my lemons have laid

hi guys, need a little advise,

my lemons i got very cheap awhile ago but since noticed that ive a male an female

so any way the wife noticed that the male lemon b/n had gone, when this happens he's normally gone down into the sump but he wasnt, i then thought of looking behind the big piece of bogwood in the corner an he looked like he was stuck in the wood but i was getting rid of the wood as it leaks slightly, so i lift's the wood up an to my surprise hes lay over aload of eggs,

we think they have been there for around 2-3days tops an they look an orangy/brown colour carnt say how many



so whats the chances of these surviving in my show tank?
would my angels eat them when they start swiming?
how long till they are swiming?
how will the male eat as he is fanning them?

i just carnt believe they have laid upside down in my bogwood in my community tank that has nothing done to it just 5 litres of fresh water a day (more on hot days)

update

ive moved the parents an babys into a diff tank, ive seen at least 20+ babys

Hey mate,

sorry we all missed this thread. Awesome work with the spawn. good move taking the babiees out of the main tank. For several reasons. firstly, they are perfect angel food and they wont last long in with them. Secondly, once the babies need to be moved it is very hard to catch them all without removing all the stuff in the tank.

Seems that you now know how long til they come out and start swimming around

Best thing to do is to throw in a bit of cucumber so they have something to eat. algae wafer can be a bit too strong for their little tummies.

Good luck with them any more questions fire away, we love to help

cheers mate, they got moved into there own tank yesterday along with parents, today theres around 6 out on the glass an can see aload of heads popping out the wood, i think another day an they all be out

Hiya
Awesome you got bubs by accident...Congrats...Hope they do really well for you..

Awsome, congrats on the babies

thanks guys, there out an about now, just see how many live

as long as you keep the water clean they normally about 90% will make it

good luck and congrats, wise choice about removing them....

some sound advice up to now, dont worry about the male eating, he will find time and quite often when your not loooking he will scurry off and grab some food then come back to protect the babies or eggs and carry on fanning them....

if you dont have much air or oxygen in the tank an extra air stone or two can help and I happened to only lose 1 baby out of over 110 recently so like advised just keep the water clean and feed accordingly and you should be good to go...

once they start breeeding you should be ok...

infact mine are breeding about every 3 weeks right now and I cant keep pace with them....

I think I might have to isolate the female soon it is getting that bad.....

all the best and keep us informed.....

keep the pictures coming...

regards

lj

quick update, as far as im aware ive only lost 1 baby

heres feeding time an they have grown a little in a few weeks

and theres a few more on the other side

good luck to you, you have not lost many which is always a good sign....

looks like they are doing ok..... keep us updated...

There looking healthy.....great job mate........

very happy looking fry there

keep up the good work

Nicely done - and really cute. I never get tired of looking at the fry

thanks guys, all this was an accident lol


also does any one no how often lemon bn can spawn?

angie,
not fully sure I had a friend who had a couple of breeding pairs and one pair bred about once every month, where the other pair would only breed once or twice a year.... lol.. so hope some guys on here can help you better than me....

good luck

cheers

its around a month when she laid but today i noticed shes looking a little fatter round the belly, fingers crossed

update

yesterday we noticed some strange activity between the male an female in an around there cave,

this morning daddy is in the cave fanning another batch of eggs

one more thing the 1st batch are doing well can i start to feed them anything else as there around 4 weeks old they only had cucumber

cheers mike

I fed my common Bn fry brineshrimp flake after about 2 weeks with no problem. They now have algae wafers as well

angie,

mine seem happiest with algae wafers, and pleco pellets.. they also have left over flake occasionally...

mine dont seem to be that interested in cucumber lol.... though do like a cabbage leaf...lol

Cucumber is up there with the best things for them when they are young. i also suplliment them with algae waffers every now and again.

try not to feed them too much protein as that can lead to bloat and bloat is often fatal in fry