Don't get your hopes up. I'm always disappointed when my hopes are up.
Good news Liz! Watching with anticipation
Don't get your hopes up. I'm always disappointed when my hopes are up.
Mama Bear
I will keep my hope in quiet check in the background
I think they get it right when they want ..
I am still waiting for my pair that raised 2 great sets of fry to do more then lay and eat eggs !
I figure we might not be the only animal that needs a break from kids ..
How do birds teach their young to fly ?? Push them out of the nest .. Not quite eating your young but that sure puts them right out there ?
Sometimes enough is enough ..
I will also keep waiting ..When it is right it is almost magical to watch .
Almost all of my eggs turned white today. I think the male must not be fertile yet.
Have you considered giving your pair a good cleaning up, Tom? It might help, but may be not.
Mama Bear
Liz, maybe you can add a dither fish.
Cliff
Cliff is that intended to promote paternal and maternal instincts to defend the eggs and young? If not, what are your thoughts for suggesting that?
Yeah, I want to know, too. If the male isn't fertile I don't see how a dither fish would make him to suddenly become fertile. I think he just needs for his hormones to catch up with his size.
Mama Bear
How old is the male Liz...we blokes can ramped up early but still shoot blanks, lol
Please don't ask me how old he is. I'm not got at how long ago. I have fish from a few spawns but judging by this guys size I guess he is about a year and a half now. He's a big fish in his prime for when people who show Discus will take a fish to a show. They say the perfect time for a fish to be shown is 2 years of age.
Mama Bear
I am on the PP train all the time .
It is better for healthy fish then sick fish so not just something when troubles hit .
What it does to water also is almost magic .. It does so much more then most people realize , like possibly removing growth inhibiting hormones ..We know of nothing else besides water changes that remove the hormones we still can't even measure ?
I am firm believer in its regular use .I read your pp thread and have to say I have used it instead of methylene blue or H202 for hatching eggs !
It is not dangerous to fry in the proper dose ..
It is like chlorine though .Over dosing and exposure to excess is sure death .
My discus are feasting on Sterbai cory eggs regulary now and we all know they lay eggs when water is changed ..
I'll give him a little more time. A sterile male is very unusual. This time I saw him making runs and right now he's fanning white eggs.
Mama Bear
I was feeling so down and worthless that I didn't even announce round 7. But guess what? I have wigglers!!!!!!!
Mama Bear
Yea buddy!! That's awesome