ShootingMinnow
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So I've got four white cloud mountain minnow in my tank, from the looks of it its three females and one male. The male is fairly young, around six - eight months.
Yesterday they were really going for it, the male was flashing his fins and chasing the females who looked really round, rounder than usual! a couple of hours later I noticed they had calmed down quite a bit and the females looked considerably thinner, does this mean they have laid eggs? I cannot see any sign of eggs at all in the tank, they were going through the plants and moss at the bottom as if they were scattering but there is literally no sign of eggs!
I really need to know so that I can get another tank set up and cycled ASAP since the 10 gall just wont be big enough for all of them!
The conditions in the tank were perfect too, about optimum for breeding.
Does anyone have experience of WCM breeding and what the eggs look like? (I know they'll be hard to see but I would have thought I would see something!)
Thanks for any answers in advance!
Yesterday they were really going for it, the male was flashing his fins and chasing the females who looked really round, rounder than usual! a couple of hours later I noticed they had calmed down quite a bit and the females looked considerably thinner, does this mean they have laid eggs? I cannot see any sign of eggs at all in the tank, they were going through the plants and moss at the bottom as if they were scattering but there is literally no sign of eggs!
I really need to know so that I can get another tank set up and cycled ASAP since the 10 gall just wont be big enough for all of them!
The conditions in the tank were perfect too, about optimum for breeding.
Does anyone have experience of WCM breeding and what the eggs look like? (I know they'll be hard to see but I would have thought I would see something!)
Thanks for any answers in advance!