rrcg50 Posted August 25, 2011 Author Share Posted August 25, 2011 my onyx female and baby male plat from my broodstock laid a hugh second nest. should i leave it or pull it. i want to try and pull it to see if that works but i dont want to mess the cycle up Link to comment
Euphyllia Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 my onyx female and baby male plat from my broodstock laid a hugh second nest. should i leave it or pull it. i want to try and pull it to see if that works but i dont want to mess the cycle up Leave it. You want them to get in the groove of things for now, and then you can remove it after a few months of spawning. Try and catch the babies by hand in the mean time. JMO. Link to comment
oceancube Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 my onyx female and baby male plat from my broodstock laid a hugh second nest. should i leave it or pull it. i want to try and pull it to see if that works but i dont want to mess the cycle up just something to think about... why dont you take them out of the tank and bag the pair up and ship them to my house??? i will pay you tons of money..... lol j/k dude i would leave them in the brood tank and see how it goes..... wonder what they will produce!!! Link to comment
rrcg50 Posted August 25, 2011 Author Share Posted August 25, 2011 just something to think about... why dont you take them out of the tank and bag the pair up and ship them to my house??? i will pay you tons of money..... lol j/k dude i would leave them in the brood tank and see how it goes..... wonder what they will produce!!! I'm not sure butthe make is from my snow pair so I'm excited to see what I get. Especially since the female is wild caught. I've had her for a few years now but wondering what it will do to the genre pool Leave it. You want them to get in the groove of things for now, and then you can remove it after a few months of spawning. Try and catch the babies by hand in the mean time. JMO. Hand scooping, id be there for days. If anything I will let them keep the eggs to day 7 then pool the pot Link to comment
rrcg50 Posted August 27, 2011 Author Share Posted August 27, 2011 well i did it. my ww laid today and i pulled the eggs. have pretty good air hitting the eggs and will waite and see what happens. 8 days to go live. man i hope this works Link to comment
Chicagoclowns Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 Oh wow pulling on day one huh. I think im going to try that my next hath Link to comment
rrcg50 Posted August 27, 2011 Author Share Posted August 27, 2011 I've tried for months to get them to stop eating the eggs. Last resort Link to comment
Chicagoclowns Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 Keep me posted on how it goes. Mine willl lay again in a week so i wanna know how u do Link to comment
oceancube Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 well i did it. my ww laid today and i pulled the eggs. have pretty good air hitting the eggs and will waite and see what happens. 8 days to go live. man i hope this works will be awsome if your successful..... Link to comment
rrcg50 Posted August 27, 2011 Author Share Posted August 27, 2011 So far so good. All is well this morning Link to comment
Eileen Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 Are you going to take them out each day and dip them to keep from getting fungus on the eggs? Link to comment
rrcg50 Posted August 27, 2011 Author Share Posted August 27, 2011 Are you going to take them out each day and dip them to keep from getting fungus on the eggs? Because of work I'm going to highly airate(sp) them this time. If that does not work them we will do dips and 100% water changes. Link to comment
Pickle010 Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 I'd be interested in seeing how you have the tank set up - do you have anything else for flow in there? Or just the air? I would think some additional water movement over the eggs would be beneficial. Link to comment
rrcg50 Posted August 27, 2011 Author Share Posted August 27, 2011 I'd be interested in seeing how you have the tank set up - do you have anything else for flow in there? Or just the air? I would think some additional water movement over the eggs would be beneficial. So far nothing else but the stone and some healthy looking eggs. It's a small tank so there is no room for a power head and I wouldn't want to kill any early hatchers Link to comment
Pickle010 Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 I hear you... I was thinking like something along the lines of a Koralia nano - something that would move the water but with a wide pattern. Link to comment
rrcg50 Posted August 28, 2011 Author Share Posted August 28, 2011 I hear you... I was thinking like something along the lines of a Koralia nano - something that would move the water but with a wide pattern. There in a 2.5 so aeration will move the water fine I think Link to comment
rrcg50 Posted August 28, 2011 Author Share Posted August 28, 2011 eggs are doing fine and starting to mature. went from orange to black over night. trying to keep the heater at a medium rate dont want to give better conditions for the fungus to grow Link to comment
rrcg50 Posted August 29, 2011 Author Share Posted August 29, 2011 Night 3 has passed and eggs are fine. Yah baby Still have a few more days Link to comment
rrcg50 Posted August 30, 2011 Author Share Posted August 30, 2011 A couple were blown off that started to turn but we are still going strong Link to comment
rrcg50 Posted September 1, 2011 Author Share Posted September 1, 2011 Still doing good. I just pulled the largest nest of my bad ass clowns since I started. I guess water changes do help. I would say 300-400 eggs Link to comment
sweet<3 Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Still doing good. I just pulled the largest nest of my bad ass clowns since I started. I guess water changes do help. I would say 300-400 eggs This is so exciting! I may have to try pulling my eggs since one of my males can't seem to stop chowing down Wishing you the best of luck! Link to comment
Chicagoclowns Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Dang what day is it now Link to comment
JSVAND5 Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Here are my clowns from RRCG50. I don't know how you guys get decent pics of your clowns. Mine will not stay still for more than half a second and my crappy point and shot can't keep up. Only one seems to have taken to the BTA so far. Link to comment
rrcg50 Posted September 2, 2011 Author Share Posted September 2, 2011 Man they are looking so hot. It's nice to see upto date pics Dang what day is it now Tomorrow is day 7/8 Link to comment
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