I've always kept the snots because they save me from constant wipe downs. But I got some good ones and got hooked on them for their looks.
I set up a 30 gallon in my office for shrimp and snots. I have it all ready except for a couple of types of plants that my LFS couldn't get and the shrimp. Suddenly I have eggs in the cave! I'm pumped!
I bet this spawning has been going on in all my tanks but I never see the baby snots before the other fish eat them.
Quote from: LizStreithorst on November 27, 2018, 08:15:42 PM
I bet this spawning has been going on in all my tanks but I never see the baby snots before the other fish eat them.
...and I'll bet you're right about that...! |^|
I'd think that you'd have seen at least one little one if they had..... huh
In a BB tank full to brimming with hungry Angels? Perhaps not huh
Quote from: LizStreithorst on November 28, 2018, 07:06:52 AM
In a BB tank full to brimming with hungry Angels? Perhaps not huh
..LOL...you give them no respect.... :D
...once I put the Florida Flag Fish in my tank I saw no more Panda Cory eggs or fry...they're going in the auction this Sunday..!
Perhaps. I'll know soon enough. Every time I go down to the fish room now I shine a light in all the cones. I have 1 male and 1 female in most tanks.
Everybody likes baby Bristlenoses for lunch. Even big guppies will eat them. I see no babies in tanks with angels. I sometimes get a batch of eggs that were kicked out of the cave, but never see any youngsters.
Quote from: waterboy on November 28, 2018, 01:14:35 PM
Everybody likes baby Bristlenoses for lunch. Even big guppies will eat them. I see no babies in tanks with angels. I sometimes get a batch of eggs that were kicked out of the cave, but never see any youngsters.
..many of my caves are in angel grow out tanks......even if most do get picked off at times...I'll usually see 1, or more, before their demise...
My eggs are just starting to wiggle but I see that the long fin male has taken the cave away from dad. Is he going to eat my babies? Should I catch him and put him back in the community tank?
Quote from: LizStreithorst on December 01, 2018, 09:52:16 AM
My eggs are just starting to wiggle but I see that the long fin male has taken the cave away from dad. Is he going to eat my babies? Should I catch him and put him back in the community tank?
...is he tending?..fanning the eggs?
No. The dad male is on the side of the cave and there is a big fat shy female hanging around close to the cave. I'm thinking that the long fin male is trying to lure her in. He had been hanging out in his old cave but she never hung around it.
Quote from: LizStreithorst on December 01, 2018, 10:13:59 AM
No. The dad male is on the side of the cave and there is a big fat shy female hanging around close to the cave. I'm thinking that the long fin male is trying to lure her in. He had been hanging out in his old cave but she never hung around it.
...so another male is in the cave?...and Dad/Mom are hanging around the outside?...and the male in the cave is trying to lure Mom in there....
...got more caves?....toss another in there and see what happens....you'll have a bitch trying to get the intruder out of there ...easier if he goes by him self ..if he will?.
No. I removed the cave with the male and his eggs from a tank in the fish room and put it in this 30 gallon in the office. The male's former wife is still in the fish room.
Also in this 30 are the long fin male and a female I choose from another tank. I added a cave for them and the long fin male hung around in it for a long time but then abandoned it and took over. The female seems interested but she is very shy. When the male was in the cave I added for him she showed no interest at all.
Quote from: LizStreithorst on December 01, 2018, 10:41:22 AM
No. I removed the cave with the male and his eggs from a tank in the fish room and put it in this 30 gallon in the office. The male's former wife is still in the fish room.
Also in this 30 are the long fin male and a female I choose from another tank. I added a cave for them and the long fin male hung around in it for a long time but then abandoned it and took over. The female seems interested but she is very shy. When the male was in the cave I added for him she showed no interest at all.
...oh....I thought Dad/cave/eggs were going to get their
own tank.....sounds like hormones are going.....lucky the two males aren't squabbling...
But is it OK that the dad isn't in the cave with his eggs? The long fin male has taken it over. Will he eat the babies?
Quote from: LizStreithorst on December 01, 2018, 10:58:52 AM
But is it OK that the dad isn't in the cave with his eggs? The long fin male has taken it over. Will he eat the babies?
..it's not ok unless he's tending.....Dad should be in there....if he leaves, and Dad doesn't return.....you can yank the cave/fry to their own tank, then put Dad in there...he should go back to tending.....will the LF eat the fry?....he could if he wants to claim the cave as his own.... huh
I just looked inside and that long finned bastard had eaten most of the eggs. I only have a few eggs that haven't started wiggling yet. I removed I put the bad boy back in the 125.
That sucks.....
Dad still has not gone back to his cave. I can't see where he or the female who is not mom is. It's OK. This is way easier on me than the Discus disappointments I've been through.
He probably decided he didn't want to bother with the eggs. Sometimes they kick the eggs out of the cave. Maybe he is off chasing a better looking female.
He is on the outside of the cave and the other female is close by. May be he has the hots for her.
..for clarity....when you move Dad/cave/eggs.....they should be in a tank by themselves....even as small as a 2 1/2 gal. will work....
I didn't know. I'll learn.
How are they doing now?
They're doing fine but no hanky panky.