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Jan 4, 2007 9:14:18 GMT -5
Post by Suzie Q on Jan 4, 2007 9:14:18 GMT -5
Just a quick question...I have a male vail tail (from wal-mart...yes I learned my lesson, please don't yell at me anymore...LOL). Anyway, I put him in with a female (experimenting), and they did spawn. He took great care of the EGGS (in bold because after 3 days, I still had no fry). He took of GREAT care of them, large nest...then he ate them...I assumed they were not fertile (sp?)...the embrace looked good. The female has spawned before (did this so at least one of them knew what to do)...it was a pretty gentle spawn. She was only conditioned for 2 weeks from her last spawn, but when introduced, SHE wanted him. She was dancing and very submissive to him, so I released her, and after only a few minutes they were embracing (took 3 hrs before any eggs were produced though). Were the eggs not fully developed? Is he sterile? I am conditioning her for 4 weeks this time!...plus picking your brains to find out why my fry die at 7 days old (all spawns live 7 days then die...maybe not the right food?)
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Jan 4, 2007 16:25:21 GMT -5
Post by carlrs on Jan 4, 2007 16:25:21 GMT -5
Sometimes I have seen this behavior in cichlids (which I have bred a lot). What I looked for was water parameters; temperature, ammonia, kH, and even nitrates.
As I have only bred bettas a little and there are differences, such how they are conditioned.
A common problem I observed with my cichlids were non fertile eggs, which the fish seemed too sense.
Another possiblity is the male just was not totally ready.
But I am really big on proper water conditions, so I would start there. When the water conditions are perfect, I have found even aquatic creatures I never intended to breed, bred such as starfish and anemones in my marine aquariums.
I am sure others here might be able to get more specific here.
Carl
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