Eggs hatching

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Eggs hatching

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The eggs are hatching, and I now have 7 wrigglers. Some of the eggs are dead unfortunately :( But there seem to be about 80% that are healthy.

The problem, or what I'm afraid might be a problem, is that 3 of the wrigglers are stuck to the clutch of eggs. They struggle to get loose, but are so far unsuccesful. Should I try to separate them, or should I leave them alone? Will they eventually be able to get loose, and am I worrying about nothing?

One of the free wrigglers also carries a shell from another dead egg with him. Should I try to get it off of him, or will he get rid of it by himself?

Next time I'll leave the eggs with the male - I can see they need the care given by the him. It's all a learning process for both me and the male this child rearing stuff, and I strongly suspect he will do a better job than me once he gets the hang of it :)

I'm afraid I made a mistake by stealing the eggs.... :oops:
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Post by Rob »

If you have a turkey baster, you can quite often free the young that are stuck by gently sucking up water and squeezing it over them. Make sure it is done gentl.

Good luck

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Thanks Rob

The dead ones are cleaned out and I've got 7 of them in safety now, they all look happy and healthy.

There's still another 7 eggs that hasen't hatched. The eggs are a darkish yellow with a stripe on top, which should be the fish. Makes me wonder if they aren't healthy because they haven't hatched yet? The ones that were dead was all whitish.
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Can you see them wriggling?
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The remainder hatched before noon today. I have 13 happy healthy wrigglers in safety :D

Thanks for your help Rob
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COngratulations McEve

:P :P

Let us know how they do.

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Congrats McEve, thats quality!
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Well done McEve,

Hope one day I will be a Zebra Dad !!!!!
What were the size of the male and females that bred for you?.
Either body size or overall length will do.
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Thanks all, I'm a very proud grandma :lol:

Nr 5 is the daddy (see the thread "My bunch"), which is 8 cm excluding tail, the mare (are fish mums mares?) nr 3 is about 7 cm, same size as nr 4 which was the female responsible for the first batch.
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