So, my congos decided to lay eggs. I know it happened on Monday afternoon, and from what I read, they'll take about 6 days to hatch (so next Sunday), and will be big enough to eat baby brine shrimp right away. The eggs are about translucent and about 3mm in diameter (IE pretty big). I also read that there are usually about 300 eggs in a spawn, but I could see very few... with this said, my tank is well-planted so most eggs probably fell through the leaves to the substrate. They don't seem to be "sticky" as suggested online (they sort of floated up when the water stirred around them), so I am concerned they may not be fertilized?
I grabbed the few eggs I could see (about 4 or 5 of them I found on a flat leaf - if there were more they're invisible in the gravel and plants) and moved them into the tank where I'm raising guppy fry (just over a week old - and definitely not big enough to eat the eggs). My question: Has anyone raised congo tetras before? How big are they when they hatch? Should they be okay with the guppy fry?
The tank where the eggs were laid also houses a small pleco and two (hopefully more soon, as I need a bigger cleanup crew) cherry shrimp. And small snails. And 6 young congo tetras. My biggest concern is that the pleco will eat the remaining eggs, or has already (I don't worry about the congos because they ignore anything in the lower half of the tank...although if the eggs hatch, I'll be concerned about the fry swimming up)... but if any survive, do you guys have any suggestions? Should I try and keep them all with the guppy fry?
I grabbed the few eggs I could see (about 4 or 5 of them I found on a flat leaf - if there were more they're invisible in the gravel and plants) and moved them into the tank where I'm raising guppy fry (just over a week old - and definitely not big enough to eat the eggs). My question: Has anyone raised congo tetras before? How big are they when they hatch? Should they be okay with the guppy fry?
The tank where the eggs were laid also houses a small pleco and two (hopefully more soon, as I need a bigger cleanup crew) cherry shrimp. And small snails. And 6 young congo tetras. My biggest concern is that the pleco will eat the remaining eggs, or has already (I don't worry about the congos because they ignore anything in the lower half of the tank...although if the eggs hatch, I'll be concerned about the fry swimming up)... but if any survive, do you guys have any suggestions? Should I try and keep them all with the guppy fry?