2 pairs of BN in a 2ft tank

[snowball]

Hi, I just discovered another breeding BN pair in the community tank. As i run out of tank, and I already have a breeding pair in a 2ft tank, my question is, can I possibly use a divider in a 2ft tank then put this new breeding pair in? I can't possibly leave this pair in the comm tank, because I have some discuses in the tank and I actually saw some discuses eating the eggs that the BN male kicked out.

[barmby]

I don't see a problem. Just divide and divide when you run out of space. :)

[snowball]

Thank you for your reply. I waited but no one responded so I went ahead to buy the divider yesterday. I have no choice, my 2nd pair in the main tank kicked out eggs again and I can't be there all the time to pick up the eggs before they get eaten up by my discuses.

I divided the 2ft tank into 2 and with 2 cave on each side, it does really look quite clustered.

[barmby]

Clustered = nevermind as long you keep up with the water change regime. Remember de-chlorine, else "die until scare"

[snowball]

oh no...I just realised last nite that the 2 males were fighting even with the divider in between them. They were fighting so vigorously that the divider shook. They must have been fighting the whole nite as I still see them at it this morning. :mad:

[canopy]

Thank you for your reply. I waited but no one responded so I went ahead to buy the divider yesterday. I have no choice, my 2nd pair in the main tank kicked out eggs again and I can't be there all the time to pick up the eggs before they get eaten up by my discuses.

I divided the 2ft tank into 2 and with 2 cave on each side, it does really look quite clustered.

Usually the father kick the eggs out due to stress or shock. Is you tank expose to movement of people? Try to restrain from shining torchlight into the cave once you found out that there are eggs. I did that and the next day all eggs gone except 1. To prevent the discus to eat the eggs, the only way is to move the eggs out of the cave and be a temporary father at the moments. At least you have chance for some survivors.

[canopy]

oh no...I just realised last nite that the 2 males were fighting even with the divider in between them. They were fighting so vigorously that the divider shook. They must have been fighting the whole nite as I still see them at it this morning. :mad:

With divider how to fight? Can take video?

[snowball]

With divider how to fight? Can take video?

How to take video in the dark? I do not have a video cam, I take video using my digi camera, so video quality no good. Anyway, they will only come out when dark. Last nite and this morning, I was peeping from far and saw them still fighting, as soon as they saw me coming, they scrambled back to their cave.

Hahaha, they were actually flinging at each other with their tail at a gap in between the divider, so vigorously the divider shook lor.

[snowball]

Usually the father kick the eggs out due to stress or shock. Is you tank expose to movement of people? Try to restrain from shining torchlight into the cave once you found out that there are eggs. I did that and the next day all eggs gone except 1. To prevent the discus to eat the eggs, the only way is to move the eggs out of the cave and be a temporary father at the moments. At least you have chance for some survivors.

Ya, when the male kicked out eggs, he was in the main tank at the living hall with lots of movement but I never use a torch to shine. Now that I move him to a 2ft tank in a more secluded part of the house, maybe he should stop kicking out eggs? But with another pair just next to him, you think he will be stressed again? Anyhow, even if he kick out eggs, there are no big fishes to eat them up, so no need to keep an eye on him. I just need to learn how to keep the eggs from fungus.

[canopy]

hi bro,
Note that not all eggs are fertile. so there are bound to have some bad eggs which will turn moldy overtime. What I did is to use a needle to poke the shell and siphone the eggs yolk/sac out. But need to make sure there are fungus appearing first if not we can kill the innocent one. I believe I have a mixed of bad eggs and good eggs that kenna the deadly fungus. Really hard work to remove the bad eggs... but a good experience :)

[snowball]

hi bro,
Note that not all eggs are fertile. so there are bound to have some bad eggs which will turn moldy overtime. What I did is to use a needle to poke the shell and siphone the eggs yolk/sac out. But need to make sure there are fungus appearing first if not we can kill the innocent one. I believe I have a mixed of bad eggs and good eggs that kenna the deadly fungus. Really hard work to remove the bad eggs... but a good experience :)

Wah! hardwork, I see how the next time round, see if I know how to do it ;) Thanks guys for all the tips. It sure is very helpful.