Question: Eggs are covered in sand,does this matter?

[RedJesta]

Hi There
My axie Gizmo has had a bunch of eggs and I have about 20 of them in a separate container with no air filter at all and water from the tank.
Does this sound ok? Sorry I really cant find an answer here about air flow in the eggs "tank" so I wasn't sure.
Well she laid eggs everywhere in the tank, in her hiding hole and all under it which was in the sand.. and a lot of the ones I have kept are covered in sand. Is this bad for the hatchling?
If there is any kind of sand in the container will it hurt them when they hatch? Because I really cant get it off the egg.
Thankyou for your time.

 

[maghan6]

Eggs don't require airation. Tank water is fine. The sand shouldn't be a problem because you want to do 100% water changes daily when the eggs do hatch, which should remove the sand quickly. I would advise getting a few extra tubs so water changes are easier and to separate the babies once they get a little older. Also try to prepare for feeding the little guys. I prefer baby brine shrimp. Be sure to hatch a batch or two ahead of time if you choose bbs so you know how long it takes them to hatch.

 

[RedJesta]

Ok that's excellent. Thankyou so much for your help.
I have everything set, yes I'm planning on doing the water changes every day. I'm just waiting for the BBS to arrive in the mail, the eggs I mean. And ive been reading so many of the threads here for the past week so I think it should go ok. I hope. ^__^
Thankyou again, I really appreciate it. ^^ And its a big relief to hear that the sand shouldn't be a problem. I started to really wonder after seeing so many pictures of clean eggs that I just had to post here and find out. Thankyou

 

[Quentari]

*gasp* someone in australia with eggs!! If you don't want some I'd be happy to take some off your hands lol.

The sand shouldn't hurt them, they'll need lots of water changes once they've hatched anyway. Keep us all updated on them!!

 

[RedJesta]

lol, yes but sorry i dont have any eggs for you, but Ok Quentari ^__^ I will post some pics tomorrow
They must be close to hatching, i can see their little feathery gills, its really cute. ^^

 

[RedJesta]

Here are a couple of pics i took today of the little ones After feeding time