Well, I don't know what went wrong, but the fry is gone. I think they must have been eaten by the parents or by my Chinese algae eaters. Or the water quality wasn't what it should be, since I treated my tank for
cyano 2 weeks ago with half the dose of medecine that the package told me. I have not yet added carbon to the filter to remove the medecine, although I have done 2 water changes since then.
My 2 keyhole cichlids (mom and dad), are now enemies. They are chasing eachother, pecking at eachothers scales (which came off on both of them and got eaten by the chaser), biting eachothers fins, you name it, they do it......
I have no room to seperate them, so I'm going to let them have their quarrel. They have enough hiding places if it gets too rough, but it doesn't look like it will get out of hand. The male has 'won' and the female is back to her 'dominated' behaviour, as she was before they had their first batch of eggs.
Better luck next time I guess. I am dissapointed, but hey, not the end of the world, right?
I will get me a test kit soon to see if my water parameters are okey. Didn't need one before, but now I do have the urge to check them and see if anythings wrong on that level. Although I don't think so, since I've bred my white clouds and honey gouramis in the same water.
Blucat, It's not that hard to have fry, as long as you start with a simple specie, DON'T overstock your tank, and do your weekly water changes. Alongside that it is always good to have some easy growing plants, they are almost always beneficial to your water quality. And offcourse buy your fish from a store that keeps them healthy and without disease.
I'll keep you updated on my attempts once I have free swimming fry. I'm not going to keep bothering you with eggs that hatch or not and fry that get's eaten after day 1.
congrats!!
