Hi all,
My N. kaiseri started tail fanning about a month ago. I hadn't looked for eggs in a week or so, but today I noticed one of them laying an egg, and there were 2 eggs that I could see. They look a bit different than I expected, and I'm wondering if they're healthy or perhaps unfertilized.
If they're not duds, how long should I expect them to take to hatch? Any advice on how to remove them safely from the enclosure?
Thanks,
-Neel
P.S. For those of you curious about the conditions I was keeping them in (probably no magic here):
I finally got around to getting a proper aquarium chiller a couple months ago. I've had a group of N. kaiseri that I've been keeping almost exclusively terrestrially for over a year now (some for 18-24 months). I figured that they would probably have no clue that it wasn't spring yet, and decided to give an aquatic setup a try. I had an under-gravel filter, which when combined with the flow from the chiller creates a slight current in the tank. There is a tiny bit of crushed coral mixed in with regular gravel substrate to keep their pH slightly above 7. I kept their water temperature at 63 F and all of them readily entered the water and started showing courtship behavior almost immediately. I'm not sure if I should have waited until the actual spring, but I'm hoping this is going to work out
My N. kaiseri started tail fanning about a month ago. I hadn't looked for eggs in a week or so, but today I noticed one of them laying an egg, and there were 2 eggs that I could see. They look a bit different than I expected, and I'm wondering if they're healthy or perhaps unfertilized.
If they're not duds, how long should I expect them to take to hatch? Any advice on how to remove them safely from the enclosure?
Thanks,
-Neel
P.S. For those of you curious about the conditions I was keeping them in (probably no magic here):
I finally got around to getting a proper aquarium chiller a couple months ago. I've had a group of N. kaiseri that I've been keeping almost exclusively terrestrially for over a year now (some for 18-24 months). I figured that they would probably have no clue that it wasn't spring yet, and decided to give an aquatic setup a try. I had an under-gravel filter, which when combined with the flow from the chiller creates a slight current in the tank. There is a tiny bit of crushed coral mixed in with regular gravel substrate to keep their pH slightly above 7. I kept their water temperature at 63 F and all of them readily entered the water and started showing courtship behavior almost immediately. I'm not sure if I should have waited until the actual spring, but I'm hoping this is going to work out