Honduran Red Points

[tsunderl]

I got a pair of Honduran Red Points from the auction a month or so ago. It was late in the auction and nobody was bidding on them, so softy me got them for $3 if I recall correctly. This pair has quickly become my favorite. These two have been the most lovey dovey fish I've ever seen. I had them in my 180 long and they were always within eyesight of each other, but kept to one part of the tank. They seemed content, but I noticed a bit of rubbing and shaking, so Sunday, I put them in my 20long with some small juvies until I could get another tank set up for them.

I moved the female first. She promptly went to the back of the tank and pretty much lost all color. When I put the male in the tank, she hurried next to him and colored up immediately. They both explored every inch of the tank, side by side. The male promptly began moving the substrate, pushing it with his mouth, and by Monday morning, he had cleared an area all the way to the glass. Both were guarding the area but no eggs were noted.

Today, when I dropped breakfast in for everyone, the male ate, but the female stayed behind. A closer look revealed eggs on one of the rocks! True to their lovey dovey ways, the male took guard while the female got a bite or two.

I don't know if all Hondurans are this way, but these have been a true pleasure.

[BlackJew]

Awesome... GL!

[tsunderl]

Thanks! Can't wait to get home and see if there's more eggs.

[mrsadler]

congrats its nothing like being a fish parent even if you have seen it over and over thru out the years its always special

[Haiven]

I concur! I have three males, and they're not only lovely, but have very pleasing personalities.

[masroberts9]

fry sale! sign me up for a few.:D I mean congrats. thats awesome.

[tsunderl]

Haiven, I saw you had yours up for sale and if you have a female in the mix, I'd get them. I'd love to get them anyway, but don't want to disrupt the harmony these two have.

Mason, you just aren't right. lol

MrS, true. Cichlid babies are fiesty so they are extra fun to watch.

No new eggs and most of the ones that are there are white. Not sure there will be success this time, but practice makes perfect. :)

[masroberts9]

my convict eggs where white for a couple days (1-2) after i pulled the male out, then they all got darker and darker. I had maybe 10 of 200 that didnt hatch anything.

[tsunderl]

Here's an update- There were more eggs and they did get darker, but this morning, they are gone. :( Mom and dad seem to be as lovey dovey as ever. I think I'll set up their own little luv shack and see what happens.

[xtc]

I've got a pair of nicaraguans and they're really cool too. If you recall, I was gunna sell em, but Arnold never showed and they decided to have babies. Now we have about 75 .25" fry swimming around the tank. I don't think we lost any!!

so I'll have some Nice nico's for sale/trade (Oilcans!!) soon if not now for those with an available tank/storage.

[tsunderl]

Are those the ones in your son's room?

[xtc]

yulp!

[tsunderl]

Those are cool!

[xtc]

Exactly what I was thinking!

Those are in the way!!

[tsunderl]

Hmmm.... My evil twin must have logged on, changed by post, then changed it back again after you quoted it. :confused:

[lellison]

congrats on eggs! I almost talked myself into getting some honduran red points once. I think they are beautiful fish. post some pics :hehe:

[tsunderl]

I took all the other fish that was in the tank with the Hondurans out last weekend and put them in their own tank. The Hondurans started re-arranging the substrate right away, making it their own home. Yesterday, the male was cleaning off a rock and this morning, they were doing the dance. Came home and the rock is totally covered with eggs!!! Momma is guarding them with daddy close by. I've got fingers crossed that this batch makes it. I'd love to see their parenting instincts since they are so close.

[kSpieler]

Woooot! Grats!
peeekctures,
peeekctures,
peeekctures,
peeekctures!!!!!!

[tsunderl]

You'll have to wait on the peektures... I'm trying not to spook the lovefishies as much as possible. Of course, silly me left their tank in the kitchen where something's always going on. Think I'll cover the tank up when the family is here for Thanksgiving. I wouldn't want some of those folks looking at me if I were the Hondurans!:eek:

[kSpieler]

... or think they are hor d'ourves ... hide all the toothpicks!

[masroberts9]

do they look like this?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Joseph_Carey_Merrick.png/225px-Joseph_Carey_Merrick.png (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Joseph_Carey_Merrick.png)

[tsunderl]

NO! They are cute... Aren't they, Karen?

[masroberts9]

not the hondurans.....your family!:hehe:

[kSpieler]

Cute??? not sure...never met your family...well, other than the daughter & grandmonster :p:

But I can tell you T's fishies are adorable! (but not as cute as mine... :p: )

[tsunderl]

Oh, so you give me your ugly fish???? :confused:

tsunderl added 1 Minutes and 1 Seconds later...

Actually, the "person" in the picture looks better than some of my family members. LOL

[masroberts9]

man...I sure hope your family members dont wonder onto this thread

[tsunderl]

They know who they are....

http://www.bigtexasshootout.com/hillbilly.jpg

[masroberts9]

ahhhh, haha. thats great. you'll rip on anyone!

