hi guys, need a little advise,

my lemons i got very cheap awhile ago but since noticed that ive a male an female

so any way the wife noticed that the male lemon b/n had gone, when this happens he's normally gone down into the sump but he wasnt, i then thought of looking behind the big piece of bogwood in the corner an he looked like he was stuck in the wood but i was getting rid of the wood as it leaks slightly, so i lift's the wood up an to my surprise hes lay over aload of eggs,

we think they have been there for around 2-3days tops an they look an orangy/brown colour carnt say how many



so whats the chances of these surviving in my show tank?
would my angels eat them when they start swiming?
how long till they are swiming?
how will the male eat as he is fanning them?

i just carnt believe they have laid upside down in my bogwood in my community tank that has nothing done to it just 5 litres of fresh water a day (more on hot days)

update

ive moved the parents an babys into a diff tank, ive seen at least 20+ babys

Hey mate,

sorry we all missed this thread. Awesome work with the spawn. good move taking the babiees out of the main tank. For several reasons. firstly, they are perfect angel food and they wont last long in with them. Secondly, once the babies need to be moved it is very hard to catch them all without removing all the stuff in the tank.

Seems that you now know how long til they come out and start swimming around

Best thing to do is to throw in a bit of cucumber so they have something to eat. algae wafer can be a bit too strong for their little tummies.

Good luck with them any more questions fire away, we love to help

cheers mate, they got moved into there own tank yesterday along with parents, today theres around 6 out on the glass an can see aload of heads popping out the wood, i think another day an they all be out

Hiya
Awesome you got bubs by accident...Congrats...Hope they do really well for you..

Awsome, congrats on the babies

thanks guys, there out an about now, just see how many live

as long as you keep the water clean they normally about 90% will make it

good luck and congrats, wise choice about removing them....

some sound advice up to now, dont worry about the male eating, he will find time and quite often when your not loooking he will scurry off and grab some food then come back to protect the babies or eggs and carry on fanning them....

if you dont have much air or oxygen in the tank an extra air stone or two can help and I happened to only lose 1 baby out of over 110 recently so like advised just keep the water clean and feed accordingly and you should be good to go...

once they start breeeding you should be ok...

infact mine are breeding about every 3 weeks right now and I cant keep pace with them....

I think I might have to isolate the female soon it is getting that bad.....

all the best and keep us informed.....

keep the pictures coming...

regards

lj

quick update, as far as im aware ive only lost 1 baby

heres feeding time an they have grown a little in a few weeks

and theres a few more on the other side

good luck to you, you have not lost many which is always a good sign....

looks like they are doing ok..... keep us updated...

There looking healthy.....great job mate........

very happy looking fry there

keep up the good work

Nicely done - and really cute. I never get tired of looking at the fry