The Oto Journal
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Thanks! As for suggestions, I would start with a small tank heavily planted. There's not one set thing that I have found that triggers the spawn. I would say as long as you could provide them a nice quiet place to where they feel comfortable in, that would be the starting point.
Yes, I do sell them. The third batch is just about of age.
Looks like I'll start moving some of the juvies over the holding tank today. They are pretty nice sized at this point. Did a 25% water change in the tank yesterday. Didn't see any of the eggs this morning. Interesting. I'm starting to wonder if there may be some snarfage going on in there.
Update 02-Dec-2010
Another spawn in the holding tank. And as the pattern goes with the past few spawns....more non-viable eggs. Can't quite figure this one out. {scratches head}. Removed (8) bad eggs. Hopefully I won't find any tomorrow but that seems unlikely.
Still need to remove the juvies from the main tank. I have to at least thin them out this weekend regardless.
Another spawn in the holding tank. And as the pattern goes with the past few spawns....more non-viable eggs. Can't quite figure this one out. {scratches head}. Removed (8) bad eggs. Hopefully I won't find any tomorrow but that seems unlikely.
Still need to remove the juvies from the main tank. I have to at least thin them out this weekend regardless.
PM me if you get some old enough to ship. I'm interested to see if they will eat the brown algae/diatoms I have plaguing my tanks.
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As expected, I found more non-viable eggs. Hmmmmm....puzzleing. I will be doing a water change and some cleaning in there tomorrow. Have to figure out a time when I can split the Java Fern. I'll make a big swing at when the fry allow.
My plan is to pull the big fern, replace with a smaller one and add a snippet of 'Trident' as well. Then I'll add some additional stems for more grazing area.
My plan is to pull the big fern, replace with a smaller one and add a snippet of 'Trident' as well. Then I'll add some additional stems for more grazing area.
Maybe the non-fertilised eggs are because the males are racing around and focusing on each other instead of every egg. Maybe if there was only one male/female per tank then you would have less unfertilised eggs. I can only imagine that with 3 or 4 fellas chasing a lady that they are competing against each other, and then they look up and notice that the little lady has moved on. If there are more than one lady laying at the same time, then the boys might be racing left right and center and not focusing their attention on completely fertilising the eggs.
