What happens during the first week?
IF THE EGGS ARE FERTILE:
Day 0: Eggs spawned in streaks, are clear or translucent. Day 1: Some infertile eggs turn white. Day 2: More eggs turn white, wiggling tails emerge from clear eggs. Some white eggs may get fuzzy. Day 3: Tadpole shape forms with large yolk sack, fry remain stuck to the slate. Day 4: Small eyes form. Day 5: Eyes grow large, yolk sack shrinks. Start brine shrimp hatchery. Day 6: Some fry are free swimming. Day 7: All free swimming, time to start feeding. You can follow these changes with a strong hand lens and strong light. If all the eggs are infertile, they will turn white and get fuzzy from fungus attack after a day or two.
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Topic: It's YOUR turn to contribute here!
Author: Bill Dawes
Email: wmdawes@email.com
Date: 6/11/99
Time: 6:35:18 PM
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Topic: spawning
Author: Sharlyn
Email: calder@pangea.ca
Remote User:
Date: 08 Sep 1999
Time: 23:37:03
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Hello there. I have never seen this before in my life but today I noticed eggs on the part of the filter that goes down into the tank. All of the eggs are white and according to your information, that sounds like they're infertile. Will a female lay eggs even if there is no male in the tank? (There are 2 fish but I don't know who's who.)Are the eggs for sure infertile? This is very interesting and I look forward to your response.
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Author: Steve
Email: jenath@atu.com.au
Remote User:
Date: 06 Apr 2000
Time: 07:07:08
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My Mature angels have just laid eggs for the third time, they have eaten the first two batches so this time i've taken them out of the tank. The problem is they have ignored the slate and laid on the side of the tank with just about all eggs looking fertile. This is my first time at breeding angels so i have no choice but to leave the eggs where they are and add the methylene blue etc...It's a 2ft tank so is there anything else i need to do since there are no parents and the eggs wil be staying put.
Thanx