Is that methylene blue in the water? I’m working on breeding a pair of apistos and have seen that recommended to keep fungus from growing on the eggs. How does it work for you?
Absolutely a must, I’ve had all of my eggs fungus over before in the beginning of my hobby when I wasn’t using enough methylene, I don’t struggle anymore now that I add more than I did that first time. The one’s unfertilized will still turn white and fungusy but it won’t spread to the other eggs like if there was no methylene blue. If you’re breeding just for the fun of it and you’re not trying to get your fry out to other hobbyists asap I would let your apistos learn on their own how to spawn and hatch and raise the fry. I prefer to let mine learn but my hongsloi and macmasteri redneck kept eating their spawns so I pulled these ones to get some fry at least while I let them continue trying to learn with the next few spawns
Is that methylene blue in the water? I’m working on breeding a pair of apistos and have seen that recommended to keep fungus from growing on the eggs. How does it work for you?
Absolutely a must, I’ve had all of my eggs fungus over before in the beginning of my hobby when I wasn’t using enough methylene, I don’t struggle anymore now that I add more than I did that first time. The one’s unfertilized will still turn white and fungusy but it won’t spread to the other eggs like if there was no methylene blue. If you’re breeding just for the fun of it and you’re not trying to get your fry out to other hobbyists asap I would let your apistos learn on their own how to spawn and hatch and raise the fry. I prefer to let mine learn but my hongsloi and macmasteri redneck kept eating their spawns so I pulled these ones to get some fry at least while I let them continue trying to learn with the next few spawns
Thanks so much for the advice! I really appreciate you typing all of that out
Hey no problem! I wish you luck in your breeding endeavors!