My Mother who is visiting from NC, discoverd a fry in my Tanganyikan tank today! I thought she had seen some kind of aquatic bug that had somehow gotten into the tank. But lo and behold, there was a fry. Upon closer inspection there was a single fry about an 1/8 inch flittering around in the slate I used to make caves. It is a crossbred between my Julidochromis Marlieri and my Julidochromis Transcriptus. I thought I had gotten a single male of both when I bought them. Well I guess not, huh. Anyway being that I though It was a bug of some sort, the fry is now affectionately refered to as Bug. He/she looks very strong and not deformed in anyway, so if he/she makes it I guess I'll have one extra tanganyikan in the 66gal.
Unexpectant father!
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I have read that transcriptus gombi is considered a dwarf marlieri so the cross is not entirely unknown.
Well cool to have fry Paul but julies are usually damn good parents, have they not been defending a territory avidly since pairing up? I have transcriptus fry myself at the moment, they are secret spawners but in every other fish's face if they come near their cave.
Well cool to have fry Paul but julies are usually damn good parents, have they not been defending a territory avidly since pairing up? I have transcriptus fry myself at the moment, they are secret spawners but in every other fish's face if they come near their cave.
heh thats cool 
I was upset with my lfs guy because he wouldn't sell me just one female guppy "I can only sell them in pairs!" so I bought a pair. Then after I let them loose in the tank and was watching them....I realized that the "male" he gave me is actually a FEMALE! lol I asked a few different people and they agreed...so now I'm not mad at the lfs anymore cuz I got what I wanted w/o them knowing. (course I don't know why I didn't notice it was a female at the store...guess her tail is just bigger than most females and she's younger so not fat like a lot of females)
I was upset with my lfs guy because he wouldn't sell me just one female guppy "I can only sell them in pairs!" so I bought a pair. Then after I let them loose in the tank and was watching them....I realized that the "male" he gave me is actually a FEMALE! lol I asked a few different people and they agreed...so now I'm not mad at the lfs anymore cuz I got what I wanted w/o them knowing. (course I don't know why I didn't notice it was a female at the store...guess her tail is just bigger than most females and she's younger so not fat like a lot of females)
