Plats spawned....

[Mugwump]

...let's see if they do better this time???...

[wsantia1]

My pair is tending to a bunch of wigglers. I'm trying to wait another day before pulling some. I hope the pair doesn't get too nervous before then.

[b125killer]

My plat spawn is still alive. they should start free swimming soon. When I took them off the slate I put them on top of the sponge filter. I figured they might have a better chance if I keep them off the bottom. So far I haven't lost any of the wigglers. 

[Mugwump]

This the second day for them, lots of white eggs from not tending properly...it's the usual for them....they'll raise 50, or so, if goes as in the past...

[wsantia1]

My Plats are still tending.  Wigglers that fall off are being caught and put back on the glass (they spawned on the glass ). I have been leaving the blue led lights on at night.

[wsantia1]

Jon & Scott, are your Plats throwing Albinos.  I'm looking at my wigglers and there are a bunch of Albinos in there.  The albinos look healthier than when I pull and try to raise them myself.  Maybe I'll get a couple of good ones this time.

Parents still tending this morning but I may be pushing my luck in the community tank.  May take my share of wigglers later today.

Funny, I won't even look at them directly because I don't want them to get more nervous.  They have been doing a very good job of fanning so far but these guys have never parent raised.

[Mugwump]

I think that I saw albinos in one of the spawns??....not sure tho....I should pull a spawn, I'm sure that I can get more survivors than the parents are getting.....

[PaulineMi]

Jon & Scott, are your Plats throwing Albinos.  I'm looking at my wigglers and there are a bunch of Albinos in there.  The albinos look healthier than when I pull and try to raise them myself.  Maybe I'll get a couple of good ones this time.

Parents still tending this morning but I may be pushing my luck in the community tank.  May take my share of wigglers later today.

Funny, I won't even look at them directly because I don't want them to get more nervous.  They have been doing a very good job of fanning so far but these guys have never parent raised.

Here's Willie passing the tank......  

[Mugwump]

...Mine were toast....chomp....

[b125killer]

I haven't see any albinos but I wasn't really looking for them. I'll have to take a better look. I'm nervelessly waiting for them to free swim. they migrated from the top if the sponge to the bottom. I'm hoping they will start to free swim tomorrow.

[wsantia1]

I snatched about 30 plat wigglers yesterday and the rest are ready to mutiny.  My 55 is real busy with the plats and I also have a cave full of BNs.

In addition to that, my Paraibas spawned on the lift tube but those did survive longer than a couple of hours.  The sight if 6 adult angels chomping on new eggs is something.   They just overwhelmed that pair which joined in on the buffet.

[b125killer]

I'm pretty sure something isn't right with my plat spawn. They should of been free swimming. and there just laying there wiggling away. I can see that there yoke sack is just gone. They should be up by now. 

[Mugwump]

I'm pretty sure something isn't right with my plat spawn. They should of been free swimming. and there just laying there wiggling away. I can see that there yoke sack is just gone. They should be up by now.

...give it time.....lots of spawns don't go by the 'timetable' 

[wsantia1]

My Plats are trying to break away from the glass they were spawned on.   The few that managed to escape wound up in the mouths of other angels as a tasty treat. Keeping my eye out for the full scale mutiny.

[wsantia1]

Well this is on the way to total failure.   First off the parents did a lousy job of getting rid of the dead eggs so fungus set in on the ones they kept. The ones that broke free did so right into a waiting fish mouth.

The ones I pulled and put into a 5g are struggling to free swim. I cleaned up a bunch of dead ones and did a good w/c with aged and heated water.  

There are too many albinos and a lot of them are dying so I suspect that's causing a bacteria bloom.   There are still a few of them bouncing around trying lift off into the water column.  Hopefully some will make it.

Tomorrow will be the last day for them because I need to move forward and set up the breeding tanks.