do I carry on the w/c?

[Irene0100]

I have two in a cave!!:clap::clap:

I was about to do my daily water change and thought I would do a quick check before disturbing them and saw this. I did not want to disturb them so did not dare go in for a better pic - its good enough to see two in a cave!!!

so should I carry on the w/c or leave for a while??

:woohoo:

 

[Andrew]

Congratulations Irene :clap:

I do normal water changes when they are in the cave, as long as there isn't too much a difference in temperature between the new water and the tank water, they should be fine.

 

[Joby]

Oooh exciting! Good luck with them :woohoo:

 

[dconnors]

I carried out normal w/c with ro water when mine started to cave-this seemed to work as within 3-4 days of the ro w/c I had my first male on eggs! Even after the spawn I did normal w/c-I just made sure my tds didn't change too far from the 140 mark( This was my tds when the eggs were laid and I didn't want it to affect the development of the eggs if the water got too soft or hard, I did this by mixing ro with my well water which is about 400 ppm.) What is your temp and tds?

 

[Irene0100]

thanks everyone, I have been doing cold water changes, just 10% most days , yesterday I left the hearter unplugged for a couple of hours too.
I think these have been in the cave since yesterday as I did not see him in his usual guarding position at front of cave last night.
tank is approx 29 degrees C.
tds is approx 123

 

[Irene0100]

oh well, practice run... she is back out of the cave. so have done cool w/c and will see if she goes back soon...

 

[dconnors]

Sounds like mine that just spawned-shouldn't be long now!

 

[SmithRC]

Is the male still in there?

 

[Rabbit]

I would hold out on water changes untill the eggs are layed at least, then continue as per usuall.

 

[lealea]

What size in cm are they ? Or what size/ age do zebras tend to spawn at. lealea

 

[Irene0100]

hi, well they are back togther again this morning, so she must have gone in sometime in the night!

He is approx 3-4 years old and maybe 4 cm SL -I am not good at guessing size!!!

not sure which the female is but she will either be same age as him (as have 3 that age I got from Scatz) or a little younger about 2.5 years old which I bought 2 years ago from a breeder.

the waiting is exhausting lol!

 

[thegeeman]

I always carry on with the same regime even when I have a trapping as the fish will be used to it and IMO it wouldnt bother them

Good luck Irene


Cheers

thegeeman