HummingBird Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 I got 7 convicts last Sunday and four of them have paired up already, both pairs have staked out territory and I know one of them have definately layed eggs (see attached pic) and I can't really see if the other pair has or not because they've chosen a really inacessable place. How will I know if the eggs are fertile or not? Will the babies be ok eating Liquifry? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HummingBird Posted February 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 Now some of them have turned white and some of them have stayed clear. I'm assuming that the white ones are the fertile ones, am I right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucid Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 I think you will find the white ones have fungused and are no good, at least that is the way with angels, and the parents should remove, if not they will cause the rest to fungus aswell. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HummingBird Posted February 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 can anyone else confirm that? The parents haven't eaten any of the white ones, I've found this pic on the net - this is pretty much how they look Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caserole Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 yes ball is bang on the money , some times mum and dad do no eat the white wons thou this could kill the rest of the spawn but dont worry your prisoners will breed again soon if this happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis & Vicki Posted February 26, 2005 Report Share Posted February 26, 2005 mine laid in a little cave in the tank, till they over excavated( need to sure up trenches in sand) thought they might have lost them all, i now have about 200 baby convicts to feed, the eggs looked the same as the ones in the pic,feeding them ox heart and brine shrimp, hungry gutted little buggers :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HummingBird Posted March 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2005 They ended up eating the babies. The next day I came home and saw my Angels had spawned. "Cool" I said and then, in front of me, they ate all of their eggs too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HummingBird Posted March 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2005 The Angels spawned again two days ago and they ate their eggs again yesterday, next time I'm gonna put the eggs in a breeding trap heh. The convicts spawned yesterday, with a lot more eggs this time and what's best is that they haven't eaten them yet! Here's hoping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eon Posted March 11, 2005 Report Share Posted March 11, 2005 awesome i hope they all last this time fingers crossed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HummingBird Posted March 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2005 I ended up putting a few of the convict eggs in another tank in a breeding trap. This tank's about 1 degree warmer than the convict's tank and so the eggs I've put in there have started hatching Here're some pics of the wrigglers (they really just look like eggs with tails lol) The eggs in the convict's tank seem to be doing fine as well, they should start hatching some time today hopefully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phillz Posted March 13, 2005 Report Share Posted March 13, 2005 WOW great pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HummingBird Posted March 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2005 Heh thanks Phillz. I think the eggs in with the parents have started to hatch (they're at the back of the tank so I can't be too sure). I put a flower pot in there a few hours ago and the parents have checked it out and are now in the process of moving the eggs/babies in there, with their mouths! Awesome to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HummingBird Posted March 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2005 I was just moving the breeding trap around and it turns out they can fit in the little holes in the sides! I've got about 7 left in the trap, my angels ate the rest the moment they came out :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted March 13, 2005 Report Share Posted March 13, 2005 Angelfish can suck fry through very small holes!!! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staplez Posted March 14, 2005 Report Share Posted March 14, 2005 Angelfish can suck fry through very small holes!!! :lol: Yep I can back that up sadly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HummingBird Posted March 15, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 The fry seem to be doing well. In the same tank a pair of my Jewels have spawned now too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misnoma Posted March 15, 2005 Report Share Posted March 15, 2005 Heh... speaking of convict fry... I just randomly found one still alive in my main tank (with convicts/oscars).. he's huge! - easily twice as big as the other fry in their seperate tank... I'm more than impressed that he survived.. he'll be a tough cookie I get the feeling I'm a bit under-generous with the other fry though.. might have to feed them more often (as much as they seem happy as) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HummingBird Posted March 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2005 I just took the convict wrigllers and some of the jewel eggs and put them into a dedicated fry tank. It was so sad to watch the convicts search around for their babies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HummingBird Posted March 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2005 As it turns out they still have TONS of babies in the tank with them. Another pair of convicts in the tank have spawned as well and they have a cloud of babies hovering around too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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