my new linkei :-)

[Michael Kotzulla]

Hi Dorothee, hi all.
I also found that artemia are too small as a very first diet. But at least my P. nagyi get along very well with Micro worms. (With a length of 1.5-to 2 mm and a very, very low diametre, I use to call them my “spaghetti per larva”.)

[Russell Green]

Hi Dorothee, and congratulations on the fry.

Sorry im a little late to this forum, but ive been on holiday.
But to take the topic back slightly, I have also had the strange structure in my paro tanks. It has only occurred in my breeding tanks, and only around the nest site. I have never had it in my female only tanks, or tanks with none breeding fish.
Is this the same as other members observations, or is it just a coincidence?

[Dorothee Jöllenbeck-Pfeffel]

Hi Russell ,

Yes, in the P.linkeii tank the white structure is near the nest, I also thought there could be a connection.

But in my P.phoenicurus tank there is it also, specially very heavy under the foam material on the tube, where the water goes up into the rucksack filter.

Perhaps there lives micro food for the larves? And it’s special in sour water/black water?
The (I know now it’s the bigger one) male has chosen the place for his “camping” perhaps because there in the corner comes most of the food with the slow water stream, an beside is a jungle of Java moss where the little fish can hide.

[john walsh]

This white structure is a fungal structure associated with live yeast. It is harmsless in my experience, and when it has occurred on the aquarium glass, you can notice over a couple of days that it moves up towards the source of light.

[Dorothee Jöllenbeck-Pfeffel]

Hello!
Now I came back from one week vacation – I had thought there would be big trouble – because my fish sitter wasn’t able to care for the naupliae – he didn’t want to do what I told him, he tried to be creative but didn’t understand right ….

But all my Paros are in a good condition – even the babies… I see one in the tank with the parents, and – that was a little bit trouble – I found five of them back the math filter ….
So I took them out in a rucksack breeding tank (the water comes by a bubble pump from the parents tank into the breeding tank and goes out like a little waterfall in the parents tank) to feed them well. But all don’t look as if they had starved … perhaps the fish sitter was paniced more than necessary or in a “used” tank is enough mini-living food to breed offspring (even behind the filter math, I just can’t believe it!)…..

And the youngs seem to grow rather quick … :S :side: :unsure:

[Dorothee Jöllenbeck-Pfeffel]

Hello jalmj,
I think the white structure is not fungus, but, as some other people here said, Bryozoa. They even are wandering from place to place, as described in the www. at several sites 😉

[Tautvilas Laureckis]

Yes, it can be.. :whistle: Amazing creatures!

[Dorothee Jöllenbeck-Pfeffel]

Its amazing how quick the offspring grow!
The eldest one(s) will soon confuse me looking if they are the young or the adults …

They will soon move in my new linkei offspring tank, than I can make my personal census 😉 for I don’t like to disturb my fish, I am never shure how many they real are … 😉 and Paros are specialists in hiding … 😉 (my Spaerichtys selatanensis are building each day a queue so that I can count all eight of them … couldn’t the Paros learn that too? 😛 :silly: )

[Dorothee Jöllenbeck-Pfeffel]

Here three photos of my linkei babies, they are not really shy. (the offspring of the phoenicurus are still as shy as the parents … )

[Dorothee Jöllenbeck-Pfeffel]

Hello!

I have again made an interesting observation – but perhaps it is just alder cone with sand and Bryozoa … the little Paros seem to like it for eating ….

Here you see:

[Dorothee Jöllenbeck-Pfeffel]

Now 20 juvenile P. linkei have moved into their new 40x60x30 tank!
There are still about 5 small juveniles left in the parents tank, I guess some very small ones are still hiding, and the male is going on breeding 😉

My linkei make an intensive extensive breeding 🙂 .
And the offspring have a good filled little stomach. Of course I make each week 50% water change, but the EC is about 30 µS/cm. So it seems that there is not too much pollution caused by too much living food.

I think I will leave two of the bigger young females in that breeding tank, so I have for every male two females.

The others shall grow together in their juvenile tank and I wonder how many male offspring there will be. The first offspring were female (those two who are already rather grown up).

[Dorothee Jöllenbeck-Pfeffel]

Some new photos:

This is the oldest and biggest male:

This one has hidden till he became a beautiful little prince, and is now heavily courted by an adult female, he still is a bit shy 😉

[Dorothee Jöllenbeck-Pfeffel]

Three guys in interaction – there are now two male more in the parents tank than I planned – the little prince was hidden and I guess that I had mistaken a male for a female ….

And the fourth guy is again camping … this photos are not very sharp, I know, but they tell a story … 😉

[Dorothee Jöllenbeck-Pfeffel]

And now my new swarmfish – called P.linkei 😉 all juveniles in their new tank:

[Dorothee Jöllenbeck-Pfeffel]

Now the lady who courts the young prince:

oh … 😳 who finds written mistakes can keep them …. :blush:

and here again:

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