Corbidorbidoodle Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 (edited) I have a 40 gallon breeder with a handful of German blue Rams and a school of rummy nose tetras. I've been hoping the ramps would spawn but I wasn't banking on it. But now I have a rock covered with eggs! I can't tell if the RAM in the picture is protecting. The eggs are eating them. What's the best way to move these eggs to a new tank so that I get lots of little GBR babies? Edited October 22, 2022 by Corbidorbidoodle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 Congratulations. The egg master himself @Fish Folk is who I would ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwissAquarist Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 I think @DiscusLover has been breeding some too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscusLover Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 Nice looking rams! Well if it’s the rams first time spawning most of the eggs won’t be fertilized so there is 100% chance it’s gonna be a bad hatch. If you want to try and give it a shot what I would do is pull the rock out and place it any container with an air stone and some methalyne blue. If you don’t have this you can use any fungus medication but I recommend methalyne blue. Wait a couple of days and see if the eggs hatch or not. Good luck! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corbidorbidoodle Posted October 29, 2022 Author Share Posted October 29, 2022 So, I don't think the eggs were fertilized. I moved him to a container, put in some copper power green, aerated them, and kept them warm. They all just turned white and then fell off the rock eventually. I thought they were fertilized, cuz they were mostly transparent with only a few white ones. But maybe they hadn't even been in there for an hour for all I know. I'mma keep trying though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwissAquarist Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 On 10/29/2022 at 9:33 PM, Corbidorbidoodle said: I'mma keep trying though. Good luck and keep us posted! I expect @Fish Folk could help, as he’s done a decent bit of GBR breeding… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 Looks like your Rams are happy! I typically lift the spawning site up into a floating flow-through Tupperware container in the tank the Rams spawned in. I add airstone, and just a few ml of over-the-counter 3% Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2) every 12-hours for 3x doses. Fry hatch in a few days, become wigglers, then free-swim a few days later. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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