The good news:
So I was away from my place for a few days and came back to find that my pair of GB Rams laid their first set of eggs! My first dwarf cichlid eggs ever!
They had laid what looked like 30-50 eggs on a large leaf of Anubias. They are currently in a 20 gal. tank w/some rummy-nose and neon tetras, driftwood, amazon type plants and gravel substrate in a mix of RO/tap water resulting in 160-170 TDS.
The bad news: After about a day of when I got home they started eating the eggs and now they are all gone.
I have a 10 gal. tank and my research around the net tells me the following should be a suitable breeding configuration for the pair:
-10 gallon bare bottom tank
-sponge filter
-piece of driftwood w/attached java fern
-heater set to 85
-pure RO water
My questions:
1. Does the breeding tank setup sound about right? Is there anything else I should or should not have in there?
2. I read in a different post that adding some sand might make them more comfortable. Exactly what kind of sand should I use? Pool filter sand or Multi-Purpose (sand-box)?
3. Is it possible that me returning home scared them somehow and caused them to eat the eggs or could it just be their inexperience?
This is first time my rams have ever laid eggs, and I really wanna get it right next time. Thanks so much in advance for your help!
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So I was away from my place for a few days and came back to find that my pair of GB Rams laid their first set of eggs! My first dwarf cichlid eggs ever!
They had laid what looked like 30-50 eggs on a large leaf of Anubias. They are currently in a 20 gal. tank w/some rummy-nose and neon tetras, driftwood, amazon type plants and gravel substrate in a mix of RO/tap water resulting in 160-170 TDS.
The bad news: After about a day of when I got home they started eating the eggs and now they are all gone.
I have a 10 gal. tank and my research around the net tells me the following should be a suitable breeding configuration for the pair:
-10 gallon bare bottom tank
-sponge filter
-piece of driftwood w/attached java fern
-heater set to 85
-pure RO water
My questions:
1. Does the breeding tank setup sound about right? Is there anything else I should or should not have in there?
2. I read in a different post that adding some sand might make them more comfortable. Exactly what kind of sand should I use? Pool filter sand or Multi-Purpose (sand-box)?
3. Is it possible that me returning home scared them somehow and caused them to eat the eggs or could it just be their inexperience?
This is first time my rams have ever laid eggs, and I really wanna get it right next time. Thanks so much in advance for your help!
ed