my convict cichlids had eggs on Saturday. how long till they'll hatch? and when i looked inside at their eggs they were all a brownish red color, but a couple of them we a white color, did these eggs have a fungus on them or did they just not get fertilized? and can i put a bio pond filter in my huge size fish tank. (300+ gallons)
2007-02-19 14:37:47 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
my convict cichlids had eggs on Saturday. how long till they'll hatch? and when i looked inside at their eggs they were all a brownish red color, but a couple of them were a white color, did these eggs have a fungus on them or did they just not get fertilized? and in my other bigger tank, can i put a bio pond filter in my huge size fish tank. (300+ gallons)
2007-02-19 14:47:21 · update #1
Congratulations! You'll be seeing little fish in about 3 days. It sounds right now like some of the eggs aren't fertilized - if they were infected with fungus, they'd be fuzzy. The parents will deal with them and "fan" the eggs so they have constant water movement.
If the tank you're asking about putting the new filter on is the one with the cichlids, I'd say wait at this point. Your current filter will already have bacteria on it and they will be removing ammonia and nitrites from the tank. Don't mess things up by changing things now. Wait till the fry are better developed, then use both filters for a few weeks to build bacteria in the new one (while letting the old one still do the job it is) - you may just have to adjust the flow "down" on both tanks.
If it's a separate tank you're putting the filter on, that would be okay, but if it already has fish in it, I'd still run two for a while.
(See, I told you they were breeding sized already!)
2007-02-19 14:47:46 · answer #1 · answered by copperhead 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
don't put the filter in while they have the eggs in there it will disturb them and they wont hatch.
2007-02-19 14:41:18 · answer #2 · answered by MommyCaleb 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