Unexpected eggs

I recently moved a pair of my blue gene jd's into my 125g in the living room because they hadn't been spawning in my "lab/basement" so I figured might as well enjoy them upstairs. Well I cleaning and doing a WC I decided to rearrange some decor. Was moving a piece of driftwood and didn't realize until I starting getting attacked that I was rubbing a bunch of their eggs off of it! Idiot! So I quickly replaced it and there's maybe a couple dozen left. Now I'm just wondering if I should remove them or basically just wait it out. Knowing they'll probably just eat them and start over.(which may have already happened while I'm in the other room writing this)????

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Well...parents haven't gobbled up the leftover eggs and are still being protective over them so I guess I'll leave them til they hatch and begin free swimming! Pretty excited...this could be my first spawn in many months with the possibility of ebjd fry.

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Well...guess mom and dad scrapped the first spawn but they got right back on the saddle! Came home from work today and caught them in action.

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festaedan said:

Nice! What are their tankmates? JDs normally do a good job of guarding eggs and fry but if you have lots of quick fish that they might not be able to catch, I wouldnt expect many survivors. If you can, I'd seperate all of the other tankmates (if possible) and let the pair guard the fry/eggs in peace. If you do that about 25% of the fry will be electric blues assuming both parents are heterozygous with the EB gene (gene carriers).
Good luck!

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Thanks! They're actually in a fairly heavily stocked tank but have everyone else pushed to the opposite side of the tank. Been breeding the Jack's for a few years now and from my experience the most successful spawns I've produced is when I remove the stone with the eggs just before they hatch and grow them out in a nursery tank. I think this is especially true when dealing with the extremely delicate EBJD's. I think most would die off if left with parents and siblings.

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WIGGLERS!

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Thanks! I'm very excited! Its been over a year since my last successful batch of ebjd's! These are from the last batch I raised from this pair.

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