Bristol Shubunkin (Wolf) 11/25/11 New Moon Spawn

The group

From afar

Male

Male

Female

Female

Squeezed onto grass

Incubated in a basin floating in adult tank

From a distance

Secondary Spawn the next day (11/26/11) using the rest of the females

Hatching in 2 days @ 74F

A hit of methylene blue to knock back the microbes

Midnight x Bristol (Wolf) 1st spawn

Bristol Shubunkin (Parker x Wolfe) 6/11/11

Bristol Shubunkin (Parker x Wolf) 6/11/11 spawn.

Raised in a 100 gallon Rubbermaid.

Sorting.

Side view

Top view

Close up

Bristol Shubunkin (Wolf) 8/4/11

Bristol Shubunkin Apogee poly mop spawn 7/21/11 (hatched 7/23/11

This is a natural in tank spawn of Bristol Shubunkins (Wolf).  It took place on 7/21/11 which was one week past the full moon, and was when the moon reached Apogee, which is when the moon is the furthest from the earth in it's elliptical orbit.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/moon

Mop loaded with eggs.

The spawn was incubated in a floating tub with light aeration.  Hatched in 72 hours.  There were very few infertile egg and 500 to 1,000 fry.  After they had hatched the mop needed to be removed as it took up most of the space in the tub.  The mop was slowly removed shaking it lightly as it was removed.  It was then transferred to a new tub of water to look for any stragglers.  There were a total of 5 fry trapped in the polymop.

The mop floating in the spawning tank.

Make your own Countdown Clocks

Bristol Shubunkin (Wolf) 6/24/11 spawn III

One week old post spawn.  3rd Wolf spawn.  Petri dish and Polymop.
Fry are highly phototrophic swarming the light of my iphone.

Incubated in a one gallon cage with air, raised in a floating tub with

 manual water changes, into 20 long at one week from spawn.

Bristol Shubunkins (Wolf) 6/17/11 mass IVF 10 days old

Bristol Shubunkin (Wolf ox strain) 3 Calico females x 1 Matte and 1 Calico Males Squeeze 6/17/11

I'll post the other fish when I get a few pictures.

 

Bristol Shubunkin (Metalic Parker x Matte Wolf) 6/11/11

Saw spawning activity this morning so I squeezed her in to a petri dish and grabbed a matte male from the Wolf OX strain.  Should result in a good outcross (OX) and give 100% calicos.

Female metallic (Parker Strain)

Male Matte (Wolf ox strain)

Hatched:

Bristol Shubunkin (Wolf ox strain) Calico x Matte Squeeze

Female who was spawning.

Her Pinky Matte suiter. A large strong male for a pinky matte.  Much larger than the other pinky mattes in the the group.

Here they are when they were much younger.


Hatched: 

 

Better Bristol Shubunkin (Wolf OX Strain)

Their tails are starting to fill out.  I think the tails should have a lot of black as it makes them stand out.

A nice female.

My favorite.

Here's what the Pinky Mattes look like.

Here is the folder with all the pictures of this group.

Bristol Shubunkins

A good friend from the Breeder's Social just sent me a dozen young of year Bristol Shubunkins.

The pinky mattes won't be very cold hardy but they are so beautiful especially with the bristol tail, they'll stay in for the winter.

I believe these are a couple generations from the original import and may have been outcrossed at least once for vigor. It's great to see you can recover the heart shaped tail.

They're a bit shy from the flash but you can see the heart shaped Bristol tail.