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Hello everyone,
About two weeks ago I purchased 5 small wild caught Apistogramma trifasciata, and these are my first apistos. (Have tons of other fish that I keep and breed). Today, I pulled out some caves to clean in their tank and we have eggs! Was NOT expecting that so darned soon, the females are so small, figured it would be awhile til they were ready, guess they had other ideas, LOL!
My questions are:
Since I don't even know where this cave was in the tank (there are many), I figure I can't try to put it back, no idea where it goes. So I have placed it in a 6 gallon tank with an airstone running current across the eggs, same set up to hatch other chichlid eggs. Will this work? What is the hatching time for this species? And what temperature would you guys recommend I keep the eggs at? They are currently at 82 degrees. Any advice appreciated, I would love to see these hatch. There is somewhere between 75-100 eggs too.
I am very excited about this, so any thoughts on hatching without the mom greatly appreciated, thanks!
Fishes
About two weeks ago I purchased 5 small wild caught Apistogramma trifasciata, and these are my first apistos. (Have tons of other fish that I keep and breed). Today, I pulled out some caves to clean in their tank and we have eggs! Was NOT expecting that so darned soon, the females are so small, figured it would be awhile til they were ready, guess they had other ideas, LOL!
My questions are:
Since I don't even know where this cave was in the tank (there are many), I figure I can't try to put it back, no idea where it goes. So I have placed it in a 6 gallon tank with an airstone running current across the eggs, same set up to hatch other chichlid eggs. Will this work? What is the hatching time for this species? And what temperature would you guys recommend I keep the eggs at? They are currently at 82 degrees. Any advice appreciated, I would love to see these hatch. There is somewhere between 75-100 eggs too.
I am very excited about this, so any thoughts on hatching without the mom greatly appreciated, thanks!
Fishes