Well here are my first pair I intend to breed, both CT which I thought for my first time was a good choice. the female is now only slightly smaller than the male. I have been conditioning them for the past 2 weeks feeding them dry pellets and bloodworms the male has built several nests in the last month but have been destroyed when doing water changes. the female shows all the signs, the vertical stripes, flaring, the white dot so I believe they are ready. I have been letting them see each other for about 30 minutes a day for the past week and am now letting the female stay in the tank till tomorrow then I will release her. I have done my research so yes im ready for all the work and have the supplies needed so here we go lets see if I can do this. will try to update with photos every few days!!! wish me luck!!!
Well the bubble nest is built the release has happened and they are courting each other, lots of chasing around but no injuries yet so hopefully they should start the embrace soon!
Ya im making sure that I don't touch the tank or disrupt the water, I don't think the male is quite ready yet because the female comes to the nest head down in a submissive stance and he will dance for a minute then will chace her off
Are there eggs in the nest? How damaged is she? Unless she is super damaged, leave them together. It is perfectly normal and common for them to spawn in more then one day.
Pellets would be better but both would work. You don't want to dirty the spawn tank but you don't want them to starve. How did you condition?
Edit- That great! Leave them alone now and check back in an hour... If they are still embracing leave them but when they are done and there are eggs in the nest take her out.
Pellets would be better but both would work. You don't want to dirty the spawn tank but you don't want them to starve. How did you condition?
Edit- That great! Leave them alone now and check back in an hour... If they are still embracing leave them but when they are done and there are eggs in the nest take her out.
No no don't feed them if they are embracing! If you have already leave it in there I guess but now you just have to let nature take it's course! Sorry if I confused you... If they weren't embracing then you should have fed them.
ok so a few more questions... sorry but if they now have embraced when would be a good time to feed them? and how can I tell when they are completely done spawning???
I would feed them at the same time that you always feed them. If they are embracing or actively courting, wait to feed them. You will know they are done spawning when there are eggs in the nest and they are no longer embracing.
well how easy is it to tell if there are eggs? and if they are so long between embraces how can I tell when they are done?.... sorry for so many questions
You will just know when there are eggs, they are little yellow dots that are obvious against the nest. That first embrace probably was a "false" embrace, since usually they will keep embracing in rapid succession. Don't be sorry about questions!
well im trying to decide if there is reflection off other bubbles or not haha its hard to count them! but my guess is 100-150 eggs
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