Colfish Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 hi all well, it's third time lucky!, pr #3 have fired, i now have a nest full of fry. the male's flat out keeping them up in the nest i left the f/male in the tank for 24hrs, just to be sure she had finished laying eggs. she had taken a fair beating, but she was still very quick getting away from the male, i put her in a small tank to recover the eggs took 48 hrs to hatch, temp 26/28. now the work begins for me, keeping them going. i have 2 bbs hatcheries in rotation, just to be sure! oh well, fingers crossed. cheers; Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 Good luck mate, this is the hardest part. With the correct food you should be right as long as ya don't pollute the water . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anchar Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 Now the hard part comes Col. Keep up the food supply without polluting the water. The male will need to come out in a few days too. Good luck...it's always fun seeing the colours as they develop. Andrea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colfish Posted December 21, 2005 Author Share Posted December 21, 2005 yeh the male got evicted 2 days later, i'm sure he was only doing his job as 'mr mom' but, take no chance eh! i tried doing a small water change using a 4mm tube, but i got more fry than rubbish, so it all went back in the tank, i'll wait untill they are bigger plenty of b/s hatching, i'm feeding sparingly 4 times daily fingers crossed, thanks for the help. cheers; Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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