First time proud parents!

[Ohio]

 

[Sethjamto]

Congrats! Are you planning on moving them to another tank and let them hatch?

 

[Ohio]

Not this time. I have heard that the first few hatches don't turn out so well. I have a piece of tile just on the other side of their nem and they passed that up for the side of the tank. Oh well. I am pretty excited though.

 

[bugs713]

Very cool!
Do we all get little cigars that say "Its a Sequential Hermaphrodite"?

 

[Whip316]

Very cool!
Do we all get little cigars that say "Its a Sequential Hermaphrodite"?

:lolspin: funny.

congrats. its fun trying to raise the fry. i would let atleast 8 batches go and try to feed them more. maroons are machines and will lay nests up to or more than 1500 eggs. the eggs will hatch in 6 days in water over 80f.

 

[Ohio]

Very cool!
Do we all get little cigars that say "Its a Sequential Hermaphrodite"?

Too funny!

 

[Ohio]

:lolspin: funny.

congrats. its fun trying to raise the fry. i would let atleast 8 batches go and try to feed them more. maroons are machines and will lay nests up to or more than 1500 eggs. the eggs will hatch in 6 days in water over 80f.

Thanks for the tip!

 

[Flame Angel]

How can you not get excited about something like this happening!

 

[barelycuda]

There is no reason to let 8 batches go if you are interested in raising the fry. The first 3 ish should be more than fine if you are feeding the broodstock well.

 

[bugs713]

How's the eggs doing?

 

[Ohio]

They have shrunk rather than grown in size. I don't think my male fertilized them correctly. He is still tending to them but I don't expect them to hatch. Plus we were knocked out of power for about 24 hours, the tank temp dropped to 74, I'm sure that didn't help matters.

 

[Ohio]

So the first round didn't hatch but we have a round two!
Twice as many eggs!