[kSpieler]

Oh, so you give me your ugly fish???? :confused:


Nah, I gave those to Mas...er, :looking: nevermind...:rolleyes1:

[masroberts9]

yeah! karen gave me ugly fish! good thing I didnt give her anything!:hehe:

[tsunderl]

Well, to get this thread back on track, the eggs are still present and momma is watching over them. Mom and dad ate well this morning and hopefully they will not get the munchies during the day. If memory serves me correct, I should see fry Sunday, right?

[masroberts9]

how much will you sell them for?

[tsunderl]

The babies? I dunno... For you, hmmm.... $99.99 each! :D

[masroberts9]

ooouch

[xtc]

Nicaraguan's for a song and a dance- they're still small 1/4"

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j117/picofthemonth/nic_787x600.jpg

[tsunderl]

Is that one of the juvies? Very colorful if it is.

[masroberts9]

yeah thats awesome. do you mean like a broadway song and dance? i'd rather pay cash.

[xtc]

naw, that's an interweb picture of a mature dude- mine are 1/4" (as stated above)- :tease: so they have a black stripe, but no real color as of yet.

[tsunderl]

Ah, ok... I may take a couple, but I ain't singing! Cats howl when I sing!

And why you trumping my Honduran thread??? http://pushupstairs.com/images/emoticon/neptune/Animated/Mean/mean028.gif

[masroberts9]

there she goes getting all defensive! just like a woman. :hehe:

[xtc]

it's beer :18 see ya!!

[kSpieler]

yeah! karen gave me ugly fish!

yeah? ... a fish so ugly it's photo spanked the POTM :hehe: ...
:brandy:

Chris, How are your Acaras doin? I'm down to just 2 of the ones from JFP, and this morning one looked like it might be floating by the time I get home tonight :( The other 5 are still doing well, decided they are Dorsigera and I think there might be a pair in the group. If you have room, come get the 2 (maybe only 1) that match yours.

[xtc]

send me your addy and I'll call come get them tomorrow AM- do you have a fry box you can put the sick one in and keep him isolated- I hate for him to die.

Or call me, I might could swing by tonight.

[masroberts9]

yeah? ... a fish so ugly it's photo spanked the POTM :hehe: ...
:brandy:.


yeah whats up with that. how do you get to win the POTM with a picture of my fish?

[kSpieler]

It was MYfish when I took the peekchure :hehe:

[tsunderl]

And, continuing on with the original subject of this thread, :D, daddy had dug out several spots throughout the tank. Momma picked one out that she liked and proceeded to move all the eggs to that spot all day long Sunday. If she saw Daddy close to where she was moving them, she'd shoo him away. This morning, she's hovering over the new spot and I don't see any little ones, but she's not willing to really let me get a good look. :(

[masroberts9]

awwww she protecting the good food. i think human mothers should be allowed to eat their young.

[tsunderl]

She's not picking at it today and I saw her spitting the eggs out as when she moved them to the new spot. She is hovering so close that I can't see them and Dad isn't allowed. Few more days and we'll know for sure what's happening.

[masroberts9]

my convict would move some... eat one .....move some.....eat one, so pulled her out.

[tsunderl]

NOW you tell me!!!

[masroberts9]

hahaha, i was thinking awww what a good mom...then hey where did that last one go?

[tsunderl]

I saw wigglers!!!!!!! Itty bitty things and they are where momma moved them. Woohoo!!!

[bra8ndy8]

Hope she doesn't get hungry!!! GOOD LUCK! CONGRATS!

[kSpieler]

Yaaaaaay! Grats!

[masroberts9]

congrats. so how many did she have?

[tsunderl]

Thanks! I hope she or daddy doesn't get hungry. I can't tell how many there are because she actually has them under the air stone bar thingy. She's good at putting them back if they venture and the bubbles make it difficult to see where they are. I tried turning off the air stone and she hovered over them so I couldn't see. Grr! Daddy blocks the view if I try to see them from the sides of the tank. They really are great parents.

[spxsk]

Congrats on the wigglers!

[tsunderl]

Thanks! I'm excited! Watching them care for the little ones has been a real treasure. They are very attentive.

On another note, I moved the Red Jewels to the 30g Sunday and they've already laid a bunch of eggs. I don't anticipate those making it due to the tankmates grazing on them.

[tsunderl]

Update- The little ones are now free swimmers! Momma is staying very close to them and only lets dad around for a few seconds before chasing him off. He doesn't act like he's trying to make a meal out of them, but she isn't taking that chance. Hubby counted 50 that he could see, and there's lots more that he couldn't see. She has them split in to three areas that's dug down to the glass.

The red jewel eggs didn't last long, just as anticipated. I took Mr. BN out as I think he was the culprit. I'm sure it won't take them long to try again.

[tsunderl]

Here's a couple of pics of the babies. Not the greatest but you get the idea.

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff128/tsunderl/HonduranFry001.jpg

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff128/tsunderl/HonduranFry009.jpg

[tsunderl]

Mom and dad pretty much left the little ones alone today and didn't get upset when someone looked in the tank. The fry are still teeny tiny but are free swimming and eating crushed flakes. It's amazing how small these guys are.