omg omg omg omg

last nite was weird the female went into the males tube that i put half under rocks so it wazs like a cave and didnt come out then this morning i woke up to find that some eggs wer outside the cave and i thought this suks but why would this happen i hope that they arnt all the eggs causse this would be the first time that i have had fished that spawned im soo excited but i hope that ther is nothn wrong with the eggs has this ever happened to someone else please telll me ther is some eggs

Hi Mate, that is awesome news!!!
IME if this male has never looked after eggs before, some times they can get a little too eager and fan them a little too much and some of them will come out of the cave. I don't know if the eggs out of the cave will survive or not (they might though) just keep your eye on them. Remeber that if this male hasn't spawned before it may take a few times before he gets the hang of it.

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ok i thought that mite be the case but when i got home i caught one of the other males in the tank disturbing the male while he was trying to fan so that could be whats happening so i took him out and put him in another tank hopefully ther still more eggs in ther

Yeah that's a good idead. When the mnale is fanning the eggs they are at their nastiest because any other fish entering his surronding will be chased off by him. A few more goes at being day and he'll have it sorted.

ok thanks mate im not stressing as much nymore i wish i had a gwd camera so i can post the pics up of the eggs being outside.

We had a longfin male that refused to keep the eggs in a cave, so when he kicked them out we would either put them in a jar with a drop of meth blue and an airstone, or a fry saver with an airstone close to the eggs. This would do the job of fanning that the male wouldn't do. Always got fry to hatch

thanks angi n wayne im goin to try that today fingers crossed but the looks of things ther still must be eggs inside and his fanning just near the entrance

Angi-N-Wayne wrote:

We had a longfin male that refused to keep the eggs in a cave, so when he kicked them out we would either put them in a jar with a drop of meth blue and an airstone, or a fry saver with an airstone close to the eggs. This would do the job of fanning that the male wouldn't do. Always got fry to hatch

great advice...