Andy Sager
Aquarium Advice Addict
I can't wait for the day when I can stop saying " Oh Crap, another spawn probably not going to make it. " Sadly, the Silver's spawn is dead on the slate. So no new info there. Most of the 1/2 black #3's spawn is dead on the bottom of the tank. There are still a few fry hanging on but who knows what will come of them. ( edit: They spawned again tonight but I am going to leave them to parent raise? ) The spawn from yesterday is still hanging in there but i see more dead eggs today as the day went on. Not much hope for that one either. Then, I had a spawn in a tank where I had put my stud Black male in with a variety of 4 proven and most likely females. Today, the smallest of the bunch spawned with the male. Well, Black lace & Black should, in the future, lead to some interesting babies. since he has proven that he could spawn successfully with only a 7 day rest, I may just keep the group together and put up the divider only when I see action on the slate and see what comes from all that.
On a separate note, I had removed the divider in the 30 with all the Black Lace veils as I was concerned I didn't separate the right pair from the other fish. Today, I got to see the tubes of both fish I had separated and they are in fact a male & female. So hopefully they will start breeding more regularly once I move them into their own breeder tank. ( edit: they spawned tonight before I moved them. )
As for the Plecos, I did get 5 of the eggs to hatch but 1 of the fry appears to have died upon hatching. It is out of the shell and with a full yolk sac but it looked white before it was completely hatched and definitely white ( dead while not albino white) now that the egg mass is removed. So I ended up with 4 for now. At least it wasn't a total bust. I could always use 4 more.
On a separate note, I had removed the divider in the 30 with all the Black Lace veils as I was concerned I didn't separate the right pair from the other fish. Today, I got to see the tubes of both fish I had separated and they are in fact a male & female. So hopefully they will start breeding more regularly once I move them into their own breeder tank. ( edit: they spawned tonight before I moved them. )
As for the Plecos, I did get 5 of the eggs to hatch but 1 of the fry appears to have died upon hatching. It is out of the shell and with a full yolk sac but it looked white before it was completely hatched and definitely white ( dead while not albino white) now that the egg mass is removed. So I ended up with 4 for now. At least it wasn't a total bust. I could always use 4 more.