They started spawning behaviour on Monday, but no eggs. Today I got up and there was all this white stuff in there. My first thought was what in the heck is going on now?!? Then I saw little clear balls all over my driftwood. Eggs! The material that I have found on this says they will spawn every four days, so I may set up a tank and see if I can get some fry.
If have raised three sets of cichlid fry, but had never seen the actual spawn, just the mamma cichlid with a bulging mouth. This is pretty cool. The male Lemon tetra chases the female up and down the tank, and then into the plants where they press thier bodies together. The eggs and sperm are broadcast over the plants. Then the other fish in the tank start looking for them. They did this for four hours. As of now, there are no signs of eggs anywhere in the tank. The male is more silvery gray during the spawn, while the female stays more yellow. He also has more black in his dorsal fin.
Anyway, thats it. Hope I haven't bored you too much, just wanted to share my excitement. I guess I am doing something right!
Jan
If have raised three sets of cichlid fry, but had never seen the actual spawn, just the mamma cichlid with a bulging mouth. This is pretty cool. The male Lemon tetra chases the female up and down the tank, and then into the plants where they press thier bodies together. The eggs and sperm are broadcast over the plants. Then the other fish in the tank start looking for them. They did this for four hours. As of now, there are no signs of eggs anywhere in the tank. The male is more silvery gray during the spawn, while the female stays more yellow. He also has more black in his dorsal fin.
Anyway, thats it. Hope I haven't bored you too much, just wanted to share my excitement. I guess I am doing something right!
Jan