BJT20130706
Spawn naming convention: BJT = Brenton & Jodi Tomlinson + date in reverse
Using the date in reverse allows me to list the dates chronologically easier.
Below is my first attempt at listing expectations for a spawn. I now know they are wrong, and more importantly, why they are wrong.
Expectations:
Some green, some turquoise, possibly red, steel, and/or blue
CT’s with close to HM finnage.
Goals: to get a better green, reduce red seen in green fins,
move towards a half sun tail, and/or look for curved rays to aim for King CT.
2013-07-06 Female released after male built lovely bubblenest overnight.
Seemed to warm to each other, female took interest in nest. Male ended up
chasing her off and subduing her in a corner. Female fins clamped. Put female
back in separation tube before bedtime.
2013-07-07 Female released early morning. We went out, returned some hours later to find tables turned. Male subdued at opposite end to nest. Female under nest, destroying bubbles. Closer inspection of male revealed he’d taken heavy damage.
Male removed to ER. Female removed to barracks.
Lilly looking ready and interested
Lilly trailing around behind Herman - vertical breeding stripes showing
The happy couple promenading...where did it all go wrong?
After we returned home, we found this:
Why?
I think Lilly is a little older than Herman or any of the other girls. I think I should have known this by her being so much bigger than the other females. In fairness, I did ask the person I purchased her from but got no reply.
It's also possible there is something a little off with Herman. He has a ventral fin slowly turning inwards and becoming white. He underwent treatment in quarantine when he first arrived but it has since got worse, so he will now undergo further treatment, possibly with antibiotics.
The Munster line is currently on hold :(
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