Acaras & Eggs

[speezer]

Two of my blue acaras have gotten together and now i see eggs on my driftwood in my tank. They are takling turns protecting the area. What should i expect ? I don't have any interest in separating them and putting this in different tanks etc.. What will come of all this? Some will hatch, most will die? Interesting stuff...Can someone give me a heads up on what to expect? thanks in advance.

[smaug]

My acara had a clutch hatch once. They protected them best they could but the other fish in the tank ate there babies.

[Cliff]

When my acaras had spawn, the were very good at defending the eggs and fry against the other fish in the tank. It was to the point I had to remove all of the other fish out of the tank for their own safety.

Just keep an eye open for that

[speezer]

i'll destroy what they built if i see they do damage to my other fish. as for these fish eventually hatching if ever, my slant nose gar will eat them up before they know it! i had a few tetras in my tank, but they became short work for him.

[speezer]

Oh well, so much for that! This morning I found my ancistrus place on the driftwood , nothing left on the wood. I guess he cleaned out the area pretty well! Anyhow ...it was probably for the better

[coolingeffect]

Dont worry, if I know anything about cichlids I know threy will try again and probably be a bit more careful.

[Cliff]

+1 to the above

Once my blue acaras started spawning, there would be a new batch of eggs every 3 to 4 weeks. I had to move one of them into a different tank as I could not keep up with all the fry