Young electric blue acaras spawned?

[jandb]

Hello. I got a good deal on 7 small EBCs a couple weeks back. None are much bigger than 2". They were skinny and I put them into a 20 long qt before they head into a 90 then eventually the 540. Much like everyone says they were immediately very sociable and had great personality. They were a bit more aggressive with each other than I expected too. Much to my surprise they spawned in less than 3 weeks. I would eyeball the male at no more than 2.5" and the female about 2". Doesn't that seem too small? I've never purposely spawned fish before so I'm not real sure if the eggs will make it or not. The female has been looking out for them since Monday and they just spawned again this morning. Here are some pics.

 

[xraycer]

Very cool!

 

[tlindsey]

Congrats!

 

[jandb]

Thanks. We'll see what happens. Does anyone know if the eggs look fertilized? The male was dancing over them quite a bit. Most of them look opaque but some are totally white.

 

[tlindsey]

Thanks. We'll see what happens. Does anyone know if the eggs look fertilized? The male was dancing over them quite a bit. Most of them look opaque but some are totally white.

Opaque fertile, white unfertile and this is the parents first time the female may or may not remove the infertile eggs. Don't worry they will eventually get it right though.

 

[jandb]

Opaque fertile, white unfertile and this is the parents first time the female may or may not remove the infertile eggs. Don't worry they will eventually get it right though.

Cool! Thanks.

 

[Wailua Boy]

You must be doing something right, congrats on getting a spawn off

 

[jandb]

You must be doing something right, congrats on getting a spawn off

Thanks!

 

[jandb]

I think it's good news. I thought they ate the eggs but they moved them to the back of the pot. The white ones are gone now.

 

[jandb]

Tough to see but they're the dark at the bottom, right. Maybe 50