imsweet Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 Ok, after moving a couple of my bronzes into a spare tank i have set up and waiting for my Killies .... they spawned last night. I have only ever managed to grab one lot of eggs from the community tank as the greedy fish would eat them as soon as mum laid them down. And only 1 successfully lived... until i sent him to his death in a killie mouth. Any hu.. Not seeing eggs develop for a while, i'm curious as to the white part in the shell. Is this the embryo developing? I have scrapped approx 40 into a floating container but there is another large lot on a plastic leaf and 2 smaller lots on the tank wall but low down. All eggs look the same. (outer clear shell with white inner) They dont look fungused...yet. I've added some meth blue to the container but have decided to leave the other eggs alone. After lots of net searching i'm not going to feed them egg yolk, as i did last time. But i will feed bbs and powdered flake 2-3 times a day and clean the container everyday. Anything else i should do or not do? Ive read the less you interfere the better. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 I have successfully scraped the eggs off with a razor blade and hatched them with an airstone and a touch of meth blue. Fedd bbs and/or microworm from when they are free awimming Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imsweet Posted March 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 Awesome, i dont have any worms as they dried up when i was on holiday. But i'm sure they wont know any different if they dont get any. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 If you want microworms and you're calling through say hi and grab some Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imsweet Posted March 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 If you want microworms and you're calling through say hi and grab some Hey, Thanks for that, i might be down in the next 2 weeks or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 Myself or my wife maybe through in the next few weeks will be in touch if we are... Otherwise ill put a culture out for you to steal some from as im going to be out of the country for a few weeks from Monday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imsweet Posted March 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2008 Have found a very old thread that was of use... (2003) Saying the eggs that are clear/ tan coloured are fertile and the eggs that have a white arc in them, (that look like there's something in there) Aren't fertile. I have cleaned out the 1st lot i collected as they were growing fuz, Luckily for me they laid some more overnight. All be it 1/2 on the heater but the other half on the glass i was able to collect. Fingers crossed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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