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I mentioned this to Neil in my last message to him and he said I should post it here. When I woke up this morning (well it was one in the afternoon, actually, but morning for me) and took a look at my fish tank my neons were getting cozy in the cabomba. I don't know why, they just felt like it I guess, being Mother's Day and all.
Tank was about 6.8, 80F, and they were spawning in the corner where I have the CO2 reactor, probably a very acidic area. I had done my usual Saturday 20% water change the night before, nothing special. I feed them flake food.
That area is full of cabomba, and the substrate below is covered with a layer of peat, so some eggs might make it. The little guys were eating up the eggs as fast as they laid them, like vaccuum cleaners. Not all twenty of them were involved, maybe just six or so. It seemed like pairs were trading partners as other males came to break things up. If I hadn't've seen them spawning, I would never have known it - those eggs are like tiny grains of salt.
Tank was about 6.8, 80F, and they were spawning in the corner where I have the CO2 reactor, probably a very acidic area. I had done my usual Saturday 20% water change the night before, nothing special. I feed them flake food.
That area is full of cabomba, and the substrate below is covered with a layer of peat, so some eggs might make it. The little guys were eating up the eggs as fast as they laid them, like vaccuum cleaners. Not all twenty of them were involved, maybe just six or so. It seemed like pairs were trading partners as other males came to break things up. If I hadn't've seen them spawning, I would never have known it - those eggs are like tiny grains of salt.