My Sterbai just spawned!!!

[destined_love7]

Well good luck with them!

Don't you just love an excuse to buy a new tank? I swear, if I don't stop soon I won't have any bare flat serfaces left!

 

[msjinkzd]

I think what I am going to do is sell and empty 29g eclipse 3 setup I have collecting dust (terrible I know) and have hubby weld me a custom stand to hold 6 ten gellons. Then I can have a bunch of invert tanks and a breeding tank in case these sterbais are prolific.

 

[destined_love7]

Dang! Why are all the people selling tanks so far away from me? LOL. I bet shipping would be more than a new tank.

 

[msjinkzd]

jeez, i just went and looked in the tank and there are more eggs all over the glass...and the cherry barbs look like they are going to pop from eating so much caviar. I think I am going to leave these in the tank to see what happens.

 

[destined_love7]

LOL!

I just inherrited a 10 gallon. Probably cost almost as much to get a hood and filter as it would to get the whole kit, but who am I to fuss?

 

[gupman]

Yep i have corie eggs thats what mine look like...

 

[leighasnana]

Keeping your container and water clean is important. The bubbler will keep any particles from staying on the eggs and causing bacterial infection or fungus. I've read of a breeder who keeps his eggs in the dark till hatching to prevent fungus. I've done that and I've had good luck. My 1st batch of eggs hatched in a guppy breeder, the second are now in a floating container with an airstone. These are albino paleatus which are easy to breed. The fry which hatched are now 3 wks old. They don't eat for the 1st 3 days. I then began feeding finelly crushed flake and I feed a variety of things which I can get small enough to fit into their mouths. Once a day I take a Q-tip and clean the bottom of the breeder with it and before I feed more food I clean out the old. I feed small amounts - often. I give them an hour to eat. I'm now beginning to scrape tiny amounts of various frozen foods mixed with water which I feed with a dropper below the water and still alternate with the flakes. You can scrape off a tiny bit into a small container and then put the rest of the cube back in the freezer in a baggie. Make sure some of the foods are landing on the bottom and keep the bottom clean so that no foods fungus. What I like about the guppy breeder is that when I clean out food I don't need to syphon and I end up changing out all of the water. While they were very tiny I had the foot of a black nylon over the breeder trap which kept them from getting out of the sides and helped to keep things dark. After hatching I added some live plants to the nursery and a tiny bit of filter sponge. It helps the water quality and they can feed off of these. Have fun.

 

[gupman]

when di yours start laying eggs? ine i noticed today so it had to be last night or when i went to get my check from work...

 

[gupman]

oh yea by the way grats!

 

[msjinkzd]

sorry, out of town last night. they laid them throughout the day yesterday. I caught them and put them in a breeder trap. There is moss and java fern floating in it (as the eggs are stuck to them). We shall see. Unfortunately I will be out of town from tuesday through saturday, not sure how hubby will feel about catering to new babies.