EGGS!!!!!!

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titansfever83

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Woke up this morning to find that my Jag had layed eggs EVERYWHERE in my new 75 gal. tank.

I just put water in the tank about 6 days ago and decided to use her as my tester fish. Only payed $3.50 for her at Petsmart.

Anyway, I just filled the tank, dechlorinated and turned on the filter. Thats it. My natural water around here is PH 7.6-7.9, GH 13, and have been testing the nitrites the past 2 days and they are still not where they should be yet.

Never owned a Jag before and wondered if they are just that simple to spawn?
 
Oh, the other fish listed on my signature are not in there yet and I need to do something with the Jag. She goes crazy when the lights go off and I don't want to lose any other fish.
 
Well firstly, you should not keep Archerfish and Mono Sebae's in freshwater tanks. These are brackish water fish that require much higher levels of salt then your other fish would be comfortable with. Around 1.014-1.018. Rehome them.

I also hope you seeded your filter system otherwise your Jag might be seeing her last days.
 
My Archer and Mono are in slight brackish water. I didn't want to make it full brackish yet cause I have other fish that do not require it. When they get their own tank I will bump it up to full brackish. They will be fine at a young age but in order for them to live long they need full brackish when they get older.

Not sure what you mean by "seeded your filter" but the Jag is doing ok. I had to get her in a different tank so my more expensive fish wouldn't see their last day

She was happy enough to lay eggs. I'm sure the nitrites will be fine in the next 48 hrs. I've been testing it 3 times a day and it is gradually getting there.
 
Seeding your filter means that you added some sort of dirty filter pad into your new filter to 'kickstart' the cycling process.
 
Mystix212;1180094; said:
Well firstly, you should not keep Archerfish and Mono Sebae's in freshwater tanks. These are brackish water fish that require much higher levels of salt then your other fish would be comfortable with. Around 1.014-1.018. Rehome them.

I also hope you seeded your filter system otherwise your Jag might be seeing her last days.
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I have found archer fish in normal freshwater creeks.
 
pixy blood they can live in freshwater just not feor much longer then a few days. its just as the tide lowers and rises etc.
 
Depends on the species of Archer. Here is an interesting link that gives some great pics of a freshwater spawning - I wish they would have given the scientific name. It is not a Toxotes jaculatrix.
 
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