Babies! (ocellaris eggs)

GaryE · May 8, 2022

These two have managed to spawn. It's been 8 days since she laid her eggs, so we are on baby watch. Unfortunately I have no means to catch, feed or otherwise support the fry, so we will be letting nature take its course. Momma also appears to be full of eggs again, so I expect to see another patch as soon as these hatch. I really wish we had a way to recover them and keep them alive after they hatch.

vetteguy53081 · May 8, 2022

GaryE said:
These two have managed to spawn. It's been 8 days since she laid her eggs, so we are on baby watch. Unfortunately I have no means to catch, feed or otherwise support the fry, so we will be letting nature take its course. Momma also appears to be full of eggs again, so I expect to see another patch as soon as these hatch. I really wish we had a way to recover them and keep them alive after they hatch.

Due to parent inexperience, first clutches generally don’t make it
You can after this rind place a clay flowerpot or similar for them to lay eggs in and then you can transfer them to a different tank and increase hatch rate probability

CoralB · May 8, 2022

Any other fish-in the tank

GaryE · May 8, 2022

vetteguy53081 said:
Due to parent inexperience, first clutches generally don’t make it
You can after this rind place a clay flowerpot or similar for them to lay eggs in and then you can transfer them to a different tank and increase hatch rate probability

I still don't have a way to feed the babies...