Re: Why did they kill the eggs!! :-(

["Ceal" <ponkuan@erols.com>]

What the hack!!!! remove the CAE!! they are very territorial and tand to
suck on other fish once they tried what scale taste like.... (just like if
you got a cookie, you won't go back for spainage)
if you are really serious about fish spawn and wish to have some extra $ out
of it, preparing a specie tank is very important. However, if that's not the
case, just let the parents do what they want... even eat the eggs. Feel
proud of yourself and your fish. It's very sad that some captive fish (like
some rams, etc. you know.) are losing it's ability to rare fries. I wonder
if after a few times of spawning, will the pair get "bored" and decide to
take care the eggs and fries... ;>

Ceal
(and yes, I always collect big pickle jars.... in case of having zillion of
eggs and I need money... :-P)



Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2000 2:30 PM
Subject: RE: Why did they kill the eggs!! :-(


> Thanks for the info.. The Kribs has left the nest so I probably should
have
> opened the nest up and took out the baby Kribs if there were some. By now
> the Kribs must have ate them for they are now freely swimming around the
> tank.
>  The 2 Jewels are doing the mating dance and are real red again so maybe
> they are going to try it again. This was the first spawn for each of the
> species.
>
> The 2 species seem to tolerate each other pretty good the tank is a 20GH
> with 50% plants. The plants are very thick and go about half way up the
> tank. The jewels took the planted side and the Kribs took the rocky side.
> They tolerate each other well until one get close to the center line and
> then they get chased back.
>
> The cat is a tiny little baby Cory about 3/4 " in size. I also have a
> Chinese algae eater and today seen something remarkable.. it chased the
> large jewel off and actually attached itself to the side of the male
 just
> for a second). It did this about 3 times until the jewel finally stayed
away
> from it. It was funny because the 2 jewel's seemed to rule the tank during
> spawning.
>
> Thanks again
> Phil
>
>
>




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