I just wanna share an update: my fish spawned!!
Luckily they didn't spawn on my heater as I have flipped it horizontally. They quickly switched to my filter which is another vertical object next to the heater. Last night after the daily water change, I saw them dancing around the filter and pecking it like crazy again. I just ignored these behaviours as told and turned off the light.
This morning, when I turned the light back on, I immediately saw a few eggs on my filter! It was weird that I only saw a few. I wonder if the fish have eaten most of the eggs, or there just weren't many eggs laid. The eggs were a bit white in color and I thought they may never hatch.
However, if they spawn on the filter again, should I try to hold back on my water change and wait out? I was super excited!
Sounds like you have early bloomers, congrats
Jeanne
You will greatly reduce their growth if you let them. Put a sponge on the filter intake so they don’t spawn. If they spawn on the glass, then you’re screwed lol.
Nonetheless, freaking congrats! They like your husbandry.