Finally got around to actually cleaning up the Fishroom. The new male barracks are in and currently three boys are getting used to their new accommodation. It needs some live plants but I'm still organising that.
I now have two empty grow out tanks. I need to get some more Bristle nose catfish so the plants will continue to be nourished by fish waste...need to work on that over the next couple of weeks.
The third growout only has four F1 CTPK left in it (along with the resident BN). They look like they may all be female so I'm thinking they can stay in there for now.
The Black Orchid CT x Black Marble HMPK spawn is still doing wonderfully well. I have a couple of fry ahead of the growth chart curve, and the rest not far behind. Conservatively 40+ fry are still swimming around in there.
The White Marble Dragon HMPK x Turquoise CT spawn seems to have stabilised at around 30+ fry. I have two quite large fry in there but the rest remain a little on the small size. At least it seems I'm no longer removing large numbers of dead fry.
I've put Ghost back in the spawn tank with my possibly male/possibly female yellow CT. Some breeders with a lot more experience than I have suggested the yellow could be male, but I have nagging doubts that it has failed three times in the past due to my conditioning techniques. So, they've been completely de-conditioned and isolated. I've then re-setup the spawn tank, fed the pair on frozen blood worm for a week, and reintroduced them. Ghost has built a large nest and the yellow CT is showing appropriate interest and submission. If it doesn't work out soon - I'll call it a bust.
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