dpaul Posted December 28, 2004 Report Share Posted December 28, 2004 Sorry about the pic-best I could get...at approx. 4 days the eggs still look good, and the male is very protective of them...he immediately covers the eggs when I approach..David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABwildrose Posted December 29, 2004 Report Share Posted December 29, 2004 Wow, that is great. Good luck with them. Have you managed to raise any before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpaul Posted December 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2004 nope...I've had the adults for about 6 months, and this is the first spawn...I've raised a number of bristlenose spawns though, not to mention angels and discus-so I'm not too worried about raising the fry once they've done their part...David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpaul Posted December 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2004 First wiggler toescape from the cave-they're hatching!! David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABwildrose Posted December 29, 2004 Report Share Posted December 29, 2004 he is cute!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallisneria Posted December 29, 2004 Report Share Posted December 29, 2004 That is really cool. Great pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpaul Posted December 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2004 thanks They're slowly escaping from the cave...I've got 7 in a breeder basket, and there's still a LOT in the cave...here's another pic...David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABwildrose Posted December 29, 2004 Report Share Posted December 29, 2004 will he still try to protect them for a little while? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpaul Posted December 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2004 I'm not sure...he's doing a good job of protecting some...one of the other QA's in the tank keep's trying to get into the cave, and in the act of ejecting the "visitor" I think he dislodged some...He's very attentive to the remaining ones...I'm kindof glad some were dislodged-now I have some in the cave and some in the basket, so I don't have 'all my eggs in one basket' so-to-speak...And I can snap pics of the ones in the breeder basket as they develop/grow/color up, without disturbing him anymore..David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokey Posted December 29, 2004 Report Share Posted December 29, 2004 David;> great accomplishment. What will you use to feed the fry[?]. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpaul Posted December 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2004 thx Smokey, I'll probably start with bbs and sinking carnivore tablets-they're already pretty big, so their size alone will likely expand my options<---I won't have to choose things that are practically microscopic because the fry are.. david Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garhan Posted December 29, 2004 Report Share Posted December 29, 2004 Great accomplishment. I really like to see this kind of thing. Could you let us in on how you achieved the spawn for your fish. I.e. temp, water parameters, triggers etc..If it is a secret ,I would definitely understand. Cheers Garhan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpaul Posted December 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 A secret?? hahahaha...no...that wouldn't be fair if I kept it a secret... "The male has had a female trapped in a cave off and on(she left 3 times) for the last week...Dec 24 I guess they spawned...the eggs look MASSIVE!! much bigger than bristlenose eggs...the tank: 50 gallon, bare bottom, with 3 of those caves made out of slate tiles siliconed together and a piece of dritwood...there's an AC300 pushing water the length of the tank, an air-driven sponge filter, and also a powerhead attached to a sponge filter pushing water the length of the tank...4 females and 2 males in the tank...the females have been very gravid for quite a while,(3 still are) so if this spawn isn't fertile, I'm sure there's more eggs where that came from... I had been doing water changes once a week with RO for a while, and finally decided to bump the parameters back up for a while and then start again...I did a big water change with regular tap, and soon after they started hanging out in the cave together...I believe Barbie said she's had spawns like that, where just the change makes them spawn, not necessarily a change of lower hardness... So, those are the details...I guess it'll be a few days before they become wigglers, if they're going to hatch...I'll probably notice the movement in the cave if they do hatch-or the lack of eggs if they don't and he eats them..." ... <<---cut and paste from another post of mine somewhere else..At this point I've got 10 wigglers in the breeder basket, and a whole bunch still being cared for by the male... the temp is 82,(it was as high as 86 at times while conditioning them to spawn) the water is dechlorinated tap water with a ph in the high 7's, and a conductivity/tds( I can't remember which my meter is) of about 400--to me it's basically regular tap... I've had the fish for over 6 months and basically spent most of that conditioning them with tons of food and trying to figure out whether I had males and females...there are 6 fish in the tank(and a couple bristlenose fry as cleaning crew) 2 males and 4 females... I don't want to ramble on too much, if I missed something just ask... i think the biggest thing about getting some of the harder L#'s to breed is time...once the females are gravid with eggs, if the males aren't ready(sexually mature) you have no choice but to wait...and wait...all 4 of the females are gravid-I'm guessing the other male will eventually step up to the plate or they will breed with the current breeding male.. David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokey Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 Thank you for sharing your expierence with us. VERY Much appreciated :thumbs: Be sure too keep us updated on the fry's journey_ great pics; btw :bow: Smokey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpaul Posted December 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 Be sure too keep us updated on the fry's journey Thanks Smokey-I will... I'm pretty excited about the whole thing-I'll be taking alot of pictures as they grow..David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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