Peppermint eggs day 5

[Mattzilla]

I just happened to be standing in front of a tank today as a male peppermint was kicking out a clutch of eggs from his cave. luckily i was there or they would have been a tasty snack for the orange head geos sharing the tank.

Anyway i threw them into a fry saver and took a couple of good snaps. by the time i got home from work tonight they are all out of the egg sacks. these eggs/wrigglers are just 5 days old from spawning so are basically an egg with a top and tail

cheers
matt

 

[Stan]

Congrats on your lucky timing and thanks for sharing such a great shot!:thumbup:

 

[bigbird]

very nice shot indeed. Lucky you were there and hope they survive. cheers jk :thumbup:

 

[foti]

congrats there is ike 70 there easy

i had to try save a cluch of eggs from one of my breeding pepp trio's "didn't work out so well for the eggs!"

congrats again for a job well done!

 

[Brengun]

Seems peps have a very bad habit of kicking out eggs. Well done on the save.
Would you say they spawned immediately after a water change? I need to get my egg stealing timing right.

 

[Mattzilla]

just a quick update today (day 7)

only about 6 eggs died or fungused so happy with hatch rate.

they seem to be growing well.

 

[Mattzilla]

did they spawn straight after a water change? i can't remember exactly.... don't think so

and nothing out of the ordinary was happening when he booted the eggs....

 

[Hypanaddict]

Wow! stunning pics mate and congrats on the spawning :thumbup:

 

[bigbird]

again nice one. please more photos as they grow older. cheers jk :thumbup:

 

[jimmywr]

great pics good work saving them

 

[Mattzilla]

another update (i'm enjoying seeing the fast progress they make)

day 8 from spawning

cheers

 

[Joby]

Great pics :clap: its amazing how quickly they change and become little minatures of their parents <3

 

[Mattzilla]

Day 10 and only just a little egg sack left

1 got out into the main tank when i was putting them into a different fry saver (really bad pic sorry)

cheers

 

[Stan]

Looking great!:thumbup:
Keep us updated, I love watching them progress.:yes: