Water change with apisto eggs

[Ajlythgoe]

Hi everyone

My A.agassizii double red has eggs in her cave. She is in a 110l tank with another female and the male and 10 dither fish. When will be the best time to start doing water changes again and when would you advise to take male and other female out or could I leave them in the tank with the fry if there is enough hiding places for the fry. Any help would be much appreciated.

 

[Mike Wise]

I continue with water changes whether or not there are eggs. It doesn't affect them in my experience (if the water values are the same as those in the tank). I wouldn't bother with trying to remove the other fish in your size of tank. What species are the dither fish? Non-predatory towards fry, I hope.

 

[Ajlythgoe]

They are dwarf rasbora so I should be alright. I think I'll just do 10% Water changes as my tap water has a high ph and I've lowered the ph in the tank with peat and leaf litter so I don't wanna change that too much. Thanks for the advice about the other male and female. Any more advice would be great.

 

[yukondog]

I don't stop W/C in mine, but I do match the PH and temp.