe they can actually spawn without sunfish? Do you have sunfish in the tank too?

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Posted 19 July 2007 - 08:56 AM

No, no sunfish in that little tank.

Bluenoses have spawned without sunfishes in aquaria, but only very, very rarely, and from what I understand, with a high failure rate. ( very avid egg-eaters ) I did it with a mock nest in the tank and a single male sunfish in an adjoining tank. To replace the chemical smell of longear spawning, I just put a bit of longear milt in the tank at the right time and obscured the longear from the shiner's view, giving them the opportunity to rush over to the "nest" while the big fish was "away" from it. The mock nest was one one far end of the tank, next to the sunfish tank, you see. It's a long and weird story, which you can read on the NFC website if you wish. Look for the article "Breeding the Bluenose Shiner."

There HAS to be a better way, and I sure hope somebody figures it out soon.

The very first time this fish spawned in a tank, there were no sunfish involved at all, and the fish just dropped some eggs into some plant clumps. From what I gather, this has been repeated a few times by serious ( commercial? ) breeders in florida, but they haven't had any success with the fry. I haven't heard any updates on that in quite a while.

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Posted 19 July 2007 - 04:25 PM

Wondering is there female bluenose in the tank? With willing male maybe with females and without fry eaters you may find little bluenoses poping up? :mrgreen:




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