Hi everyone, I am new here and want some advice. I am an amateur tropical fish keeper and have been searching the web for information about my clown loaches.
I have two loaches which I have had for 2.5yrs. they are of a good size and spend lots of time 'dancing' and swimming around the tank when not resting on their sides or in a cave I have made them between rocks.
On Thursday night I completed a complete water change and clean out and on Friday my female loach started laying bright orange eggs! Now, I have read that this is an almost impossible phenomenon in an aquarium, but it happened and I have pictures and videos of her laying and of the wiggling eggs to prove it... Links below if allowed as this is my first post. I captured a few wiggling eggs in a net and attempted to suspended them away from the other fish but alas (bad timing) we were spending the weekend away. I have got back and all eggs are gone (I imagine eaten) I'm very unhappy but was wholly unprepared.
I need some expert advice please: 1) how long do loaches spawn for? 2) how often do they spawn- when/is is likely to happen again? 3) what do I need to keep the eggs separated? I have a breeding trap but the eggs fell through the holes, do I need a mesh hatchery? They both remain often entwined, absorbed in each other and very pale.
Please no negative comments or reactions saying unlikely as I am a educated teacher who can tell that unusual behaviour teamed with amber globes and tube like forms dropping from the rear of my loach is likely to be eggs.
Many thanks for any help in advance. I can only upload these three pictures at the moment which show an egg emerging and an example of a couple of the twenty or so in the tank, I will post videos of the eggs moving when I work out how to (perhaps someone can help me)
I have two loaches which I have had for 2.5yrs. they are of a good size and spend lots of time 'dancing' and swimming around the tank when not resting on their sides or in a cave I have made them between rocks.
On Thursday night I completed a complete water change and clean out and on Friday my female loach started laying bright orange eggs! Now, I have read that this is an almost impossible phenomenon in an aquarium, but it happened and I have pictures and videos of her laying and of the wiggling eggs to prove it... Links below if allowed as this is my first post. I captured a few wiggling eggs in a net and attempted to suspended them away from the other fish but alas (bad timing) we were spending the weekend away. I have got back and all eggs are gone (I imagine eaten) I'm very unhappy but was wholly unprepared.
I need some expert advice please: 1) how long do loaches spawn for? 2) how often do they spawn- when/is is likely to happen again? 3) what do I need to keep the eggs separated? I have a breeding trap but the eggs fell through the holes, do I need a mesh hatchery? They both remain often entwined, absorbed in each other and very pale.
Please no negative comments or reactions saying unlikely as I am a educated teacher who can tell that unusual behaviour teamed with amber globes and tube like forms dropping from the rear of my loach is likely to be eggs.
Many thanks for any help in advance. I can only upload these three pictures at the moment which show an egg emerging and an example of a couple of the twenty or so in the tank, I will post videos of the eggs moving when I work out how to (perhaps someone can help me)
