Finally! :D

Hi all

So after a week of me pulling my hair out thinking it would never happen. My sterbais have laid eggs

I had tried doing colder water changes for a while and then last night my water was in the ageing container but wasn't warm yet. Probably 5° colder but I thought why not

And I just saw them now






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Congrats !

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very cool ..... keep us posted !!!

 

Congratulations!!
How many eggs in total so far?
They apparently also spawn over a number of days, so you can expect the numbers to increase slightly from what you have now.

 

You saving them?

 

Counted 18 earlier. Will check when I am home and again in the morning. I am going to move them into my RCS tank as the RCS will eat any fungus and leave the good eggs. This will provide sufficient movement to flow over the eggs as well

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@Pezulu I see I posted your photo at the top. Hahaha sorry about that!

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Mine didn't add any further eggs today.
Still the 25 from yesterday.

I am leaving the eggs in the tank with the adults and piglets.
So far they have ignored the eggs.
The Ancistrus are also hiding most of the time under some driftwood, and only come out at feeding time.

 

Howzit!

@gwshorten, Well done. Just shows how something as simple as a 5° colder water change can be so effective, to think it all started with "but I thought why not". fish instinct...
Please keep us posted!

 

I will be doing a 30% water change today, and also lower the temperature slightly.
Hopefully the spawning female will be coaxed into spawning again.

 

@Jackstone I know right! Hahaha I dropped a few onto the sand so I'm hoping the parents won't eat them. The rest I have moved up to my RCS tank and they are doing well. Female laid 2 more this morning and I hope she will lay tonight then I'll give it a day or 2 and do another cold water. Corys are my favourite along with plecos and shrimp

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I have left the eggs in the 2ft with the other Panda Piglets, but have removed the mollies from the tank.
A few eggs can also be found on the gravel.
So far the Pandas and Ancistrus have left the eggs that are on the gravel alone.
Hopefully it stays that way.

 

Famous last words.
This morning about 5am I come down to the office, and have a look at the tank with the eggs in it.
The Ancistrus were happily munching away at the eggs and there was only 1 left.
I immediately removed the Ancistrus from the tank, and at about 8am there where 20 eggs again.

I got a small 15L cube tank, added some Seachem Paraguard, small 25W heater and a sponge filter, and transferred the remaining eggs to the new tank.
Water was from the Panda Cory tank.

 

Do the eggs need constant "finning" over them, or do the just sit on one side and develope????

 

I'm not too sure... it's hard to find information on the breeding and what is required. Hoping mine hatch soon and they haven't fungused

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Please keep us updated as you go along

 

I'll take some pics later on. Yesterday some of them looked yellowish white.. not sure if that's the yolk sac and they about to hatch or if they dead

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The eggs keep "tumbling" in the bare bottom tank.
The water was treated with 1.5ml of ParaGuard, so hopefully that will keep fungus in check.

 

@Pezulu I think that is a good thing. Apparently bromothymol blue does the trick. Hope they hatch soon

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The eggs are supposed to be a yellowish amber colour, and they darken the closer they get to hatching.
White eggs are not fertile, and can be discarded.
Hatching takes place after 4-5 days.

Mine should be hatching around Thursday.