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2nd spawn ?!
Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 10:11 pm
by Miezekatze
hi
i think last night i had my second spawn. now the big wildcought male is in the cave with the eggs. 2 month ago this pleco had his first spawn, but i think he ate the eggs. it have been fourteen
so what should i do now? try again and give the wildcought a second chance or get them into separation ?!
thanks for your ideas
Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 2:46 pm
by McEve
Hi,
I would give him a second chance
Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 3:32 pm
by smithrc
yep - If he gets the hang of it - it'll be better in the long run
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 10:11 pm
by Miezekatze
hi guys..
bad news
i found 3 grubs outside the cave and pulled them into the cave back. no chance. 5 minutes later they were outside again. then i put them into separation, but next day they were dead
i think it was a problem of the temperature, too. the grubs enclosed after only 4 days, perhaps because of the 31°c in the tank. They seemed to be not strong enough to survive...
next try...
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 3:29 pm
by McEve
grubs ? I don't understand what that is?
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 3:53 pm
by TwoTankAmin
31 C = 87.8F. I keep my breeding tank between 86 and 87+ and I have gotten many spawns that hatched. I wonder what your water params are?
Also, new to spawning males will sometimes accidentally fan some eggs out of the cave.
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:24 pm
by Miezekatze
McEve wrote:grubs ? I don't understand what that is?
hi
hehe, its hard for me to find the englisch word... the fry perhaps ? 1 day olf fry
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:55 pm
by smithrc
"wigglers"
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 8:25 pm
by McEve
Ah, sorry about that
If a wiggler falls out of the cave, it could be because the dad thinks there's something wrong with them, and kicks them out. OR, it could be that the cave needs to be angled a tad backwards to prevent a clumpsy dad from loosing them
Looks to me that he's making progress? He hasn't eaten the eggs this time? Still got some wrigglers in the cave?
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 10:32 pm
by Miezekatze
hi
thanks for that.
i don`t know how much eggs have been inside the cave before, but at the end the male had a very big stomag. so i think he ate some eggs, but perhaps only the eggs he had problems with etc.
but all in all he is making progress. atm there are no wigglers in the cave anymore... i hope at the 3rd spawn everything will run the right way..
p.s.: sorry for my english, but "wigglers" & Co. is not my all-day-english
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 10:48 pm
by McEve
No problem
It wasn't part of my vocabulary before Zebra either
I think it's supposed to be "wrigglers" (they are wriggling around) though
Good luck with him, if he doesn't shape up next time you might have one of the very few males that just won't get it right.
I'm sure he'll prove to be good though!
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 10:58 pm
by smithrc
wiggle - wriggle both words for the same movement / action
Either will do nicely.