I checked the primary cave- there were almost free swimming fry in there in the rear left. This was the spawn from about the 12th and I was wrong thinking they had been evicted already.
Then I moved to the opposite end of the tank and began checking all the caves moving to the #2 slate one. There was the Alpha male still in the right rear on top of some silicone beads, oh well. And then my brain did a double take..... those silicone balls had been wiggling. But how could that be? Spawns are always on the left side not the right. So I checked it again to prove to my brain it had got things wrong. Well sure enough there is a batch of eggs with wigglers tucked in the right rear.
I must be getting old.
One other note- my two fm discus have spawned today. (One of them was bought as a male
) This is their third try. I wanted to clean their tank and they have put the eggs on the sponge filter uplift tube. I am not sure I want to pull that sponge to rinse it- them two ladies will surely attack me.
