Well, that didn't take the little guy too long. 
Came home from work to find this.
Mom tells me to go eff myself with the camera, while dad coos over the eggs. SO SO many eggs.
They were doing some pre-spawn behaviors this morning, but I really thought it was going to be a few days off!!! I had even planned to meet up with a guy tonight to buy a 10 gallon with a sponge-filter!!! I was really expecting the water change I had planned for this weekend to trigger the actual spawning. Why couldn't they wait?!
I didn't witness any fertilization, so no telling if he got it right. As much as he was dogging Argus out, though, I'd expect him to have least gotten a few licks in.
So, should I go ahead and raise the temperature? Corral any egg snarfers? Is there anything I can add to a 300 gallon tank to help the eggs along? Should I wait til any fry hatch and are free-swimming before I try to net them out? Will they take frozen baby brine shrimp, or should I use live?
Came home from work to find this.
Mom tells me to go eff myself with the camera, while dad coos over the eggs. SO SO many eggs.
They were doing some pre-spawn behaviors this morning, but I really thought it was going to be a few days off!!! I had even planned to meet up with a guy tonight to buy a 10 gallon with a sponge-filter!!! I was really expecting the water change I had planned for this weekend to trigger the actual spawning. Why couldn't they wait?!
I didn't witness any fertilization, so no telling if he got it right. As much as he was dogging Argus out, though, I'd expect him to have least gotten a few licks in.So, should I go ahead and raise the temperature? Corral any egg snarfers? Is there anything I can add to a 300 gallon tank to help the eggs along? Should I wait til any fry hatch and are free-swimming before I try to net them out? Will they take frozen baby brine shrimp, or should I use live?
