Re: [GSAS-Member] what a surprise...

["Jenny Crampton" <beanbucket@gmail.com>]

Sweet!  Be careful about those corys.. they are ferocious! :)

On 10/10/07, HIRO TAK <neon98102@yahoo.com> wrote:
>   Thanks Linda,
>
>   Yes indeed it is pretty cool.  Since this is the first eggs from the 
> parents fish that suppose to take care.  And so far he looks he does.
>
>   I guess I better take the Corys out.  It would be tough butprobably better 
> now than after the eggs hatch.  I'll try today after I get back.
>
> Linda Knapp <linda@bozuk.org> wrote: Very cool - congratulations -
>
> I did find that I had to take out the other fish in the tank - the
> rams are really good at trying to protect the eggs but eventually the
> other fish will get the babies. I had one pair that raised the babies
> up for for several days ok but I had left a kuhli loach in the tank
> and it got the babies one night. After the next batch of eggs the
> father started beating up Mom - I think he blamed her!
>
> Cheers!
> Linda
>
> On Oct 10, 2007, at 12:03 AM, HIRO TAK wrote:
>
> >
> >    After the meeting, Meredith gave me ride home.  Also I finally
> > pay her the Corydoras Pands for the 20L I got from her.
> >   You would never guess what I find.
> >      I notice my small Gold  Rams in the kitchen tank is not really
> > out looking for the left over food I just fed.
> >    And I see the one staying near the back of the tank.
> >    So I look closely and there are some white little things on the
> > stone.  Look like salt grain or whitish sands on the stone.  But
> > there is only black sands in the tank.
> >    How could it be and I look closely, they are eggs.  And the male
> > seem chasing all the small Corydoras(Melanotaenia) come near the
> > stone with the eggs on it.  I guess there must be around 70 eggs.
> >
> >    I guess they were closer than I thought they would spawn.
> >
> >    It was too bad that I did not see them spawn but what a surprise.
> >
> >    Now I wonder if I should remove the Corys.   I read somewhere
> > that sometime other fish help the pair to maintain their bond.  I
> > guess I leave weak light for them tonight.
> >
> >  I try not to too excited about this as this is their first time
> > and I read enough about C*chlid and the first spawn.  But I must
> > say it is a nice surprise to come home to.  So we'll see how it
> > goes.  And I think I'll let the parents do their own.  And see how
> > far they will get.
> >
> >
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