One Eyed Eureaka Jake

[Seedy]

Here's my young breeder Eureaka...He just keeps getting prettier...

The story behind him is that I went into my LFS to get a breeding colony of peacocks...I was only going to start with 1m and 3females....the brightest colored juvie in the tank was one eye, and as the name implies, he has physical damage to one of his eyes....So pointing him out to the LFS owner's spouse (who had allready noticed him) she offered him to me for free....well, as we went to scoop him out he made a leap to the tile floor, from the top tank tier...I scooped him up and threw him in the bag figureing "what the heck...he's a freebie"...Needless to say, he is now the best colored male out of the batch I bought...so he is now my breeder...Considering that he is still coloring up, I'm quite pleased with him, and his offspring are tending to be "early color-uppers" as well!

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Here is one of the "Moms"
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And the end result!
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[Tobeannounced]

Is the mom holding in that shot?

[Seedy]

Originally posted by Tobeannounced
Is the mom holding in that shot?

Just some brine shrimp she just ate...

If you don't mind me asking....any meaning to your rainbow TBA?

[Tobeannounced]

people are people why negotate based on sex

BTW im a womon (woman for the non feminist)

[Seedy]

Originally posted by Tobeannounced
people are people why negotate based on [Gender]


Well I've got some
PRIDE
Here! :wink:

[z rock]

Those Jakes are a nice lookin fish.I've tried keepin jakes 2-3 times.One was a complete nut job and a couple more jumped out the back of the tank.They like being the top dog or they just get all tore up.

I ordered a pair of Protomelas Taiwan Reefs from Armke's once, $100 with shipping.I dumped them in a bucket to acclimatize and the male flopped out on the grass and got all covered in dirt.Oddly enough he also banged up an eye a few months later.I kept him a couple years till he banged the other eye and couldn't see to eat.I only got one batch of fry out of those two.Plus one multipunctatus catfish!I still have 5 the yunguns and mom out in the shop so it worked out well in the long run.

[Seedy]

********UPDATE********

Here he is all growed up!
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Here's a close up of his eye...
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[OwassoFish]

Wow!!! You really had a great picture night!

[Seedy]

Originally posted by OwassoFish
Wow!!! You really had a great picture night!

Thanks...I had today off, and litterally stayed up all night playing with the camera....