My nijesseni spawned and i have no clue why. This is not a breeding tank - it is a 29 gallon with 7 sterbai; 5 pleco (all around 2 inches), 7 kuhli and 4 juvi a. hongsloi arund 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch (i've been growing them out from sub 1/4) and 4 mid size mystery snail (these always gave the ram fits but they seem to be ignoring her).
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While i've bred angles before i'm not sure i'm prepared to deal with this. My understanding is that i can't remove the frys from the mother and i do not have space for additional dedicated tank for her (I had to hoped to breed her in 18 months after i move). From my reading if the eggs hatch i will have a few days to feed them (for angels it took 7 to 8 days for them to become free swimming. Then it is not clear if i need to provide them dedicated food or if they can feed off the drift wood/java moss. I'm concern about adding newly hatched bbs since it has a short life and in the general tank it will be difficult to inject only a few near the frys (i am a bit surprise where she spawned as she had dug a cave on the other side of the tank under a piece of drift wood but she seemed to have rejected that and use an open unprotected piece of drift wood next to the sponge filter. The male is ignoring her and the other fishes.
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I do have some powder foods with the smallest being 50 micron gold perl but again injection near the frys would be difficult esp where they are located.
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This is of course very premature because they might not hatch of the snails might chase her away (I can remove the snails if need be - maybe feed a couple to my clwon loaches or put them in the guppy tank if i prefer to not turn them into food)
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While i've bred angles before i'm not sure i'm prepared to deal with this. My understanding is that i can't remove the frys from the mother and i do not have space for additional dedicated tank for her (I had to hoped to breed her in 18 months after i move). From my reading if the eggs hatch i will have a few days to feed them (for angels it took 7 to 8 days for them to become free swimming. Then it is not clear if i need to provide them dedicated food or if they can feed off the drift wood/java moss. I'm concern about adding newly hatched bbs since it has a short life and in the general tank it will be difficult to inject only a few near the frys (i am a bit surprise where she spawned as she had dug a cave on the other side of the tank under a piece of drift wood but she seemed to have rejected that and use an open unprotected piece of drift wood next to the sponge filter. The male is ignoring her and the other fishes.
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I do have some powder foods with the smallest being 50 micron gold perl but again injection near the frys would be difficult esp where they are located.
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This is of course very premature because they might not hatch of the snails might chase her away (I can remove the snails if need be - maybe feed a couple to my clwon loaches or put them in the guppy tank if i prefer to not turn them into food)