Firemouths have spawned

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Simonas

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I have had this pair of firemouth about a month, I hadnt planned to buy them but a mate was selling them and they are one of my favourite fish from when I first kept fish in 1991. The male is a cracker
I had no idea they had laid eggs and I assume they did that in a pipe they have made home but tonight come in from work put lights on and they had babies in the corner. There are millions of them
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Simonas said:
I have had this pair of firemouth about a month, I hadnt planned to buy them but a mate was selling them and they are one of my favourite fish from when I first kept fish in 1991. The male is a cracker
I had no idea they had laid eggs and I assume they did that in a pipe they have made home but tonight come in from work put lights on and they had babies in the corner. There are millions of them
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Congrats!!!
I suggest cutting the power head off.
 
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tlindsey said:
Congrats!!!
I suggest cutting the power head off.
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No I know but thats in there for the tiger fish and payara that are growing out in there I dont particularly want babies and expect them to be food for the others at some point

I'm going to add another 4 ft in a space I have created in the garage for them in a few weeks
 
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Payara??? Tigerfish???
 
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tlindsey said:
Congrats!!!
I suggest cutting the power head off.
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They should be fine with the powerhead, the way I spawn finickier ca stuff is I run the powerhead for a few weeks, do a cold waterchange and turn it off, let them spawn, and turn it back on once the fry are free swimming. The extra oxygen helps a bit with growth as long as they're able to get food.
 
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Hybridfish7 said:
They should be fine with the powerhead, the way I spawn finickier ca stuff is I run the powerhead for a few weeks, do a cold waterchange and turn it off, let them spawn, and turn it back on once the fry are free swimming. The extra oxygen helps a bit with growth as long as they're able to get food.
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Great to hear was just worried about the free-swimming fry getting pulled in the wave maker.
 
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tlindsey said:
Great to hear was just worried about the free-swimming fry getting pulled in the wave maker.
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Oh yeah don't worry about that, they're surprisingly good at fighting against things trying to suck them up. My nanolutea fry used to graze off of an active powerhead
 
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Simonas said:
yeah they were in there before the firemouth as I got the tank to grow them out but someone offered me these firemouth and I couldnt refuse
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ohhh gotcha, I thought they were still in the tank, lol
 
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