Australian Desert Gobies eggs

[fishorama]

That's great! Will you pull these newest eggs too or try leaving them longer? At this rate you can experiment if they keep it up.

 

[happypoet]

I'll probably pull these as well, though I'll give them 24-48 hours longer with the dad since my first batch haven't hatched just yet (soon, though!). Should I get a third clutch while the first two are still too young to be saleable or put back with the parents, and assuming I'm getting a large number of them developing healthily, I'll probably leave them in with the parents along with a bunch of java moss and more rockwork and I'll just see what happens.

 

[happypoet]

Fry are hatching! four of them so far, and many more to go. It's the eighth day since they were laid. 78 degrees, moderately hard, 7.8ish ph, zero salt.

 

[fishorama]

Yay! It's about time...more pics soon please.

 

[happypoet]

Since you asked
You can't see the new eggs, but you can see what he thinks about me shining a flashlight into his cave.

Here are the unhatched eggs. I think this tube will be about empty by tomorrow morning.

And one little 'un.

 

[platytudes]

Ohhh! Cute overload on that last pic!!!

 

[platytudes]

 

[happypoet]

Heh. Oh dear He does have a meme-friendly expression.

 

[fishorama]

Thanks Aaron! Love Papa's expression too. Is it just me or does the yolk sac seem small in these?

 

[happypoet]

Yeah, it is smaller than I expected. I'll probably put some food in tomorrow and see what happens. I can always vacuum it out.