Severums Spawning

[Monty-2010]

A pair of my severums have laid eggs again, this is probably the 4th/5th that time they have laid eggs, the every time they've either eaten the eggs or let others eat them. So what do you guy's think i should do? leave them to it or take move the eggs to a different tank?

 

[star4]

Its up to you, if you want to raise them then move them. My Rotkeil pair get the fry to wrigglers in the main tank then they end up getting eaten. I have removed them without problems

 

[Monty-2010]

what's the best way of moving them?

 

[hamfist]

what's the best way of moving them?

Move whatever the eggs have been laid on into another tank. If they've been laid on the glass of the tank, then your stuffed.

 

[Monty-2010]

They're on a pebble, just a bit worried about squashing them with my big clumsy paws!

 

[star4]

Just pick the pebble up you should be ok

 

[Monty-2010]

Done! the pebble is now safely in another tank

 

[Monty-2010]

it's a sad thing all the eggs have turned white and mouldy, gutted i was hoping for some baby sevs

 

[~T~]

it's a sad thing all the eggs have turned white and mouldy, gutted i was hoping for some baby sevs

Did you keep the rock in water at all times. I heard that exposure to the air can kill them. Not sure how much truth there is to this. Also were they regular sevs or super reds as a lot of super reds are sterile.

 

[hamfist]

Next time, run an airstone right by the eggs, getting a good bubble flow right over the eggs if possible. It will give the eggs a much better chance of survival, as it will mimic the flow of water that the parents generate around the eggs whilst they incubate. It will also reduce the changes of fungal infection taking hold.

Of course, it is also possible that one of the pair is not fertile. THis is espec true of reds I gather.

I don't think letting the eggs dry out for a short while is critical. There was a thread, either here or elsewhere, that I read recently where the chap accidentally drained the water level below the level of some cichlid eggs for a 2 or 3 hours. Once rescued and back under water, those eggs still hatched fine a couple of days later. I forget which species, but I'm pretty sure they were SA/CA cichlid.

 

[~T~]

Next time, run an airstone right by the eggs, getting a good bubble flow right over the eggs if possible. It will give the eggs a much better chance of survival, as it will mimic the flow of water that the parents generate around the eggs whilst they incubate. It will also reduce the changes of fungal infection taking hold.

Of course, it is also possible that one of the pair is not fertile. THis is espec true of reds I gather.

I don't think letting the eggs dry out for a short while is critical. There was a thread, either here or elsewhere, that I read recently where the chap accidentally drained the water level below the level of some cichlid eggs for a 2 or 3 hours. Once rescued and back under water, those eggs still hatched fine a couple of days later. I forget which species, but I'm pretty sure they were SA/CA cichlid.

Ahh right, it kinda does sound like an old fish wifes tale.

 

[ChilliPepper]

Which of your Sevs were they?

 

[star4]

Thats bad luck, I doubt it was transferring them that made them go white its how I move my eggs, usually from the living room to the kitchen. I use an aquaball filter when hatching my eggs on the lowest setting with the air difuser, set against the side of the tank so the flow then goes onto the eggs. You always get white eggs, these just remove. Best thing to use is a little dropper you get in most medications, they fit right over the bad egg and you can suck them up. If you dont remove the white eggs they will turn the rest of the batch mouldy.