Zephaniah
Wed Dec 31, 2008, 02:40 PM
So my Red Marlboro (male) and Red Turquoise (female) have been spawning pretty regularly in the community tank on a flower pot.
I've seen at least 5 occassions with eggs and for 3 of them, I saw wigglers. Never saw any free swimming fry after that stage.
Don't know what happened to them, but I'm guessing they either got sucked up the two filters I'm running or they were eaten by the parents or other fish.
So I have setup a 29 gallon barebottom tank with just a sponge filter, 150W heater, and an air stone running. Bought a spawning cone but haven't put it in yet.
My question is, should I wait the four weeks for the tank to cycle or should I move the spawning pair into the 29g tank since it appears I'd be doing a lot of water changes anyway on that tank?
I've seen at least 5 occassions with eggs and for 3 of them, I saw wigglers. Never saw any free swimming fry after that stage.
Don't know what happened to them, but I'm guessing they either got sucked up the two filters I'm running or they were eaten by the parents or other fish.
So I have setup a 29 gallon barebottom tank with just a sponge filter, 150W heater, and an air stone running. Bought a spawning cone but haven't put it in yet.
My question is, should I wait the four weeks for the tank to cycle or should I move the spawning pair into the 29g tank since it appears I'd be doing a lot of water changes anyway on that tank?