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Zebra Spawn Alert! Now With Photo's! ;)
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 9:37 am
by andrewcoxon
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
Re: Zebra Spawn Alert!!!!
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 10:58 am
by John
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?
Andrew,
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!!!!!!
Re: Zebra Spawn Alert!!!!
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 12:35 pm
by McEve
andrewcoxon wrote:
i assume i just cross my fingers and leave them to it?
Jup! here's crossing my fingers too
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 1:24 pm
by Lucy
Praying wouldn't do any harm too - cover all bases!!
We're all with you - & congratulations on finally getting a female!!
Lucy <><
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 2:10 pm
by andrewcoxon
thanks guys!
she's still in there,
im going to stay away from the tank, just looking for round the corner! haha
any ideas how long she should be in there for? is it a case of the longer the better or what?
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 2:19 pm
by Plastic Mac
Lol, about bloody time!!!
Good luck and let us know how things go.
Plastic Mac
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 5:16 pm
by sam
nice one fingers crossed.I had my first spawn two weeks ago I know the feeling
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 5:26 pm
by John
andrewcoxon wrote:
any ideas how long she should be in there for? is it a case of the longer the better or what?
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 timewise
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 7:12 pm
by sam
our female was in the cave for about 5 days before she layed eggs if thats any help
Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 7:51 pm
by TwoTankAmin
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
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 12:56 pm
by andrewcoxon
thanks guys!
just a little update:
she's still in there!!! lol its an amazing feeling but also im worried sick..!
keeping everything crossed.
andrew
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 1:38 pm
by MacedonianLion
Good luck Andrew, my L066 female is traped in a cave for fift dag today and still no eggs. Last time was in for half dag and spawned, so i think if the female is not ready she wont do it but the male like you know he wont give up
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 1:54 pm
by McEve
Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 6:47 pm
by andrewcoxon
lol... i dont know what you mean....
Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 1:05 pm
by andrewcoxon
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
