yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy I have more eggs!!!!!!!
tho for some reason they are outside the cave and not inside there are also twice as many as before. so this time im leaveing them totaly alone and crossing fins that they make it ok by themselves tho i will be keeping a very close eye on them
they are bristlenose eggs
and I have a new pic and as u can see even tho the eggs arnt under the log where they should be the dad is still protecting them he is also "fluttering" his fins over the eggs which im guessing is making sure the water flows over them
well he has done it again. the dad that is. he was doing so good looking after the eggs but when i checked on them this morning they were out in the open at the other side of the tank so i carefully put them back where they were and he moved to them but twice now since then the eggs have been left out in the open and he is just sat in his cave... so what do i do? the last time i put them in a breeding net they all died and one egg that i missed somehow hatched ok so do i try protecting them or just leav them to move around the tank by themselves?
well the eggs were tucked under the edge of the log as shown in the first pic and there is no way that any water movement would just "waft" them away and out into the middle of the tank. three times now ive put them back where they were yesterday and 3 times they have ended up out in the open no where near dad who is in his cave so it looks to me like dad has no interest in them at all
try removing the cave and gently putting the eggs into his cave then putting it back, he may be abandoning them because he cant protect them properly under the log, I dont know.
Mine spawned in a small cave that I didnt even think they could fit into lol. I put it in there to help seed the tank from my smaller 20g - fish are weird .
ok i tried that after doing a water change i lifted up the log carefully put the eggs under there and did a water change on my smaller tank when i had finished and looked back in the big tank he had moved the eggs out from the cave and into the open.....
I dont know what to suggest, is it possible they arent fertilized so he has abandoned them? I would leave them be and see what happens, moving them around might cause him to neglect them more.
If they are still orange they are fertilized. Maybe he just wants them where they are. Maybe they get more water flow there. If you continue to mess with them he will abandon them for sure. If they are where they get water flow they may hatch anyway. I know it's really hard to leave them alone but I think that's your best plan. Keep us posted.
Carol
ok I thought I would give a update on the egg situation
when they laied the first batch of eggs as u know most of them had turned white after 5 days well this time non of the eggs have turned white
they still havent hatched but I can see the fish forming.
As you know there was a problem with the dad looking after them, all week the eggs have been moved around the tankuntill it got to the point where i wasnt sure where they would end up next and even tho i wasnt sure who was moveing them the dad showed no interest in guarding them at all.
Well that seems to have changed tonight as the dad has dug anouther cave only this time under the bogwood and he seems to be looking after them tho for some reason he does seem to move them around sometime half out the one side or the other but at least he is there guarding them
I was inspecting the eggs today and i could see their eyes had formed so i was getting kinda excited that there may be hatchlings in the next day or so. so just now i was feeding my fish and the dad was just sat there so i looked closer and i could see something wiggleing along the roof of the cave and leaneing right up to the tank ( nose pressed against the glass) i could see that the eggs were no longer clustered together and that they had seperated and seemed to be stuck along the roof of the cave with wiggleing tails!!!!!!!
How wonderful Aldric! I think we're all excited for you and wishing you the best. Great photos and beautiful fish.
If Dad is moving the eggs around then he is doing it for a reason. By all means keep us posted.
Have fun and enjoy the process.
Ken
Hi guys, I have a update for you on my hatchlings. The dad was right the way over the other side of the tank tonightso I thought I would take my chance and take a peek at the hatchlings and I was amazed at how big theit tails had gone since saterday night, so I thought I would share with you
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I think we're all excited for you and wishing you the best. Great photos and beautiful fish. 
