So, in my 125 gallon, I have a group of 6 red head geos, as well as 2 winemilleri. They are all fairly young still, all 3.5" or less. About 4 weeks ago, I started noticing the larger, more dominant male getting friendly with a smaller geo, what I presumed was his "girlfriend". So, I was expecting this and it didn't take long, but the pair of red heads are now guarding their first spawn of eggs and doing a mighty fine job of it.
This is my first run at having fish attempt to breed in my tank, as I don't typically keep multiples of the same species. So, I obviously know there is very little chance of survival, but for future spawns I don't want to throw anything off, today is water change day, should I go about the normal routine or should I wait and let this pan out?
I haven't tested water in a couple days, but I would expect my nitrates are sitting around 10-20ppm, as they typically are on this day. I usually change about 35-40% of the tank volume weekly.
EDIT: Please excuse the title, autocorrect jacked it up. Was supposed to say "Geos" not "Gets"
This is my first run at having fish attempt to breed in my tank, as I don't typically keep multiples of the same species. So, I obviously know there is very little chance of survival, but for future spawns I don't want to throw anything off, today is water change day, should I go about the normal routine or should I wait and let this pan out?
I haven't tested water in a couple days, but I would expect my nitrates are sitting around 10-20ppm, as they typically are on this day. I usually change about 35-40% of the tank volume weekly.
EDIT: Please excuse the title, autocorrect jacked it up. Was supposed to say "Geos" not "Gets"
