Here are a couple of pictures of two of our German Blue Rams and their eggs after they spawned Saturday night.
Unfortunately something got into the aquarium tank after we moved the eggs, and all of them fungused.
In the pictures you can see the larger male in the front guarding the eggs.
It’s funny to watch him, because sometimes he even chases the female away from the eggs - and yet when I first noticed the eggs there was a Harlequin Rasbora about an inch above them, while the male was behind the piece of slate.
I was excited for a minute, because I thought they might be harlequin rasbora eggs, but they are pretty hard to breed in captivity, and they spawn on the undersides of leaves, so I figured that wasn’t it.
Ah well, I can dream can’t I?
At least for a few minutes.
OK, Jeff just came home from school and there are baby rams in the aquarium.
There was fungus growing all over the eggs, so I really can’t see how any hatched.
There’s still stuff in the aquarium because someone took the lid for another tank, and lost it, but we found it.
Jeff was trying to suck the stuff out, but he couldn’t do it without getting babies, so we’ll see what happens.
July 2nd, 2008 - 12:19 am
That is great that eggs managed to hatch despite the fungus type stuff growing on them. Hopefully the fry is healthy and didn’t have any ill effects from the growth on the eggs. Good luck with the babies.
July 2nd, 2008 - 8:57 am
Thanks rosemerry.
I still can’t believe so many of them hatched.
They are still hoping around in the tank this morning.