Spawn Log - Giant

[indjo]

I was planning on making this log at the end of this month. But since I'm no longer power growing these guys..... I thought there wouldn't be any difference. Further I will be posting in pieces.

Sorry about the bad pictures from a phone camera. And Sorry about the layout. I tried to make it short and easy to view..... but I just couldn't.

I hope all you giant lovers can learn something from this log..... enjoy

Giant Spawn Log (hatched) 25 July 2011
Tank size : 50g+
Water: 1/3 of tank, aged for about 3 weeks.
Set up: Bare bottom, few plants at one end, covered top at opposite end.

Male – Copper 8 ray PK 5.5cm
Age said to be 4 months
Genetic back ground unknown

Female - platinum 4 ray PK 5.5 cm
Age unknown
Genetic back ground unknown



NOTE: Male was left with the fry (no pictures)
Food: constant supply of live tubifex worms and daphnia
Egg yolk 3 times daily (morning, noon, and late afternoon)
Occasional mosquito larva for the male.

Pic. 3 : 1 week old fry = 3-10mm

Pic. 4 : Fry learning to eat chopped bloodworm


NOTE : Fry are fed every 2-3 hours from 7 am to midnight.

[Gloria]

Hey indjo.. This is SO cool.. Your fry look HUGE :)
Good to finally see a log of yours. I am very interested to see how it will go :)

[Oldfishlady]

Congrats......look forward to watching your fry grow and develop.....

[tpocicat]

I love spawn logs. There's always something new to learn.

[indjo]

Thanks.
TBH this spawn turned out to be a big disappointment. Though the male is a very good father, unfortunately he has a bad genetic background so his fry has poor form .... I bred him to this female 3 times (totally lost the second spawn) - I also bred him to 2 other females; one showed similar results and the last one are still small (thought I totally lost everything until I saw 2 fry a few days ago. Now I see 11 fry- in other words I didn't feed them at all).

The bright side is that I'm beginning to understand more about giants.

[indjo]

Fry 1 month (25 August 2011)
Water ¾ full, installed a water pump 1500 L/hr and external filter.
Size : 70 % approx 2 cm+
Moved 60 smaller fry.


5 weeks old - some are as long as a 4 month old regular female but much thinner.


The Bunch


Most of them were growing at the same rate. Some were extra big but grew almost at the same rate - they didn't out grow the others after the 1 week mark.

[Curlyfatbottom]

nice turn out,
can't wait till summer so i can be producing some nice size spawn.
long daylight with wormy food.
make the fry grow like weed.
im surprise that your fish don't pick on each other since your feeding them bloodworm.

[hotrod57ts]

how meny giant femalesdo you have

[Pewmew]

nice looking fries and fast size growth, I love the sheen to their colors O.o