jc360 Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 Hi i had a mystery fry the other day (yay my bettas are breeding!!!) its a split tail too!!! So today i lifted the polystyrene and there a heap of eggs. I quickly put the polystyrene back but noticed eggs were falling out left right and centre. So i yanked them out and they are sitting in a glass on top of the tank with a lid on. Should i try to reintroduce them to the tank ?(by the way this guys nest is dismally small, basically just eggs) Do you think the eggs will hatch out in the glass? Is there anything i can do with the eggs in the glass to raise the hatch rate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N1CK Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 Try have a read of thishttp://bettysplendens.com/articles/page.imp?articleid=886 (and the rest of the site it's really helpful) And the size of the nest doesn't really matter other than that i can only really wish you luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 I believe that the eggs need to be kept warm in order to hatch/ hatch more quickly. Your best bet is prolly to put them back in the tank but I'm not sure that'll work. Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc360 Posted August 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 yeah thanks for the advice, guys. Big old busy body is gona let mother nature do what mother nature does. Eggs have now gone back and dad either ate them or has moved them into his nest. A bit of a fail!!! i will let you know if i get a hatch, at least now i know ive got eggs and a good daddy. Question: should i remove mum and dad when i see wrigglers???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 I've heard that it's better to leave the father in until the fry are free swimming and can even be left in with them until the males start fighting, in fact, keeping him in witht he fry is said to lessen the aggression. Mother should be removed after spawning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N1CK Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 I've heard that it's better to leave the father in until the fry are free swimming and can even be left in with them until the males start fighting, in fact, keeping him in witht he fry is said to lessen the aggression. Mother should be removed after spawning. It also depends on the father, e.g if you see fry disappearing take him out if not leave him in and the female should be removed as he no longer sees her as a mate but as a threat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nycnlo Posted August 28, 2009 Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 leaving the father is supposidly keeps agresssion down.. remove female after spawning i generally remove the male once all fry are free swimming ive left the male in there for two weeks before but he looked to be getting frustrated as he kept trying to round the fry up and put them back in the nest... then numbers looked to be decreasing so i removed him others have had good luck but the safer option is removing him too read up on that site above.. should give you some good tips i would reccomend liquidfry now if you havent already... otherwise alot of the fry will starve to death then start microworms asap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jc360 Posted August 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2009 thanks all eggs are back with daddy, i couldnt see how many there were but he is definitely guarding something. Will sterbai corydorus be a threat to fry??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nycnlo Posted August 29, 2009 Report Share Posted August 29, 2009 catfish and plecs generally arent a threat to fry i find they keep the algae down int he tank and eat the waste if any get eaten they prob arent best of health and need culling anyways i keep couple plecs in each of my fry tanks to aid in cleaning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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