fish-n-chips
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I got some F1 "Moliwe" off Aquabid back in Sept. from a seller in Seattle. Since then, I have had 2 pair in a heavily planted 20 long. Two months ago I had the dom. male breed with the now sub. female. The fry made it a week before they disappeared. I wasn't too surprised since they were still small( male about 1 1/2"). The male switched females, they bred 3 times and none of the fry made it past wigglers. Then the sub pair bred and those made it hatching but not past wigglers stage. The dom. pair then bred but the eggs disappeared and I thought that they got eaten also. Today when I went downstairs after lights on, What did I see.......about 20 free swimming with both parents gaurding them!!!! I thought they were gone since the parents were clearing gravel/sand just two days ago under some driftwood.
This tank has been a soap opera to say the least. Now should I put the fry in a breeder net with some driftwood and java moss or should I let them stay in the tank and hope the parents are going to do it right this time. They are both guarding the fry and making sure they don't wander too far.
The tank is planted with:
Anubias- nana, golden and petit
Crypt- tropica and wendtii
Needle leaf java fern
java moss
ph-6.6
kh-around 8
gh- around 3
I haven't tested my water in a few weeks since I keep up on my wc's and it has been stable for months.
I have some nice driftwood that I collected last spring in there also. The other inhabitants are 3 nerites, tons of ramshorn snails and some rcs( don't know how many since my taenies have a fondness for shrimp now). Sorry for the long winded post, I just wanted to get as much info as I could into my first post. I will try to get a few pics tonight and set up a photobucket account. I do have some pics in my ablum though.
Thank you for looking~FNC~
This tank has been a soap opera to say the least. Now should I put the fry in a breeder net with some driftwood and java moss or should I let them stay in the tank and hope the parents are going to do it right this time. They are both guarding the fry and making sure they don't wander too far.
The tank is planted with:
Anubias- nana, golden and petit
Crypt- tropica and wendtii
Needle leaf java fern
java moss
ph-6.6
kh-around 8
gh- around 3
I haven't tested my water in a few weeks since I keep up on my wc's and it has been stable for months.
I have some nice driftwood that I collected last spring in there also. The other inhabitants are 3 nerites, tons of ramshorn snails and some rcs( don't know how many since my taenies have a fondness for shrimp now). Sorry for the long winded post, I just wanted to get as much info as I could into my first post. I will try to get a few pics tonight and set up a photobucket account. I do have some pics in my ablum though.
Thank you for looking~FNC~