So on Monday I noticed that my big golden severum, who is about 5" long, was hanging at the back of the tank when I was feeding the fishes... this is very unusual, as s/he is usually right there waiting on food to hit water. I peaked behind where s/he was hovering and saw that there were dozens of orange colored eggs on a flat rock in the back left corner. After watching a while, I saw that the two severum in the tank would take turns watching over the eggs... my other sev is about 3-4" long and is a turquoise.
By Wednesday, the eggs in the center looked kind of weird... milky colored from what little I could see of them. By today, all the eggs were gone.
Now there's lots of creatures in that tank that might eat the eggs, including a pictus catfish... but do you think I actually could be so lucky as to get a true pair of fish in one shot?
What are the chances that these are two females just going through the motions? Any way I can tell?
If they are a true pair, will they get better at protecting the eggs? Or can I expect to never have live fry so long as they are in the 75 with the baby preds?
By Wednesday, the eggs in the center looked kind of weird... milky colored from what little I could see of them. By today, all the eggs were gone.
Now there's lots of creatures in that tank that might eat the eggs, including a pictus catfish... but do you think I actually could be so lucky as to get a true pair of fish in one shot?
What are the chances that these are two females just going through the motions? Any way I can tell?
If they are a true pair, will they get better at protecting the eggs? Or can I expect to never have live fry so long as they are in the 75 with the baby preds?
