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Mark Allred
Fish Egg
Number of posts : 4
Age : 70
Location : Spring Creek, Nevada
Job/hobbies : s
Thank You Points : 0
Registration date : 2013-04-21
| | Subject: Are these eggs fertile? Sat Feb 01, 2014 12:47 am | |
| My first BN spawn. The male has been tending these 4 days, and pushed them out 2 hours after I moved him to his own tank. Are these eggs viable? I thought they are supposed to be orange or yellow?  | |
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love L144
Juvenile Bristlenose
 Number of posts : 99
Location : Great Yarmouth in UK
Job/hobbies : Fish Keeping
Thank You Points : 6
Registration date : 2013-08-20
| | Subject: Re: Are these eggs fertile? Sat Feb 01, 2014 1:06 pm | |
| YOU ARE RIGHT THEY SHOULD BE ORANGE SO THESE ARE NOT FERTILE but why did you move him should leave him and eggs alone at least until they have hatched  | |
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Mark Allred
Fish Egg
Number of posts : 4
Age : 70
Location : Spring Creek, Nevada
Job/hobbies : s
Thank You Points : 0
Registration date : 2013-04-21
| | Subject: Re: Are these eggs fertile? Sat Feb 01, 2014 5:33 pm | |
| He was in a community tank with large Angelfish, and I knew the fry would be eaten. And I had read about people doing this.  | |
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love L144
Juvenile Bristlenose
Number of posts : 99
Location : Great Yarmouth in UK
Job/hobbies : Fish Keeping
Thank You Points : 6
Registration date : 2013-08-20
| | Subject: Re: Are these eggs fertile? Sat Feb 01, 2014 5:49 pm | |
| they would have been fine until hatched | |
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MrRRunner
Juvenile Bristlenose
Number of posts : 45
Location : Staffordshire
Job/hobbies : Love Cars, making pleco caves.
Humor : Very sarcastic apparently
Thank You Points : 2
Registration date : 2011-12-19
| | Subject: Re: Are these eggs fertile? Sat Feb 01, 2014 7:27 pm | |
| They look like empty shells rather than un-fertilized eggs, you may have some fry hiding in your tank. | |
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Mark Allred
Fish Egg
Number of posts : 4
Age : 70
Location : Spring Creek, Nevada
Job/hobbies : s
Thank You Points : 0
Registration date : 2013-04-21
| | Subject: Re: Are these eggs fertile? Sat Feb 01, 2014 8:11 pm | |
| They do look empty, but I just introduced the female to the tank 5 or 6 days ago, and they spawned a day later. So these eggs would have only been 4 days old, when I pulled them. | |
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Doug
Bristlenose King
Number of posts : 3128
Age : 38
Location : Adelaide, South Australia
Job/hobbies : Aquatic ecologist/genetisist
Humor : yes please :)
Thank You Points : 198
Registration date : 2010-05-08
| | Subject: Re: Are these eggs fertile? Sat Feb 01, 2014 11:23 pm | |
| hard to tell if they are empty or infertile.
The first and second spawn can often be a trail run. | |
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Mark Allred
Fish Egg
Number of posts : 4
Age : 70
Location : Spring Creek, Nevada
Job/hobbies : s
Thank You Points : 0
Registration date : 2013-04-21
| | Subject: Re: Are these eggs fertile? Sun Feb 23, 2014 11:09 pm | |
| New spawn yesterday, by this same pair. The male kicked some of the eggs out this morning, and they look the same as the others  He is still fanning the others... | |
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