PICS! 105 custom tall: aquabee's exit from the world of nanos

[mnemenoi]

Awesome! Congrats Bee!!!

[aquabee]

Thanks Roy! I'm so thrilled!!


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[mnemenoi]

Need to add geowhisperer to your illustrious titles

[aquabee]

Um no way. I'm still beating myself up for the plague of 2012... :(


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[mnemenoi]

Ehh, it happens to us all... I still eventually wants some more cyps...I've had my fair share of disasters both accidental and self made. Note to self: Large ornate bichirs make horrible tankmates

[aquabee]

LOL you're killin me smalls.


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[LooksLater]

Yaaaay, Bee!! So happy for you (and fishy momma), that's awesome.
Congrats!

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[SunnyHouTX]

Congrats Bee. Hope you get teh behbehz

[aquabee]

We shall see! Some people have great luck with the first spawn in a group, and others have only had good luck when separating the parents.


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[aquabee]

Couldn't sleep so went to check out the tank... And saw one of my plecos eating the eggs! There are only 4 eggs left. Grrrrr I'm getting rid of these plecos tomorrow!


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[mnemenoi]

Sorry to hear about that Bee, wonder if that is the case then what are the chances that this is indeed their first spawning attempt or perhaps they have had a bit more practice...

[BrAin]

That stinks. Sorry to hear that.

[aquabee]

It's all good. Novice mistake in trying to breed delayed mouthbrooders. Every nocturnal fish except otos will eat eggs at night while the mom/dad sleep. I'll pull out those darn plecos today.


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[cichlidomaha]

Bee; Sorry to hear about the mishap, plecos are notorious as egg eaters almost as bad as Synodontis catfish. Neither should be kept in a tank where fish are spawning. Remove them and hopefully the next spawn will be a success.

Good Luck!

Tom

[aquabee]

Thanks Tom! Yeah..... I knew that, having kept both synos and plecos, but somehow it didn't register that the plecos, bring nocturnal, would go after the eggs while mom slept. Lame. They're out now though, and I did an 80% cold water change today and then fed bloodworms, mysis, and cyclops. So we'll see how the next couple weeks go!


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