Cherry Barb Eggs

[shortymet55]

What do Cherry Barb eggs look like? I saw a male chjase a male into some thick plants, then sorta wrap around her and she tried to get away, but then I saw two things that looked like small bubbles (clear, round, small), but they went into the gravel instead of floating to the top like a bubble. Now the male is chasing everything away that comes close to him.

 

[shortymet55]

I think its confirmed. I saw them do it two more times. Males chases female, they weave around the same plant, the male wraps around female, a little clearish white ball drops. Only thing odd is I only see one ball each time. Could be missing some in the plants thou.

 

[Hawkins]

Probably not then.. they release about 200 eggs each time.

Then they go around eating as many as they can find afterwards..

 

[shortymet55]

I actually read somewhere, its not odd for them to drop 1-3 at a time, but they just repeat it over and over until 200-300 eggs are out. I mean every time the male wrapped around the female, I saw a ball float out from the plant, which I had never seen before. Still not 100% sure, but my Angel fish sure did enjoy one of the eggs.

 

[Hawkins]

maybe so then

 

[tangokitty]

maybe some will make it.

 

[ddiehn]

My cherry barbs do exactly the same thing...male wriggles up against the female, she almost turns over and then jets out a few eggs and they do that over and over for hours...eventually, the whole community is well fed on the eggs they gobble up, and there are never any left. I tried to save a few, but I don't think they ever had a chance to get fertilized and they didn't ever hatch.

It's definately eggs though...no question.

 

[drobbyb]

Probably not then.. they release about 200 eggs each time.

Then they go around eating as many as they can find afterwards..

Actually they do 1 to 30 at a time. 200 in a total spawning.