DizzCat
Aquarium Advice Freak
I have been having fun watching my experienced Red Zebra mom taking care of her fry the past few days. She has held at least 20 times now in the past year, but the only time I have put her in a separate tank was the first 2 times she held. She was very inexperienced then, so did not do this. This time, I have a guy who wants the fry and since I was going to have a houseful of company I set her aside so I didn't have to worry about catching her to strip her on day 21. I was going to make a remix of this to make it all one video, but Photo Bucket no longer has that option. Bummer! I have a Yellow Lab mom on the other side of the divider in the same tank about to release any day now. I wonder if she will be such a good mom since she has held even more times. I hope so!
This is what the result is!
The mom with her mouthful (past spawn)
Mom Released the kids almost a week ago and she has been doing this all week!
Collecting the kids up. Half are hiding to stay out, half actually go into her mouth! She spits them into a PVC tunnel and that is where they hang out all day instead of the rock pile.
YouTube - BestMom.MOV
YouTube - KidsMom.MOV
YouTube - CollectKidsBEST.MOV
YouTube - CollectKids.MOV
YouTube - CollectKids2.MOV
I have noticed that in the evening she collects them all, then goes in her floating tunnel and falls asleep! I tried putting her PVC tunnel in the sand, but she digs it up so it floats. Guess she likes it that way best.
Enjoy the vids!
This is what the result is!
The mom with her mouthful (past spawn)
Mom Released the kids almost a week ago and she has been doing this all week!
Collecting the kids up. Half are hiding to stay out, half actually go into her mouth! She spits them into a PVC tunnel and that is where they hang out all day instead of the rock pile.
YouTube - BestMom.MOV
YouTube - KidsMom.MOV
YouTube - CollectKidsBEST.MOV
YouTube - CollectKids.MOV
YouTube - CollectKids2.MOV
I have noticed that in the evening she collects them all, then goes in her floating tunnel and falls asleep! I tried putting her PVC tunnel in the sand, but she digs it up so it floats. Guess she likes it that way best.
Enjoy the vids!