polypterus senegallus layed eggs

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my polypterus senegallus layed eggs

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what should i do? never had these, plus i thougth they didn't even bread in aquarium...

what to do?
 
You'll need to seperate the eggs from the parents.place the eggs in a smaller tank with a sponge and heater.Heres the basic drill since mom and dad bichir made humma humma
The hatching tank
When the mating is concluded remove the plants with the eggs or any eggs you may find scattered about as quickly as possible and place them in the hatching tank .This tank should be kept at 82 degrees with a PH value between 6.5 and 7.0.If things have gone well you should see hatching within 60 hours . The young resemble tadpoles and will adhere to
plants and rocks , and live off yolk sacs for approx 6-7 days after which they will need feeding.
Foods include
baby brine shrimp
finely chopped bloodworms
mysis shrimp .
It is sadly at this time death rates increase do to fighting and canibalism if possible the fry should be seperated in individual containers for several weeks or raised in a tank with lots of
Java fern (Microsorium pteropus)to hide from eachother . Once they reach approx.4 cm the odds of survival increase -Anne
 
congradulations i soon hope to breed these guys
 
could we see some pics, ive never seen there eggs before
 
Polypterids are egg scatterers with the eggs being .9-1millimeter in size,they can be hard to photograph.
below is a pic of an eggbound female whos side ruptered and had to be destroyed the dark mass are eggs.

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well shes not very big, i thought they had to be larger to breed i have a sengale at about 4 inches do u believe she is ready to breed
 
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