Fish Id Required Please & Spawning Advice

[st24rsap]

I am new to the forum and have a question that i hope someone can help with. I have had a tropical tank for about 6 months now and the last week or so a pair of my fish have been digging big pits in the gravel, came home from work today and there are eggs in one of the pits.

Firstly does anyone know what species they are?

secondly any advice on what to do with the eggs?

 

[randallhart]

They are parrot fish
and don't worry
most all males are infertile, so none will hatch.

 

[st24rsap]

They are parrot fish
and don't worry
most all males are infertile, so none will hatch.

is there any way of telling if the male is infertile? I read somewhere about the colour of the eggs depends if they any good or not, is this true?

Should the eggs be left in the tank just incase or do they need to be taken out

 

[jarcher1390]

If they spawn and the male is infertile the eggs will go cloudy from fungus
Jonny

 

[st24rsap]

about half of the eggs are white as soon as they were layed, the rest are a light brown colour, the parrots are now getting quite nasty towards the other fish that go anywhere near the eggs

 

[st24rsap]

about half of the eggs are white as soon as they were layed, the rest are a light brown colour, the parrots are now getting quite nasty towards the other fish that go anywhere near the eggs

well the parrots have now been removed due to them getting very nasty and attacking everything else in the tank.

I couldnt find a new home for them and the lfs wouldnt take them so they have had to go into my new tank which has had only been up and running for 24hrs when they went in they seem ok at the moment but i still need to get them rehomed asapif they survive being in a new non cycled tank that is?

 

[xxBarneyxx]

Can you add some of the filter media from your other tank to the new one. This will speed up the cycling process.

 

[st24rsap]

Can you add some of the filter media from your other tank to the new one. This will speed up the cycling process.

yeah i have removed 1 of the 5 filter pads from the old tank and placed it into the new filter to hopefully speed things up a bit

 

[xxBarneyxx]

Can you add some of the filter media from your other tank to the new one. This will speed up the cycling process.

yeah i have removed 1 of the 5 filter pads from the old tank and placed it into the new filter to hopefully speed things up a bit

That will most likely be enough for just two fish. Just dont feed to heavy for the first few days and watch the ammonia and nitrite. If you get a spike do a water change.

 

[st24rsap]

Can you add some of the filter media from your other tank to the new one. This will speed up the cycling process.

yeah i have removed 1 of the 5 filter pads from the old tank and placed it into the new filter to hopefully speed things up a bit

That will most likely be enough for just two fish. Just dont feed to heavy for the first few days and watch the ammonia and nitrite. If you get a spike do a water change.

ive bought a descent test kit so will be checking the levels on a daily basis and keeping an eye on them. When the tank has stabelised and it is safe to transfer the fish i prosume they need to be added over a period of time to enable enough bacteria to grow to cope with all of the fish?

 

[xxBarneyxx]

If you are moving the mature filter over as well then it is ok to move them all in one go (it in effect is just like doing a big water change).

If your not moving the filter over then yes move them over a few at a time and give it a few days between each addition to let the filter bacteria to catch up.

 

[st24rsap]

i will be keeping the old tank up and running for the moment untill i decided if i am going to try some breeding so the old filter will be staying put for the moment.

Not got too many fish at the moment so ill move them over during a week or so and keep checking all the levels as i move them.