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A. zolternans spawned
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 7:22 am
by Mad Duff
While altering the timers this morning on the river tank I noticed that a couple of the A. zolternans were very active in and around the roots and moss, I finished what I was doing and continued onto other tanks not thinking anything of it.
I went back to the river tank about 20 minutes later and saw a male emerging from the moss embracing a female and then they shot into another clump of roots and emerged in the same way, on closer inspection there are hundreds of eggs in different pieces of moss and roots
I got a couple of pictures but they are not that good, I have circled the eggs (white dots within moss)
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 8:41 am
by Keith Wolcott
That was fast. You just added them on Oct 3rd. Congratulations!
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 8:43 am
by Graeme Robson
Congratulations Mark!
Are you going to let the eggs be left in the aquarium or remove them?
You could always check the external filter later for the fry.
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 8:47 am
by daspricey
Thats excellent news!
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 9:42 am
by Mad Duff
Thanks for the comments
Graeme Robson wrote:Congratulations Mark!
Are you going to let the eggs be left in the aquarium or remove them?
You could always check the external filter later for the fry.
I am leaving the eggs in there, the moss the have laid in on the bogwood is well attached and so are all the java ferns plus I don't have a spare tank at the moment.
Hopefully some will turn up in the filter but I am hoping with all the rock work, bogwood and hidey holes some will manage to survive in the tank.
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 11:20 am
by clownloachfan
Congrats, i hope you will be the grandfather of numerous A. zolternans.
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 11:58 am
by Emma Turner
Well done MD, excellent stuff.
You know we'll be wanting plenty of updates & pics!
Emma
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 12:09 pm
by Jim Powers
Cool!!
Keep us posted.
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 12:23 pm
by Mad Duff
Hopefully there will be plenty of photo's and updates to come
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 2:21 pm
by helen nightingale
well done mark. geat news
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 4:40 pm
by Whitey_MacLeod
Congratulations. Can't wait to see the babies
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 5:16 pm
by mickthefish
congratulations mark,
the chances of you getting any fry are pretty slim mate, mine spawn all the time in their tank and i have never seen any fry.
if i was you i'd syphon the moss.
regards
mick
Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 6:32 pm
by mickthefish
hi mark
i take it the eggs dissappeard bud, or are you waiting to see if any fry appear?.
cheers
mick
Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2007 7:15 pm
by Emma Turner
Yes I was wondering that too. Also MD, did you do anything specific that might have triggered them into spawning? Large cool water change etc?
Emma
Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2007 5:11 am
by Mad Duff
The eggs didn't seem to get eaten as they were visible for a couple of days and then gradually started disappearing so hopefully that was a sign that they were hatching rather than getting eaten
I did do a water change two days before hand and I had switched of the cooling fan, on the days that they spawned the temperature had risen from 76 to 78.
I have seen some very small things moving under cobbles but it could be debris or anything so nothing certain yet, a couple of the females have already started to plump up again so hopefully they are going to start spawning again.