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kizanne · 05/02/2018, 07:46 AM

Happy ruby reds and mandarins spawn almost nightly with good nutrition. So I feed between 6-7 and I leave the tank off til about 10 pm when I'm ready for bed. Lights go out at 9. I'm not sure if they are spawning right before or right after lights out. My previous batch spawn late after lights out but I think these two actually do it around 8:30. Maybe I'll work on narrowing it down soon. I just stay busy right now. The eggs float so not hard to find them. though they are opaque and small so you really have to look closely especially with the single egg thing versus the raft.

But the tank is got many amphipods and some of them come to the surface and float at night so they maybe eating/breaking up the raft.

These two are also fairly secretive. If I'm watching they hide.

05/02/2018, 07:46 AM	#4
kizanne Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: North Florida Posts: 646	Happy ruby reds and mandarins spawn almost nightly with good nutrition. So I feed between 6-7 and I leave the tank off til about 10 pm when I'm ready for bed. Lights go out at 9. I'm not sure if they are spawning right before or right after lights out. My previous batch spawn late after lights out but I think these two actually do it around 8:30. Maybe I'll work on narrowing it down soon. I just stay busy right now. The eggs float so not hard to find them. though they are opaque and small so you really have to look closely especially with the single egg thing versus the raft. But the tank is got many amphipods and some of them come to the surface and float at night so they maybe eating/breaking up the raft. These two are also fairly secretive. If I'm watching they hide. __________________ Successfully bred: Banggai, Lined Seahorse, Saltwater Mollies, from egg dwarf cuttlefish, peppermint shrimp, Opae Shrimp. Saltbabies.com Algae Barn Discount Code: saltbabies15 Current Tank Info: 120 gallon seahorse/flame angel/sharknose/pipefish tank. 30 gallon grow out, misc. other tanks Last edited by kizanne; 05/02/2018 at 09:32 AM.