dk77 Posted June 14, 2009 Report Share Posted June 14, 2009 Well my tang tank has begun to go crazy, my leleupi, black calvus, and cyprichromis have all begun breeding. The crypichromis spit out/ swallowed her eggs after the first attempt, but I have a feeling more will be comming soon. The calvus are guarding a shell and am pretty sure they bred yesterday. The leleupis are holed up in the texas holey rock guarding it like mad, I can't see into their cave to see the babies, but I know they are in there. With that being said I have a few questions for anyone with experience breeding these fish: 1) Should I move the calvus shell into a new 10gal tank, or should I move it to a floating nursery? and around what day should I move it? I have read day 4 is a good time? 2) I have heard it is easy to stress the cyprichromis by moving her, so same question as above: should I put her into a floating nursery to spit or should I move her to her own tank to spit? I have no experience with stripping and would like to avoid that if at all possible. Does 18 days seem like a reasonable time to move her? There is no way for me to get to the leleupis without ripping apart the tank, so I think they will become food for everyone. Thanks in advance for any help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dk77 Posted June 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2009 (edited) Quick update: I left the calvus shell in main tank for a few days, then moved it (without female) to a floating nursery without actually seeing any eggs, I just noticed that when the female ventured out she seemed much smaller in the belly. Yesterday I finally noticed some wigglers comming out of the shell and hanging around in the floating nursery, they look so strange, my girlfriend says they look like little sperm . I wish I had my camera to take some pics . The plan is to move them to a 10gal tank once the yolk is used up. I'll keep you posted. DK Edited June 27, 2009 by dk77 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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