Turquiose Halfmoons Spawned

[Sasha]

After two unsuccessful attempts, my Turquoise Mask HM pair finally spawned.

I moved the female into the spawning tank on Monday, released her on Tuesday, and they spawned today. Oh, it was so exciting to watch! The first hour of embraces resulted with no eggs, and then they stopped since female nipped the male. They resumed spawning an hour later and it lasted for over two hours. Each embrace resulted in 10-15 eggs. From what I can see, there appears to be 100+ eggs in the male's bubble nest. After they finished spawning, I removed the female from the spawning tank and moved her back into her own tank. Let's hope the male doesn't eat the eggs during the night like he did last time. So far, so good.

 

[splashluff]

Congrats on the successful spawn! I hope you have lots of cute little fry swimming around soon

I love Turq's, so much. Pics would be very very much appreciated!

 

[Sasha]

Well, the male ate some eggs during the night but there are still a bunch of eggs in the bubble nest. I don't see any fry yet though. I'll see if the eggs hatch tomorrow. It's only been around 24 hours now since the pair spawned.

I'll post a few pics later Splashluff.

 

[mstinawu]

Well, the male ate some eggs during the night but there are still a bunch of eggs in the bubble nest. I don't see any fry yet though. I'll see if the eggs hatch tomorrow. It's only been around 24 hours now since the pair spawned.

I'll post a few pics later Splashluff.

I wonder why males sometimes eat the eggs.. Survival instinct? Eat only deformed eggs? Eating your own young.. Seems almost morbid..