The peps have finally done it!!

[GREGT]

Well after around 7 months of having my pep trio my boy is on eggs!!!I sold the original male two weeks ago and bought a new mature male,the first night he was in the tank my two big girls were keen(they never paid any attention to the other boy).5 days ago i decided to take the sand out the tank for the bare bottom approach and in the process did a water change of around 50+%.
Now the slate cave has a huge spawn in it and the male is fanning away like a champion,in between fighting of the second female who is frantically trying to get inside.

PH is around the 7.0 mark there is a slight ammonia reading(very slight) thats all thats tested
the tank is a standard 4 ft is running a fluval F3 canninster,two sponge filters and a fluval U4 internal
It houses the adult trio and 6 sub adults(and last weeki added 5 baby 202s and 3 baby 333s(only in there till the new tanks cycled)

do you think the second female will be allowed in?he seems pretty keen to keep her out...

 

[Irene0100]

Hi, well done, he may let her in after a while.
I wonder if the male they would not breed with was a sibling from same parents?

 

[GREGT]

Hi..thanks..the question has been answered,he has her in there now :clap:...

Im not sure on if they were related or not,all i do know is the new boy has done the trick

i just hope he hatches them and they dont end up all over the tank...

 

[PlecoMM]

Congratulations and good luck:thumbup:

 

[GREGT]

Well i got up this morning and checked the tank,no second spawn but day 3 for the batch and hes kicked em :wb: scooped em up and put them to the fry saver...see how we go....

 

[Irene0100]

good luck, they are fun to watch in fry saver. perhaps he had too many to manage.

 

[chee78]

Remember to put some Red Cherry Shrimps in the saver too, I also put a good piece of AOL that is nice and soft (old).

 

[GREGT]

good luck, they are fun to watch in fry saver. perhaps he had too many to manage.

a rough count is over 100 so pretty good size i think

 

[GREGT]

Remember to put some Red Cherry Shrimps in the saver too, I also put a good piece of AOL that is nice and soft (old).

Hey chee,what do the cherry shrimp actually do?i do have some but theyre in a tank thats been a bit sick so dont want to use them..will try get some more..

 

[chee78]

They help keep the eggs clean, and the fry saver. Btw, I meant IAL, Indian Almond Leaf, I found this better then driftwood for the frys to begin with, I lost my last spawn, males had a disagreement one night, all gone!

 

[GREGT]

Thanks mate..no good about your spawn but..still have one very very gravid female but she seems to have backed off since he booted the eggs :dk:

 

[GREGT]

day 5 and we have hatchlings :clap:..the cherry shrimp got straight to work when i put them in yesterday,there were a few with fungus..theyre gone and the eggs were cleaned up nicely...now just to raise them...

 

[GREGT]

do i leave the shrimp with the fry???

 

[chee78]

It does not hurt to leave them in! Once their egg sacks are nearly gone, I put a 5mm slice of zucchini in on a fork, blanch it quickly to soften it, I have better success doing this, don't remove the seed section, I see them starting in this area first, if you change water, make sure it's small and not too much temp change, I have stop using algae wafers until there are in the grow out tank (2-3 months), this has been my experience, hopes it helps in some way.

 

[Brengun]

Yep the shrimp will help keep that bacterial slime off the sides, juvies dont cope well eating it. I try to hold off on fish foods as well until the fry are really eating veg properly on their own.

 

[Mooo]

Fantastic , Congrats..