Is he eating? I like to feed well before and after spawning - I use frozen blood worms. You might increase the temp some also Rams like it warm - 82-84 even.... They are annoyingly fragile though. Good Luck! Linda On Oct 19, 2007, at 9:12 AM, HIRO TAK wrote: > Hi all, > > I hope someone her could help me out. > As you know I have tiny Gold Rams spawned last week. And once > again, they laid eggs on Wednesday night. And this time I was > there to see part of the ritual. Anyway, the thing is the Dad have > been pale colored although he did part and go over the eggs. I am > sure he spread/smeared his seeds on the eggs. But he has not > colored up and she is the one fanning and guarding the eggs this > time around. Although whatever the reason, he may not well. I > didn't see the female pick on him or nothing but he is still pale > colored and stay at the corner behind the sponge filter. And they > did laid the eggs on the plastic part of top of the sponge filter, > by the way. > > And I am wondering if I should remove the male even it would be > tough to do so. But it probably better to do so before the eggs > hatch I imagine. And they should hatch either tonight or tomorrow > morning or so according to the web site. Or just remove them alone > since she is not picking him. I did about 1/3 water change > yesterday. Since I thought the water quality maybe the issue. But > he still acting same way. > > > I hope someone have the advice for me. > > Thanks. > > > Hiro > > P.S. Unfortunately I think the little fry from the Celestial Pearl > Danio may have been eaten by the parents. And I think I need to > set up the breeding tank instead of hands off survival of fittest > set up. > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > GSAS-Member mailing list > GSAS-Member@thekrib.com > http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member _______________________________________________ GSAS-Member mailing list GSAS-Member@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member