EGGS!

[bensflowerhorn]

Attached are the pictures of Mom (Thai-Silk), Dad (SRD), and Fry (TBD)

Mom and Dad are still in the tank with the eggs. The eggs are a yellow / orange color right now.

This is my first time actually catching them with eggs. What do I do now??

 

[the animal guy]

The parents are there to take turn to protect and fan the eggs. Loyal to the eggs is the mother. I always want to leave the mother to take care of her fry because she can save lots of lives in the batch if tanks have gravels where wigglers get stuck.


If I really care for this batch, I would
Remove gravels,
take out the male to be safe than sorry.
Do not change water,
make sure filter cant suck in free swimmers and water temp steady between 80-86

 

[bensflowerhorn]

I removed the male. Temp was at 82; I increased to 83. No intentions on changing the water.

Not confident I can removal the gravel without being to disruptive. At what point can I move the eggs / fry into their own tank?

 

[Tripplebeards]

Where are the eggs laid? On something you can remove from the tank? I use flowerpots and in the past have drained the current water that they are in in I nto a 20 gal long and taken a plastic bag and put it around the pot, lifted it out with water in tact, just as if you bought a fish from the store, and placed it into the 20 gal tank. It works great and then no ones eats the eggs or fry. They have hatched just fine doing this several times for me on dovii and festae. Remove the eggs before they hatch otherwise the fry will end up getting eaten.