JRagg
Aquarium Advice FINatic
Last night I did some much needed pruning and other tank maintenance. I generally only do 30% water changes since the bucket I use is 4 gallons and I have a 10g tank, but last night I decided to do a 50% because the KH has been creeping up (my substrate is calcite, whoops).
Well I wake up this morning and go to feed my fish and notice that they’re hanging out in a place they’ve never spent time in before. They were in a little spot between some driftwood and java fern. So while they were eating I took a look back there and noticed about 20-30 eggs. Bonnie (my female) went back in there after eating and started laying more. She has completely changed colors from a brown to almost a yellowish brown color. I’ll try to get some pictures tonight, but the location of the eggs (in combination with my junky camera) is going to result in some pretty bad pictures.
I’m pretty excited because my male has been doing the dance since the moment I put the female in. I’m surprised that they’ve started up this quick. I’ve only had her in there for about a month. Unfortunately with this batch of eggs I’m going to have to let nature take its course. There’s a chance that some will make it, but I’m not real optimistic. I’m getting married in two weeks and will be out of town for two weeks (total) for the wedding and the honeymoon. I don’t really expect the guy that is going to feed them to try to take care of fry, but since the Apistos are the only fish in the tank there may be a chance to see a couple of wrigglers before I head out of town (in about 10 days).
I’ll keep updates posted.
Well I wake up this morning and go to feed my fish and notice that they’re hanging out in a place they’ve never spent time in before. They were in a little spot between some driftwood and java fern. So while they were eating I took a look back there and noticed about 20-30 eggs. Bonnie (my female) went back in there after eating and started laying more. She has completely changed colors from a brown to almost a yellowish brown color. I’ll try to get some pictures tonight, but the location of the eggs (in combination with my junky camera) is going to result in some pretty bad pictures.
I’m pretty excited because my male has been doing the dance since the moment I put the female in. I’m surprised that they’ve started up this quick. I’ve only had her in there for about a month. Unfortunately with this batch of eggs I’m going to have to let nature take its course. There’s a chance that some will make it, but I’m not real optimistic. I’m getting married in two weeks and will be out of town for two weeks (total) for the wedding and the honeymoon. I don’t really expect the guy that is going to feed them to try to take care of fry, but since the Apistos are the only fish in the tank there may be a chance to see a couple of wrigglers before I head out of town (in about 10 days).
I’ll keep updates posted.