Zebra Spawn Alert! Now With Photo's! ;)
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Zebra Spawn Alert! Now With Photo's! ;)
well i dont want to count my chickens before they hatch but the female zebra i bought a few weeks ago is now trapped in a cave with my big male.... i woke up this morning and she was in there, i looked in all the usual places and got more and more excited as i couldnt find her... the last place i looked was in my big males cave and she is at the back of it with him covering the entrance....
im pretty exicted...!
i assume i just cross my fingers and leave them to it?
do i carry on with normal feeding and water changes?
cheers,
andrew
Last edited by andrewcoxon on Mon Mar 26, 2007 6:57 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Zebra Spawn Alert!!!!
Andrew,andrewcoxon wrote:
im pretty exicted...!
i assume i just cross my fingers and leave them to it?
do i carry on with normal feeding and water changes?
It might sound like mission impossible but try to leave them in peace for a week at least, no WC only feeding and absolutely no torchlight!!!!!
Good Luck to ya!!!!!!
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Re: Zebra Spawn Alert!!!!
Jup! here's crossing my fingers tooandrewcoxon wrote: i assume i just cross my fingers and leave them to it?
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I had a female in for 4 days without any results and a female for several hours with a nice spawn, so all you can do is wait for the result, no predictions can be made timewiseandrewcoxon wrote: any ideas how long she should be in there for? is it a case of the longer the better or what?
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I do it just the opposite way. I always use my trusty flashlight (torch) to check all the caves - usually twice a day. Since I have gotten a lot of fry, I assume it doesnt prevent spawning at all. Once I get eggs this can go to 3 times a day cause I am such a nervous nellie I have to keep checking.
As for spawning and how long the fm is in the cave. I have found there seems to be little correlation between the amount of time and the likelyhood of getting eggs. Have seen it both ways.
Got my fingers crossed for you AC
As for spawning and how long the fm is in the cave. I have found there seems to be little correlation between the amount of time and the likelyhood of getting eggs. Have seen it both ways.
Got my fingers crossed for you AC
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hmmm well its not going to plan anymore.....
(3rd day she's been in the cave) and iv just got back in to find her out the cave but waiting along side it.... the big male who was in the cave with her is in another cave...!! no signs or eggs and the other male who has been chased out his cave and is hiding behind rocks....
its the first time my males have swapped caves and i dont know why.... it couldnt of happened at a worst time...
so what do i do now?? will she find the male in another cave a try again? or do i interfere??
gutted
(3rd day she's been in the cave) and iv just got back in to find her out the cave but waiting along side it.... the big male who was in the cave with her is in another cave...!! no signs or eggs and the other male who has been chased out his cave and is hiding behind rocks....
its the first time my males have swapped caves and i dont know why.... it couldnt of happened at a worst time...
so what do i do now?? will she find the male in another cave a try again? or do i interfere??
gutted
My Pleco's:
4 x L46
5 x L174
5 x L134
5 x L287
5 x L257
2 x L236
4 x L46
5 x L174
5 x L134
5 x L287
5 x L257
2 x L236