hi guys, yesterday my L066 spawned but today the eggs are gone. my king tigers have spawned 10-12 times over the last year and every spawn has been eaten or kicked out :wb: . what should i do? why does he do it ?
thanks
dave
thanks
dave
L066 eating eggs
- Thread starter hullfishman
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Hello Dave. IME I have had eggs eaten because the male is either hassled by another male or gets spooked by people checking on the eggs. If you have no where to put the other male I would consider next time they spawn moving the male and its contents into a breeding trap. I do get eggs eaten sometimes on the first few spawns but never 10-12 times. I now only keep 1 male per breeding set up and get far better hatching rates.
Goodluck and dont give up
Cheers
thegeeman
I agree, something is disturbing him, tell us more about the tank, set up and contents, other fish, photo if poss etc etc
there are 4 females in the tank that always seem gravid at the same time, today i have another female trying to get into the males cave, could the females be the ones stressing him out? i am toying with the idea of splitting them into 2 groups. my water parameters seem ok , ammonia 0 nitrite 0 nitrate minimal, daily 10% w/c , plenty of caves, temp is 27, ph 7.0 i do a weekly gravel vac. im not really sure what im doing wrong, only tankmates are a pair of apisto trifasciata.
Yeap it could also be the females Dave. Well worth splitting them if you have room. I would eek the temp up abit to 28 if I was you
Cheers
thegeeman
yes other females trying to get in, to lay, when he is already on eggs could be the issue!
new tank!
new tank!
i will bear that in mind if i come to sell
going to get a new tank at weekend and split them into 2 groups to see if they do any bettercheers
dave
One thing i have noticed while hatching loricariidae is they will often eat the eggs when food is added to the tank so they don't have to leave the cave.
May be worth lowering your feeding while he is in the cave, and do lift your temp as this speeds up the hatching rate and metabolism.
May be worth lowering your feeding while he is in the cave, and do lift your temp as this speeds up the hatching rate and metabolism.
ROFL. Good news matey. Watch the apistos with the fry as they will enjoy sucking them up
Congrats
thegeeman
got them in a fry saver now so we will see if my ability to raise them has improved, they still have a lot of yolk left so they must have been hatched a day or 2 at most.
thanks for all the replys guys
cheers
dave
thanks for all the replys guys
cheers
dave