AxolotlChomp
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I'm raising a small amount of eggs right now. Each egg is in its own tub. They were purchased from a responsible breeder with known hets. All eggs were gotten locally, no shipping involved. All eggs beaned and developed well so far. They are about 15 days old now. All are still alive, moving, and I can see their hearts beating. None have hatched.
I was getting concerned as my water temp isn't exactly low (about 65-67 for the eggs) and none had hatched yet, but I can see their tail tips sort of bent as if they're too large for the eggs. A few websites I'd read through + my breeder said that once you clearly see the eyes and organs, they're about a day or so away from hatching. I've seen the eyes and organs for about 5 days now.
I tested everything in their water, and to my surprise and despair their ammonia had a HUGE spike. I have no clue how this could have happened, my breeder led me to believe eggs didn't require daily water changing until they were hatched. One egg per glass tub, no ammonia in the tap water. Their water was last changed 5 days ago.
Parameters: 6 gh 4 kh 7.4 ph 2.0+ ammonia 0 nitrite 0 nitrate
I'm terrified this is going to kill them or hinder their development, I didn't even know ammonia spikes happened unless an egg passed, which none of them have/: it was every single tub ( 5 ) as well. I put them into fresh clean water with the same gh and kh, ph was closer to 7.0 and temp was closer to 63F but I just wanted them out of the ammonia ASAP.
What are the odds I've killed them with this? Do eggs require daily changes? I'm going to start at least testing them daily, and changing if I see anything off. Will this stress them to death? Should I help them hatch because they haven't yet? Could the ammonia be preventing them from hatching? I was so excited to raise my first clutch and I feel like I've screwed it all up ): I feel just awful.
I was getting concerned as my water temp isn't exactly low (about 65-67 for the eggs) and none had hatched yet, but I can see their tail tips sort of bent as if they're too large for the eggs. A few websites I'd read through + my breeder said that once you clearly see the eyes and organs, they're about a day or so away from hatching. I've seen the eyes and organs for about 5 days now.
I tested everything in their water, and to my surprise and despair their ammonia had a HUGE spike. I have no clue how this could have happened, my breeder led me to believe eggs didn't require daily water changing until they were hatched. One egg per glass tub, no ammonia in the tap water. Their water was last changed 5 days ago.
Parameters: 6 gh 4 kh 7.4 ph 2.0+ ammonia 0 nitrite 0 nitrate
I'm terrified this is going to kill them or hinder their development, I didn't even know ammonia spikes happened unless an egg passed, which none of them have/: it was every single tub ( 5 ) as well. I put them into fresh clean water with the same gh and kh, ph was closer to 7.0 and temp was closer to 63F but I just wanted them out of the ammonia ASAP.
What are the odds I've killed them with this? Do eggs require daily changes? I'm going to start at least testing them daily, and changing if I see anything off. Will this stress them to death? Should I help them hatch because they haven't yet? Could the ammonia be preventing them from hatching? I was so excited to raise my first clutch and I feel like I've screwed it all up ): I feel just awful.
