A Rare Site Indeed

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  1. Elliot

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    So am off sick for the next few days..... With this I deside to get out of bed and see what my fish are up to so I grab my blanket and pluk my self in the chair.

    Not long after my Taiwan Reef is chasing the females all over the show and shaking like someone been electricuted....lol Eventually one of the females started to circle around the male as he shook, then with out warning she began to spew out orange like eggs....

    As she spewed them out he would shake over them and she would take them back into her mouth. This was really and awesome experience for me something I thought I'd never see... Now am really looking forward the fry
     
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    Hey! Congrats. Dont have a clue what a Taiwan reef is. . .but it sounds awesome.

    Post pics of fry when they arrive!

    Rgds

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    Elliot

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    Thanks Marco ill try to post some pics of my male for you....
     
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    @Marco - Its most probably a Copadichromis steveni - Taiwan Reef... One of the pretiest Malawis in my opinion...

    Congrats @Elliot - we dont often get to see our Malawis spawn...
     
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    @azurekoi

    Giving me that long complicated name. . .helps nothing! Haha. You know me by now. But at least now I know its from Malawi

    Marco
     
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    azurekoi Loaches & Gobies

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    @Marco He,he mate - knew full well what I was doing....just pulling your leg,but at least now you can Google it....lol
     
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    Very nice fish indeed. I tried to post a pic but it wouldn't.
     
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    Congrats on the spawning must have been awesome to watch.
     
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    ja u dont often here of malawis spawning,congrats.the place where i buy my mutton bunnies in mayfair has a tank with malawis,a lot of those yellow ones duno what they called anyway last time time was there,the tank was full of small ones they must have bred,little bit of useless information :) congrats again
     
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    hi Elliot

    Congrats my friend, you gonna be dad soon.
     
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    Awesomness! Guess it pays to be sick sometimes!
     
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