crazyred
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I should have started this a week ago but better late than never:
*Sunday, August 27th: my rams laid a bunch of eggs on a leaf on an amazon plant in my planted 55 gallon SA-type tank. This is their tird spawn, but previous two were not successful.
*Monday, August 28th: all eggs still there Mom & Pop Ram guarding fiercly...fending off tetras, angels, platies and Apistos
*Tuesday, August 29th: Noticeable color change with the eggs this morning with them turning from a whitish color to a more tan color. By noon I can see the embryo in the eggs and by 5:30 the eggs starting moving on the leaf. Mom & Pop were trying furiously to keep them up on the leaf, but it was not working.
Quickly, I evacuated my 10 gallon ACF tank and took out everything including all water & gravel. I cut a sponge to fit over the filter intake and put in a more efficient heater. I then carefully snapped the amazon sword leaf off of the plant and put it in a submerged cup of water. I hand drained 10 gallons of water out of my 55 and put it in my newly cleared 10. I tranferred the leaf into the 10 with very little egg loss. I can still see movement.
*Wednesday, August 30th: eggs still moving all seems well
*Thursday, August 31st: tails now visible, but babies are relying on their egg sacs for food. Most have moved off of the leaf and are squirming around the entire tank bottom.
*Friday September 1: babies start to swim more vigorously almost off the bottom.
*Saturday, Sept. 2: most babies now free swimming throughout the tank (mostly stay at the bottom though) today was 1st feeding of egg yolk
*Sunday-Tuesday Sept. 3-5: still feeding egg yolk.....shooting for twice a day. babies are very cute and very tiny.
I will update often and provide pics when feasable.
*Sunday, August 27th: my rams laid a bunch of eggs on a leaf on an amazon plant in my planted 55 gallon SA-type tank. This is their tird spawn, but previous two were not successful.
*Monday, August 28th: all eggs still there Mom & Pop Ram guarding fiercly...fending off tetras, angels, platies and Apistos
*Tuesday, August 29th: Noticeable color change with the eggs this morning with them turning from a whitish color to a more tan color. By noon I can see the embryo in the eggs and by 5:30 the eggs starting moving on the leaf. Mom & Pop were trying furiously to keep them up on the leaf, but it was not working.
Quickly, I evacuated my 10 gallon ACF tank and took out everything including all water & gravel. I cut a sponge to fit over the filter intake and put in a more efficient heater. I then carefully snapped the amazon sword leaf off of the plant and put it in a submerged cup of water. I hand drained 10 gallons of water out of my 55 and put it in my newly cleared 10. I tranferred the leaf into the 10 with very little egg loss. I can still see movement.
*Wednesday, August 30th: eggs still moving all seems well
*Thursday, August 31st: tails now visible, but babies are relying on their egg sacs for food. Most have moved off of the leaf and are squirming around the entire tank bottom.
*Friday September 1: babies start to swim more vigorously almost off the bottom.
*Saturday, Sept. 2: most babies now free swimming throughout the tank (mostly stay at the bottom though) today was 1st feeding of egg yolk
*Sunday-Tuesday Sept. 3-5: still feeding egg yolk.....shooting for twice a day. babies are very cute and very tiny.
I will update often and provide pics when feasable.