Apisto laying eggs

Sometimes females will spawn even though a male is not present. She will most likely eat the eggs within 24 hours if that is what happened in your tank.
 
In my haste I don't think I asked the question correctly. There is a male but the conditions are so far from being idea...I figured that she was crazy.

I assume that the eggs will be gone tomorrow...as I don't think the male is interested.

Thanks,

JB
 
Conditions far from ideal? I'm assuming that you have hard and alkaline water, which the apistos can and will spawn in succesfully. This happens all the time with my rams and they have nearly complete fertilization, something that's not supposed to happen with fish that come from soft and acidic water.
 
bs6749 said:
Conditions far from ideal? I'm assuming that you have hard and alkaline water, which the apistos can and will spawn in succesfully. This happens all the time with my rams and they have nearly complete fertilization, something that's not supposed to happen with fish that come from soft and acidic water.
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good to know. I have had two spawnings of Rams in my 29 gallon that didn't make it. I have a PH of about 7.6. The water is considered hard water though I haven't had it tested. Since I don't pay a water bill and the only report online is almost 2 years old and kind of vague on the details of some of the particulars on GH and KH I was worried I wouldn't get any babies. I have apistos too but I don't expect to have any babies as they are in a community tank with tiger barbs.
 
The **** eggs actually hatched...I thought my eyes were hazy this morning when the eggs looked like they were vibrating...know I now what people mean by wigglers...

I got everyone out of the tank (except for mom)
How do you feed these things...I have a ton of moss in the tank but they seem to be stationary I can get them some BBS.
 
you dont have to worry about feeding them till they are free swimming then i would use freshly hatched brine shrimp and or infusoria and later micro worms are good.

what kind of apisto is it?
 
The moss will provide plenty of infusoria for the first couple days. BBS and microworms are great first foods, but in a pinch a product like cyclopeeze or golden pearls can really pull the fry through. You'll see better growth rate with the fresh live food though.
 
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