Guianacara sp. spawn

[peathenster]

A pair of Guianacara were acting suspiciously yesterday so I decided to take a closer look. Sure enough, they were guarding a big patch of eggs. Bad news is that the site is a few inches from the intake of an FX5, and it's impossible to remove the slate.

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A few eggs turned white but were greenish (normal color for this species).

 

[dogofwar]

Good stuff - did they have the choice of breeding in a cave?

Matt

 

[Gruff Master]

That's great! I find it funny how sometimes fish will disregard all of the nice hideouts, caves , and smooth surfaces that we provide them for breeding, just to find the worst possible place in the tank to spawn. Hopefully you won't lose too many fry.

 

[peathenster]

Good stuff - did they have the choice of breeding in a cave?

Matt

That's great! I find it funny how sometimes fish will disregard all of the nice hideouts, caves , and smooth surfaces that we provide them for breeding, just to find the worst possible place in the tank to spawn. Hopefully you won't lose too many fry.

Thanks. They had caves (cichlid stones) in their old tank, which they loved. No cave in this thank though since I didn't plan on breeding them. The spot they chose is actually the closest to a cave - enough room to turn around with a vertical surface and a ceiling.

 

[JK47]

That's great! I find it funny how sometimes fish will disregard all of the nice hideouts, caves , and smooth surfaces that we provide them for breeding, just to find the worst possible place in the tank to spawn. Hopefully you won't lose too many fry.

So true, my Corydoras seem to only want to spawn on a heater burried in the back of the tank, also next to an FX5 intake..

Congrats Peter! Nice job bro!

 

[cacichlids]

Congrats! What type of sand you use? Looks very fine/white.

 

[peathenster]

So true, my Corydoras seem to only want to spawn on a heater burried in the back of the tank, also next to an FX5 intake..

Congrats Peter! Nice job bro!

Thanks Justin Some of my angels used to spawn on intake tubes as if they knew I couldn't do anything about it.

Congrats! What type of sand you use? Looks very fine/white.

Thanks. It's the good old poor filter sand.

 

[ewok]

i think it's because they sense the water movement and the probability that they would have to do less work because there's less chance of detritus would settle on their eggs?

 

[peathenster]

i think it's because they sense the water movement and the probability that they would have to do less work because there's less chance of detritus would settle on their eggs?

lol could be. Little buggers. Saw some wigglers falling off the slate last night. Hope they'll move them to somewhere more accessible so I can siphon some out.

 

[peathenster]

Wigglers

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