I appreciate the kinds words! Well, I woke up to find a couple hundred eggs on a piece of slate that the pair has been cleaning since I purchased them. I was surprised to see the male at the other end of the tank without hos bright breeding colors. The female will not let him or anything else near her eggs. her territory really only extends a few inches around the piece of slate. It's pretty funny to see such a little fish being so assertive. I thought that both parents cared for the eggs but I guess not. Maybe she will let him help with the fry. I also read the older fry will help raise the following spawn. Very interesting!NOLAGT;5101358;5101358 said:
H. Multispinosa
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Very nice Pair, Joey! Maybe you can sell them in the marketplace or give them to friends. Your pair looks a lot larger than mine.
Get some Hikari First Bites on ebay. You will have to feed fry at least twice a day for them to survive first week. Male is not allowed near fry. You will also notice at least 3 color "dresses' for the pair, from red/black to white creamsicle color.
My LFS sells First Bites but I never bought them. I've bred a few cichlids and they all managed to feed their fry by leading them to grazing areas or by feeding them particles of food that pass through their gills. But I will try the First Bites and see how that works. Thank You for the help.
Gruff Master;5101653; said:
That's not gonna happen with these. Trust me. Rember to feed them twice. I wet a straw, dip it in First Bites and wave around swarm.
My wife just freaked out when she didn't see anymore eggs. So I calmly look and find that there aren't any eggs. They are wrigglers now! The female moved them to an upturned clay pot with a small entrance drilled in it. I can't get pictures of them now but hopefully they'll make it long enough to be free-swimmers. Then I'll get pics.
Weeks and several spawns later, the pair still cannot resist the urge to eat their eggs and fry. I put them in a 75 with a sand substrate, a few live and fake plants, and a few caves and stones. There are also six mollies as tankmates (I'll add about four or five more this week). They breed almost non-stop but they eat the eggs just as fast. They are actually in breeding dress now, cleaning the same spawning site as usual. So I hope they will figure things out soon. Other than eating their eggs, the pair is healthy and growing well.
Why don't you try taking the next batch of eggs out and raise them yourself. Now that I have the Krobia set up in another tank if they breed again and the eggs dissapear again that's what I'm going to do.
I've actually been thinking of removing the eggs. I'm going to see how they handle the next batch. If they eat the eggs I will remove the following spawn.
