Disturbed Male With Eggs!!

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LiViNgL@RgE

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Doing my cleaning just now tried to get the L260's out of thier caves when I noticed a clutch of eggs with the male!!! Oops, thats the third time the have bred & i havent noticed :wb:

Will he eat the eggs because of the disturbance????
 
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dOOds

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He will prob boot out the ones that havent hatched or ones attached to them & continue looking after the rest.Hypan dads are very good in my experience.Well my L66 are.
 
bigbird

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Hi and sorry that this has occured again, however just our of curiosity, why when you clean do you remove the caves and Ls in the cave ? Did you clean the whole tank or just the routine water change and gravel vac ? I onlt ask, because whenever I do a clean I never touch or move my caves etc, just gravel vac and water change?
What did the male do in the past ? If he ate or kicked them out I would remove and place in a fry saver, if not I would observe .

cheers jk:thumbup:
 
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bigbird said:
Hi and sorry that this has occured again, however just our of curiosity, why when you clean do you remove the caves and Ls in the cave ? Did you clean the whole tank or just the routine water change and gravel vac ? I onlt ask, because whenever I do a clean I never touch or move my caves etc, just gravel vac and water change?
What did the male do in the past ? If he ate or kicked them out I would remove and place in a fry saver, if not I would observe .

cheers jk:thumbup:
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No gravel slate tiled bottom, water change & filter clean!

I tip them out now & again because the female gets battered & bruised by the male sometimes & need to know whether she is ok & I need to treat the tank!

He's a good dad booted the eggs out 1st attempt but every batch after has been looked after & hatched :)
 
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ok thanks for that. Suppose then that is a risk you will have everytime you clean the tank. It however sounds like you have a good dad , as you state, he still looks after his batch :clap:. cheers jk
 
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I have gravel substrate , less than 2'' thick. I clean/vacuum the entire tank every Friday, when I do this , EVERYHING comes out of the tank, wood, rocks, caves,plants, except the fish. So this is not necessary ? Got 54g corner, 2 HOB filters and 2 hyrdra sponge filters inside,plus 2 8'' air stones. I thought gas pockets could develop under things, so complete vacuum... am I overdoing it ? thanks, Georgie

fish: 2 x L128 (aprox 4'' and 3'')
farlowella
3 rainbow
4 barbs
9 harlequin raspboras
move this if in wrong thread
 
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My breeding tanks get a strip down and clean every few month’s or so when I remove the fry.
I have removed caves with fish and eggs, pairs spawning and some just carry on after, some eat the eggs and some just kick the eggs out.
I have one group of Hypan Variant A1 and the male will eat the eggs if any movement happens near the tank, so no peeking or checking on this lot.

I used to panic and try to save eggs fry ECT, cover tanks with cloths and all sorts of stuff.
Now they just get on with it and I scope out and let nature carry on.
Naturally I watch and observe a new group to check on behaviour and activity but once they have started the spawning its all up to them.
 
Irene0100

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good luck with the eggs! well done must have the water just right.

zeebo - is it undergravel filter at all (not sure what HOB is? ). if not maybe you could have a little less gravel. certainly dont need to take everything out, just move from one end to the other maybe once a month. (thick sand needs more attention.).
If you are trying to breed I would not move things more than you need to.
 
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