Yeahh, my first zebra spawn!!

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Yeahh, my first zebra spawn!!

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Hi all,

Yesterday my very first fry hatched from my zebra's :D
Because this species is my favorite of all hypancistrus I'm over the moon :mrgreen: It took me nearly exactly 1 year to get them to spawn. I bought the (now breeding) wc pair on the 10th of september last year, added some more on the 16th of september this year and 3 weeks later they had spawned for me 8) Absolutely great!!!

I found 6 eggs yesterday at the back of the cave. Dad had left them and I was scared an other zebra would go in the cave and eat them. So I put them in a fry trap. 4 Didn't survive, mostly due to not getting out of their egg shell.... :( So yesterday I helped the last 2 that were still alive. They survived the night and are still doing fine this afternoon, so I'm confident they will live now :D

Here are my first baby pictures 8)

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Congratulations! Hopefully future spawns will be bigger and have higher survival rates.
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Good work!

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Well done - we look forward to bigger & more successful spawns now you've cracked it :D :thumbsup:
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Congratulation! Cute little buggers!
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superb :thumbsup:
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Congrats on your Zebra plec spawning Jac,great pics of the fry too :thumbsup:
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Congratulations. Breeding anything for the first time is exciting but Zebras are always extra special! :thumbsup:
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Thanks all :D
Pictures of the fry, 2 days old.

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Hi jac,
That is just great news. :thumbsup:

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Thanks guys :D And John, you're just everywere :mrgreen: Hi!!

Todays picture, 3 days old

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Day 4.

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I read some were about some spikes at the top back end of the head on fry, I think it was the one surviving L240 fry of Havard Stoere. Taking the pictures of my zebra fry I could see the same spikes. Do all fry have these and do we know what the reason is for these?
Here a picture were you can see them:

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Goodness, they grow fast. Well done Jac! :thumbsup:
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Thanks Marc!

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Day 6.

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Day 7.

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Congratulations jac!
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They look great! I like the daily pictures!
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Sorry, skipt day 8... But here's day 9.

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Day 10.

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