There at it again
- zebrastorey
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There at it again
It has only been 38-40 days and she is in there again how long does it normally take for a female zebra plec to be ready to spawn again?
It can very on a lot of factors. Conditions, time of year, availability of food, etc.
Last year when I had my first spawn I had a second spawn within 21 days, however I cannot be sure that it was the same pair or even female.
Over the last twelve months I have kept everything almost constant and my fish breed every 6-8 weeks.
I am interested to see how they are over the next few months to see if there is any change in this pattern.
Congratulations on the spawn
Last year when I had my first spawn I had a second spawn within 21 days, however I cannot be sure that it was the same pair or even female.
Over the last twelve months I have kept everything almost constant and my fish breed every 6-8 weeks.
I am interested to see how they are over the next few months to see if there is any change in this pattern.
Congratulations on the spawn
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A point I have found is the volume of eggs laid is less tif the time between spawns is short. I did have two consecutive spawns within four weeks but the latter spawn only produced one egg.
I would not like to stste this as a general rule of thumb but usually the longer I wait the larger the clutch of eggs. Though I have only been lucky enough to have a maximum of 7 eggs in one spawn. I have yet to reach the heady heights of double figure spawns
I would not like to stste this as a general rule of thumb but usually the longer I wait the larger the clutch of eggs. Though I have only been lucky enough to have a maximum of 7 eggs in one spawn. I have yet to reach the heady heights of double figure spawns
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I believe this might be true as well. I have one demale that only lays egg once every 4-6 months, but when she does she lais 20+Shimmy wrote:A point I have found is the volume of eggs laid is less tif the time between spawns is short.
Other spawns where the female lays egg about every second month or more often usually produce about 10-15 eggs. It might be a matter of what the individual female is capable of of, as well as the time interval ofcourse.
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