My Chromides Have Laid Eggs

[Lenna]

I recently compiled many of my smaller 15-18g communities into a 6' tank so I moved my 15g brackish tank onto the old tropical community cabinet. In doing so I did a near 100% water change and my chromide pair has laid 25-30 egg sacs on the side of their cave. I'm so happy, I bought them as juvies and this is their first attempt .
(looks like I can't post pictures here for some reason, they're going in members aquarium pics)

 

[chris_1127]

how strange! i changed from a 30 to a 55g tank recently and my chromides spawned this week too!!! Must be like you say the big water change prompts it. They were both looking after the eggs a coupole of days ago, but now the male is chasing the female away from them and looking after them by himself.

 

[Lenna]

The opposite has happened with mine. The female is now guarding them by herself and won't let the male anywhere near them.

 

[chris_1127]

good luck with the hatching!! From what i've read elsewhere it should be about 5-6 days before they hatch so i'm expecting wigglers by the weekend

 

[Lenna]

I have a pit of wigglers now, but then it is pretty hot here and eggs tend to hatch faster than usual.

 

[dwarfgourami]

Congratulations!

 

[lucky62]

congratulations , both of you .

Chromides make excellent caring parents , both male and female will take turns guarding eggs , then the same with the fry .







good luck

 

[chris_1127]

first wigglers appeared on Friday evening, and they were pretty much all off the rock by saturday morning. The parents are both doing a great job of looking after them now - they've moved pits a couple of times but are keeping everything else well away.

Lucky - any idea at what stage is it gonna be ok to move the fry away from the parents into a breeding net? I don't want to stress the parents too much, but on the other hand theyre in a community tank with puffers so i dont want all of the fry to become lunch (though ive accepted its inevitable that some will be ) I wanted to move at least some of the fry into a net to grow them on a bit.

 

[chris_1127]

well, i'm on my second batch of wigglers now!! unfortunately the first lot met an unfortunate end due to the cannister filter - the parents moved pits to one directly underneath the filter inlet pipe and I arrived home from a weekend away to see the last one or two sucked up the pipe I emptied the filter and saved a few dozen, but the parents ignored them when i put them back in the tank and they all disappeared

anyway i've now taken about a foot off the inlet pipe on the filter, so its a lot nearer the top of the tank; and the second batch of wigglers are now about 5 days old. Keeping my fingers crossed that these ones will fare a bit better

lenna - how are yours doing now?