They've spawned again! Different dad this time, so I don't know if it's a different mum or not.
Anyway. I've kept up small daily waterchanges since th last spawn when the other dad ate all the eggs. Then I left them for a week without waterchanges, then done a 1/2 tank cool waterchange using airline hose to syphon the water back in over a good few hours so I didn't stress the fish too much. After this, I went back to the daily waterchanges and 9 days later (today) I got the torch out to make sure everyone was alright. I didn't think I'd see a male in his cave with eggs though. My first thoughts were "well that'll be those eggs eaten as well then" but I set the camcorder up and seen one wriggler that must've managed to slip under dad and come out of the cave. I've had another look with the torch and a good few of the eggs have hatched and the little guy in the pic is cruising the tank in the current. Not sure if I should put him in a fry trap or not though. Any suggestions? I don't really want to disturb the tank at the mo.
PS. Sorry for the crap pic, but windows paint isn't playing the game. Must get Photoshop back on here.
Anyway. I've kept up small daily waterchanges since th last spawn when the other dad ate all the eggs. Then I left them for a week without waterchanges, then done a 1/2 tank cool waterchange using airline hose to syphon the water back in over a good few hours so I didn't stress the fish too much. After this, I went back to the daily waterchanges and 9 days later (today) I got the torch out to make sure everyone was alright. I didn't think I'd see a male in his cave with eggs though. My first thoughts were "well that'll be those eggs eaten as well then" but I set the camcorder up and seen one wriggler that must've managed to slip under dad and come out of the cave. I've had another look with the torch and a good few of the eggs have hatched and the little guy in the pic is cruising the tank in the current. Not sure if I should put him in a fry trap or not though. Any suggestions? I don't really want to disturb the tank at the mo.
PS. Sorry for the crap pic, but windows paint isn't playing the game. Must get Photoshop back on here.