Nah they just came out of the shadows lmao
The tetras all like to hang out among the shadowy driftwood on the far left side, usually where they're at. I just caught a pic of them not in their usual spot.
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The tetras all like to hang out among the shadowy driftwood on the far left side, usually where they're at. I just caught a pic of them not in their usual spot.
Someone has spawned in this tank, one of the corydoras species in there.
Could it be eques?
Could it be splendens?
Could it be loxozonus?
Id like to hazard a guess that its not my tiny little loxos, as the 112 egg total is a LOT of eggs from such a small fish that never had a porky gut at all.
A couple of my eques do look thinner, but that could just be wishful thinking
Ive seen prebreeding behavior from both my eques and splendens, but also not the loxozonus.
Could it be eques?
Could it be splendens?
Could it be loxozonus?
Id like to hazard a guess that its not my tiny little loxos, as the 112 egg total is a LOT of eggs from such a small fish that never had a porky gut at all.
A couple of my eques do look thinner, but that could just be wishful thinking
Ive seen prebreeding behavior from both my eques and splendens, but also not the loxozonus.
I love the red dots! But some of those eggs don't look fertile to me...white (duds) vs amber (fertilized)?
And what's with the circled gray (grey in Canadian, lol) alien egg in the last pic? It's not the amber I'd expect of a fertilized egg but not the white of infertile either...what do you think? UFO? Maybe more than 1 species?
And what's with the circled gray (grey in Canadian, lol) alien egg in the last pic? It's not the amber I'd expect of a fertilized egg but not the white of infertile either...what do you think? UFO? Maybe more than 1 species?
Yeah some look infertile which is often expected, not all are fertilized, especially with first batches.
I had to figure out what you meant by weird grey egg... I then realized you were seeing the bottom of the plastic container the eggs are placed in hahahaha
I take pictures and then count afterwards by using the red dots to keep track of which I already counted. Makes it easier for when I go back later (once I know the species) and make a planet cat breeding report.
The fish made it easy, all were placed on the floating plants. No one ate them either.
I'd doubt I'd be lucky enough to have *two or more* species breeding in one day for the first time, but hey weird things happen.
A couple more pics. Added some sußwassertang, for added security for them. Once they're a couple days old I will add some sand from the parent tank. I like to keep it bare first couple days as the fry are easier to see to make sure they're eating and if any die its easier to see the bodies.
Learned that sometimes the eggs are albino, as was the case with my paleatus last year. The eggs don't really darken in those cases either.
Floating plants obviously were trimmed, because I had to remove the eggs--which all were placed on the floating plants.
One of the corydoras in this tank, but not sure which one it was haha its either corydoras eques, corydoras loxozonus, or brochis splendens.
I have had it happen a few times with the eggs staying pretty light-white, and I have made it a habit to not discard them unless they fungus over, or havent hatched after 7 days--in case this happens.
Learned that sometimes the eggs are albino, as was the case with my paleatus last year. The eggs don't really darken in those cases either.
Floating plants obviously were trimmed, because I had to remove the eggs--which all were placed on the floating plants.
