I was able to observe 2 of my favorite fish spawn the other day and decided to strip and tumble to see how things went. Well, things went less than well.
The fish were a younger Labidochromis caeruleus Nkhata Bay ''White Lab" and a younger adult P. phenochilus Tanzania.
I stripped 12 eggs from the white lab and 60 or so from the Tanzania and threw them into my tumbler. It's been about a week or so and I can see eyes on a few of the eggs as well as some very tiny tails popping out on perhaps 10-15 eggs, the rest seem to have the dreaded fungus I've read about.
I'm heading out of town tomorrow through Friday and was curious as to what I can expect in the tumbler upon my return if I leave things as they are. Not sure how to go about separating the fungalled (sp?) eggs from the rest.
So yes, I should've could've waited another week and stripped upon my return, but I didn't. Lesson learned.
The question is, what could I have done to keep the eggs from getting the fungus. They're in a nice tumbler with a not too aggressive tumble but they are certainly far from stagnant.
The fish were a younger Labidochromis caeruleus Nkhata Bay ''White Lab" and a younger adult P. phenochilus Tanzania.
I stripped 12 eggs from the white lab and 60 or so from the Tanzania and threw them into my tumbler. It's been about a week or so and I can see eyes on a few of the eggs as well as some very tiny tails popping out on perhaps 10-15 eggs, the rest seem to have the dreaded fungus I've read about.
I'm heading out of town tomorrow through Friday and was curious as to what I can expect in the tumbler upon my return if I leave things as they are. Not sure how to go about separating the fungalled (sp?) eggs from the rest.
So yes, I should've could've waited another week and stripped upon my return, but I didn't. Lesson learned.
The question is, what could I have done to keep the eggs from getting the fungus. They're in a nice tumbler with a not too aggressive tumble but they are certainly far from stagnant.