spawning question

[tank212]

I have a turqoise hm pair that I am currently spawning. This is my first spawn but I have been researching alot. The male I had would not build a nest on his own so i scooped a little from another males nest and he started building one. I have had the pair together in the tank for a few hours now. I have been monitoring them every hour or so and I have checked the nest for eggs but can't really tell as I've never seen a nest with eggs before. I was wondering if anyone had a pic of a nest with eggs in it thats fairly clear. He has been paying alot of attention to the nest but I haven't seen any eggs fall and him spit them back in. The female is not hiding but she looks tired. I will keep monitoring and checking back if anyone can help me for what signs of succesful spawning to look for I would appreciate it. So far the male hasn't been aggressive besides the nip here and there. I still don't know wether the female is interested or not because sometimes she runs away when he gets closer and other times it looks like they are about to embrace when she darts away. However she is still showing vertical bars and darker colors. Sorry for the long post and again any help is appreciated.

 

[tank212]

Just checked back in the nest is getting a little bigger and the female is starting to calm down. Should I leave them overnight?

 

[Kiarra]

Whether or not you leave them overnight depends on what you want to do. If the female seems fine and the male is fairly mellow, then it'd probably be okay. If the male is aggressive, you may want to stay up the night with them (I've done this many a time).

Eggs appear as very white, grain of salt type things embedded in bubbles. If you shine a flashlight in from underneath the nest, you'll be able to see them.

Also, if they've embraced, your female shouldn't be bulging with eggs anymore.

 

[tank212]

The male is fairly mellow and the female is not nipped up that bad. I am gonna check on them again and then decide.

yeah i could stay up all night with them but its outside and the weather isn't too good today.

 

[tank212]

Im really confused. I just sat down and watched them I still can't tell if there is eggs or not but he has like a row of groups of bubbles and then one big group. For a moment he just sat there for like 3 minutes just staring at the bubbles and when the female came by he swiped at her. But when she came around a few more times it was like she thoroughly searched the leaf where all his bubbles where and he just completely ignored it. The male is hardly showing any aggression at all but the female is noticing the plants and when the male does attack her she hides which is very seldom. The female has lightened up in color I don't know if that is because it's night time but she still looks a lil fat. I am just confused at the moment but I think they will be fine overnight.

ps I might have to get someone else to check it out cause my eyesight isn't the best.

 

[Alix]

i hope they breed for ya. they might have already.

 

[tank212]

yeah thanks I hope so I will check in the morning hopefully it will be a little clearer.

 

[tank212]

I left them overnight and I pulled the female this morning because she was hiding and the male was chasing her alot. I see things in the bubblenest more of the little things that had me curious last night more of them this morning so maybe. I'm gonna leave the male in just incase. I wish I could get a good pic of the nest maybe that would help..

 

[Alix]

we'll know in a couple days! i love fry! i wish i had the time an money to breed

 

[tank212]

This would be my first time as mentioned already. I'm not getting my hopes up just yet because I'm not 100% positive because I left them alone till this morning at about 8am. But then again I don't wanna take the male out because I do see suspicious objects in the nest which may not be eggs it could be something else ya never know. I will leave him in another day or so and if nothing I will try again in a couple weeks.

 

[Alix]

you should maybe make it 2 days just to be safe. hope it all works out