Re: Trifasciata

[Mike & Diane Wise <apistowise@fgn.net>]

Tomoko,

They sure sound strange to me. Are you sure they were eggs? They may be very
newly hatched larvae. These are usually dark and smaller than the eggs.

Mike Wise

Tomoko Schum wrote:

> Hi y'all,
>
> My trifasciata female has eggs finally!  But
> I am puzzled about the appearance of the
> eggs.  They are very small and dark instead
> of magenta colored.  Can someone tell me how
> incubating apisto eggs supposed to look like?
>
> She has been excavating under her flower pot
> for almost a week in soft clean water (dGH =
> 1.5, pH = 6.5).  I could no longer stand the
> suspense and lifted the pot up when she was
> away.  I thought she was fooling me again.
> But this time I confirmed that one side of
> her pot was covered with dark spots.  They
> did not look like the eggs she laid (and ate)
> months ago.  The previous eggs were magenta
> colored and large.  These ones I saw a few
> minutes ago were dark and very small.
> Although I have seen just laid eggs, wigglers
> and free swimmers many a time with my
> productive borellii, I have never seen apisto
> eggs incubating for a few days so I have no
> idea if they are even viable or not.  They
> were not white and fungused.  Mother fish is
> still excavating the pot and tending the
> eggs.  So I am going to let her keep them for
> a week or so.
>
> I hope someone can enlighten me on this.
>
> TIA,
>
> Tomoko
>
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