Lines, spawns and fin genetics
6 members · founded by @inkfinDid a big cool water change on the panda tank this morning and by lunch there were eggs everywhere on the glass. Pic below of the cluster. Parents have eaten clutches before when I left them, so I'm leaning toward picking them off into a tub with a drop of methylene blue. How do you all handle it, any trick for getting them off the glass without squishing them?
Wigglers are fully free swimming now and cleaning up the spirulina paste fine, but I keep seeing them nip at the edge of a flake crumb. Is there any point switching to crushed flake yet or do I stay on spirulina and blanched veg another couple weeks? Not trying to foul the tub.
Quick update from the split. Tub A (19) is picking at wafer harder and a couple look visibly fatter than the B group. Both tubs tested zero ammonia this morning like finandfry said. Pic below of the shelf. Is a size difference this early normal or should I be moving the big ones out?
Still 37, all pink and picking at zucchini and crushed wafer now. The tub is getting a little crowded for the size of it, though water stays clear with the daily small change. Pic below of the shelf setup. Is it too early to split them into two tubs, or do I wait until they are a couple weeks old?
Promised a day 3 update so here it is. Colors are noticeably darker and the turquoise lines are sharper than when they were on sand with bright glare. Nobody is hiding anymore and they all hit the beefheart at the front glass. Still doing 50 percent each evening. Only oddity is one fish keeps flashing against the elbow, going to watch it a couple more days before I think about anything.
Thinking of bidding on finandfry's black lace pair. I have a 40 breeder with a single piece of slate leaning on the glass. Is one piece enough for a proven pair or do they fight over spots? Also the tank has a couple of adult cories in it, would that be a problem during a spawn?
Most of the 37 are off the cave floor now and doing laps, yolk sacs are tiny. Tried a pinch of crushed spirulina wafer in a drop of tank water this evening and a few of them went straight for it. Pic below of the tub. Going to pipette out whatever is left in an hour like shrimplord said. Still 37, no more pale ones.
One of the bristlenose babies let go of the clump and is doing laps around the tub. Yolk sac is about half gone. Still 37 total, all pink. Is it too early to try a tiny bit of spirulina or do I wait until they're all up off the floor? pic below of the tub.
cave is in the 10 gallon tub with a sponge filter, wigglers are all clustered on the cave floor with their yolk sacs, pic below of the clump. I count roughly 40 so far. Is some loss in the first week just normal, and do I do water changes at all while they're on yolk or leave them completely alone?
quick update on the cave from the other day. eggs have gone a darker orange and the male hasn't left once, i've seen him eat nothing. is it normal for him to fast the whole time? i dropped a wafer by the cave opening but he ignores it. pic below of the cluster.
Spawn went well this morning, male is back in his jar and she is torn up a bit but alive. I usually do small live food feedings twice a day for a week. Curious what others use to get a female back in shape, especially if she's lost weight.
Got a 14 month old male who's thrown two good spawns and a female about 5 months. She's barred up nicely and rounds out on live food. Is it better to wait until she's older or is that age fine if she's well conditioned? Mostly worried about egg binding.
I have a jar setup with a clear divider between a male and a female I'm thinking of pairing eventually. She flares constantly, he mostly ignores her. Is this just normal courtship or should I be looking at something else before I try a spawn? Not rushing, just want to read the signs right.
Room temps are dropping here and my spawning tubs are sitting at 25C with a small heater. Wondering if you run warmer for conditioning or just for the actual spawn. Heaters in small tubs make me nervous too.
Tubs are filled, plants are floating, the daphnia culture is rolling. White clouds and medaka go out next week. Best part of summer, fight me.
