Slayers Zonatus

Yesterday when I got home from work I noticed my female Zonatus was fanning a rock and Male close by defending her. Looked closer and they had spawned.

These are pics of the fish from last week​

Pics of the eggs on the rock
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nice but looks like the rock i gave u lol

just keep a eye on the them may be come war in the tank

 

Only 4 fish in the tank. The female is now protecting the eggs herself. She is doing a wonderful job. Hope they hatch. @rednox I'm sure I got the rock from you. Thanks buddy.

 

nice one

 

So the eggs hatched yesterday about 10:20am. I was lucky enough to watch them hatch. The parents are doing an excellent job. They moved the little wrigglers under the rock. I'm so excited.

 

Cool please do keep us posted

 

I wonder where you got those?

Happy for you bud.

 

just watch the other fish in the tank they can loose bad and fast

 

+1 top dog they may not be as bad as they r cross breed with a red head vieja. zonatus is must more bad ass then a red head vieja but yaall the best good luck

 

u can if u want say u have a vieja hybrid. lol

 

are these batch @Michael11 bred
they grew up pretty, remember them having alot more red in the tails
I must say hybrids normally more agro than pure fish

 

that to lol

 

So this morning the fry are free swimming and the parents are working hard to keep them in a little cave in the rock. Cant wait to get home and watch them.

 

Some pics of the free swimming fry

 

Anybody interested in buying the fry. They about 25-30mm currently. I would accept R10 a pop.

 

Nice @slayer only saw this thread now, well done and congrats!

 

+1 those zonatus r awesome

 

To me it looks like they have more Vieja synspila to them then zonatus, any way nice going slayer.