Hatching timeline

[gillyweed]

Carol,

Free-swimming stage provide another challenge! All little moving targets were eaten by both parents! May be next time that I'll need to setup the brine shrimp hatchery, not now!!!

gw

[Kevin11d]

Hi Carol,

Why do we have to remove the female on the 3rd day? My pair are fighting over the eggs. I use an eggcrate to sepearte the female and let the male to guard the eggs.

Do you know how why my pair will fight over the eggs?

Kevin

[Carol_Roberts]

Hi Kevin:
You don't have to seperate them. I did because the female was leaving for Texas or in other cases the female was fighting or wanted to lay eggs again.

[theholidayfarm]

hi carol!!! thanks.. my egg just spawn and i think they hatch... how do u tell? i saw some dark patches moving

[theholidayfarm]

i do not mean just spawn just now is bout 4-5 days ago.

[Carol_Roberts]

When they hatch tails poke out and they wiggle or vibrate.

[theholidayfarm]

izzit veri obvious? the eggs are again eaten up.

[Carol_Roberts]

very obvious!

[theholidayfarm]

my fish laid eggs last tuesday. i dun noe when the eggs hatch as my light was off throughout the whole process as i had previous encounter of babies being eaten the nxt day after i switch on the light.i think the babies went onto the parents' body only on the 7th day. which is on tuesdae. when do i start feeding BBS? izzit on the nxt tuesdae which is 1 wk later? ??? :-\

[Carol_Roberts]

Some people start feeding bbs 4 days after freeswimming. Mine usually begin to eat them about 7 days freeswimming

[theholidayfarm]

wad do u mean by freeswimming? izzit the day when the eggs hatch or izzit when the babies go onto the body?

[Carol_Roberts]

The eggs hatch and wiggle on the breeding cone. Then they leave the cone and are free swimming in the tank. (not attached to the breeding cone anymore)

[theholidayfarm]

thks... do u noe wad colour will my babies fishes be when they grow up? i am veri curous bout it. ;D

[theholidayfarm]

This is a more recent photo taken today... the blue one is the male and the orange one is the female.

[Carol_Roberts]

You should get a mix of cobalts and turquoise