Albino longfins finally bred for me

Bad luck Karl. Both my boys have kicked eggs out of this batch too.
Thank goodness for fry savers!

hes in a a piece of drift wood thats had a hole drilled into it bout 13ish cm deep. its the only cave he likes. he did the same thing as last time, after bout 4 or 5 days he boots em. maybe some of the eggs arent getting fertilized or somethin so he boots em all. thinkin i should get another female so he can get more practice.

What ever you do , I hope you get a tank full of fry soon....

hes on eggs again. please please third time lucky!

fingers crossed for ya mate!

sometimes it does take them a few times, especially the longfins for some reason

Good luck with this one Karl. My boys have stopped kicking eggs out now and have raised some good sized batches now - hopefully yours has learned too

eggs booted again. well a big clutch of em that is. theres still about 10 still stuck to the roof of his cave. could this be the reason they end up booted coz they arent properly stuck to the cave by the female?

Geez Karl you cant take a trick
The eggs themselves are sticky so they dont need to be physically "stuck". The last lot of LF eggs my guy booted actually stuck to the glass after they left the cave. I dont know why he would continually kick them out unless they arent being fertilised properly.
If I was you I would invest in a good egg tumbler and hope he gets his sh$t together next time. On the brighter side, at least they are spawning regularly

MIX02U wrote:

On the brighter side, at least they are spawning regularly

spose the hard part of starting em off is done. after the eggs hatch or r booted im moving the adults n cave to there own tank anyways. so well c how things go next time

hmmm bugga again Karl..
But it's been said, at least you know they have it in em often He will get the hang of it ...eventually

Damn man, that sucks! wonder what goes through his head?

I would get a tumbler asap as they are good for hatching the eggs. There was a guy down south who used to make them, he was onplecofanatcis but i can remember his name. Or if you are taking the adults out just add in a few airstones to really move the water around.

gutted again...what a fussy guy you have....

I would take doug's advice and get an egg tumbler asap..otherwise a new male lol.....

It looks like you will have to do the final part yourself as he is to lazy ....

well like clockwork, hes on eggs again. but my fingers arent crossed.

he is a begger for punishment!

I'll cross my fingers for ya

Have you got an egg-tumbler yet? the guy who used to sell the tumblers is Fishyone. He is on plecomadness i think. I believe he has an online store now but i cant remember the name of it.

hopefully you wont need it tho

Here ya go Karl

http://www.plecomadness.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=10090&p=67072&hilit=tumbler#p67072

i do have an egg tumbler that i think mite do the trick for me. iv also got a fry saver which i hope will be sent to me soon. like i said im not getting my hopes up. btw that link come up with "problem loading page", im aware of Fishyone and his egg tumblers (hes wer the alb lfs came from ) but like i said iv got one that i made and if it doesnt work out for me i mite shoot him a PM

congrat's

my female like's putting it about nothing happier for her than sharing a shell with the two males...

lol

my next fry are due in two weeks, oh well to fry or not to fry...lol...

not had any kicked out since the first batch, though two males take it in turn to fan the eggs until they are passed the yolk stage..

ok, found some eggs tonight next to his cave. quickly setup the fry saver and put the eggs inside. noticed while doing so 1 had already hatched . is he booting eggs while they are hatching? wat is this little ***** doing!!!

anyways on a good note i got a pic of the little wriggler
not a good 1 but here ya go


now to wait for my frysaver that should be here next wk

btw the other eggs are behind the suction cup, you can see the top of one of them :bounce:

devo mate!

not sure what this fella's issue is!

glad to hear they are all safe and sound in the tumbler tho. good luck with them

not all r in the tumbler doug. theres still a fair clump in his cave. i just checked and most in his cave have hatched... guess hes decided to do his job for once.. still a couple unhatched eggs in there but they r yellow so could hatch anytime soon unless he boots em. but they dont boot wrigglers do they?

Congrats Karl, so kool...Hope they are successful this time...

Great stuff Karl. He is finally learning. Next batch he should be a pro!

even if he does boot the wrigglers they should be fine. Its only really when they are eggs that he needs to be really on top of it. I often get one or two wrigglers hanging onto the side of the tank well before they are meant to be out, and they seem to do fine

Doug wrote:

even if he does boot the wrigglers they should be fine. Its only really when they are eggs that he needs to be really on top of it. I often get one or two wrigglers hanging onto the side of the tank well before they are meant to be out, and they seem to do fine

X2

In fact I once went to change a log without checking it it and about 15 early-stage wrigglers popped out.. Left them and they all survived. So long as ammonia is kept under control they will do just fine

SH***EST dad ever! hes booted all but 1 out of the cave. can only see a couple hangin on the glass. thankfully still got all the ones in the egg tumbler left