Khuli Eggs

[missmilly]

I've not seen a lot of information on the net regarding Khuli eggs. Most of what I've read indicates the eggs are always green, however, I've seen a post here or there indicating the eggs could also be yellow.

I just found several large yellow eggs buried in the substrate near some plant roots. Since my other fish would not produce these large eggs, I can only assume they are Khuli eggs?

What do you think?

 

[Donya]

I moved this over from the species section (which is just for informational posts, not questions) and somehow the attached image got messed up from the move - sorry about that. Haven't had that happen before so I'm not sure how to fix it.

 

[phoenixgsd]

khuli eggs

im soooooo jealous

wait untill crossfire sees this

 

[missmilly]

Thanks for moving the post, I'm new here so I appreciate the help in navigating the site.

Here's the attachment again of the eggs. I'm curious to know if these might be Kuhli eggs even though they're yellow instead of green, which from what I've read is the usual color. None of the other tank mates (various tetras) lay these large of eggs.

This is about the 3rd batch I've seen in the last few months. I was wondering if anyone can confirm that these might be Kuhli eggs.


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[LucyB]

Welcome to the forum!!

Kuhli Eggs?! Well done!!

Crossfire will be here aaaaaany minute now... (crossfire is a kuhli addicted member on this forum...)

 

[Crossfire]

They do look if they are tinted green. I do not think the eggs are green themselves, the ovaries appear green through the kuhlis skin.
Do you have any tall, surface reaching or floating plants? If not, the kuhlis might have laid eggs anywhere.
I wouldn't keep them in a tub...Personally, I would put them in a breeder box and hang them in the tank from where they came, keeping conditions stable. Adding an airstone into the breeder box would help circulate the water more, and I'm quite sure their are breeder boxes with pumps that suck in water from the tank and circulate it through the box.

If you have any mulm or almon leaves, put them in the box. As well as any plant snippings, heck even some sand in there. It will provide the babies with some shelter and microfoods. When they get a little bigger, start feeding them brine shrimp and daphnia, then when they are bigger some fish baby food.

Lucky!
You must tell us your water conditions!

 

[Baccus]

Unfortunatley when this post got split, my original reply got a wee bit lost. I found it now, hope its not too late

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Posted 30 December 2012 - 07:52 PM
They very well could be khuli eggs, but everything I have read about khuli eggs is that they will be laid near the surface and generally stick to aquatic plants near the surface. Some eggs will fall to the bottom of the tank and are usually eaten by the adults or other fish. but maybe falling into gaps in the substrate has saved them.

Water conditions will be important if you want to try and hatch them, you could put the eggs in a suspended net near the filter return, or keep the eggs in the current contianer (where you took the pictures) and add an airstone on a gentle bubble to keep air circualting around the eggs.
Ideally if the eggs hatch you want some of the mulm from your tank/ filter in the bottom of the newly hatched fry contianer for the fry to feed off micro organisms in the mulm. Java moss is also useful for providing micro foods to tiny mouths. Once a bit bigger the fry can be fed newly hatched decapsulted brine shrimp (rinsed well in fresh water to not introduce salt to the fry tank/ temp home). Water quality will also be an issue with raising the fry in something besides an established tank so frequent water changes will be in order.

I hope for your sake these are some khuli eggs.

Please keep us updated with pictures and observations if the eggs do hatch.