Mattzilla Posted October 8, 2010 Share Posted October 8, 2010 Hi I bought this pigeon blood pair about 6 months ago and they have not shown a single sign of spawning until about 2 weeks ago i put an indian almond leaf in their tank.... well that changed everything! they spawn within about 48 hours of the leaf going in and have spawned 3 times in total now. they have spawned every 5 days which is in really quick succession. the first spawn i got a few wrigglers, so i know they are fertile, but the male is usually more interested in snacking on eggs instead of doing his job the second spawn i interrupted them then accidentally turned their light off (to pitch black) half way through so that resulted in nothing. tonight they spawn again within half an hour of being moved to another tank. i thought i'd take a couple of quick videos to share. i'm not expecting this spawn to make it because the male didn't do his job again... i guess he needs more practice and then he'll get it right i recommend watching them in the higher resolution you tube offers pre spawn cleaning, 'shimmying' and dry run starting to spawn end of spawn (lots of eggs missing cause male was snacking the whole time) your comments are welcomed cheers matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robfishfan Posted October 8, 2010 Share Posted October 8, 2010 leave them alone if they are young , they will get it right , if not after a month you might need a new male . but mine did the same then it was all good . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raycam01_au Posted October 8, 2010 Share Posted October 8, 2010 awesome looking fish matey once they start all good fromt here, Indian almond leaves are gr8 i have heard, have a little friend into betta's etc, using them, good luck ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2os4sds Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 Great videos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batty Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 What does the almond leaf do ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingtiger Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 What does the almond leaf do ? They lower the PH and taning your water if you add alot like me. They also said to provide natural healing to the fish. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nanikjava Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 Beautiful pigeon blood you got there Matt. Cheers mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattzilla Posted October 13, 2010 Author Share Posted October 13, 2010 thanks for the kind words! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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