Although the female below was in the chimney for less than 24 hours, I found to my dismay that she dropped all of her eggs :( I quickly substituted her eggy sister (literally just dropped her in) and they spawned within 12 hours. I am considering doing away with the chimeny completely in future spawnings - however I do like that the male has time alone to prepare the nest when using the chimney.
Sorry it took a while for me to update! I have two new spawn logs to share. Both spawned on 4-20, so I have "high" expectations for these two! Click on the green links to their spawn logs which have much more detailed information. Very excited for the outcome of this spawn! There is even a chance of CTDTPKs :D This spawn should be very interesting. I do not have a good picture of the female that I actually spawned yet (too lazy). Since the brothers and sisters are quite variable, this spawn will probably have a lot of different phenotypes to work with. Josip told me that about half of the spawn have red/black butterfly patterns, while the other have are pure black.
Although the female below was in the chimney for less than 24 hours, I found to my dismay that she dropped all of her eggs :( I quickly substituted her eggy sister (literally just dropped her in) and they spawned within 12 hours. I am considering doing away with the chimeny completely in future spawnings - however I do like that the male has time alone to prepare the nest when using the chimney.
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Meredith Y.
5/18/2014 04:02:58 am
I have stopped using the chimney long ago, only occasionally if I have an overly aggressive male or female. I usually keep them secluded for at least 3 days before introducing them. My most recent spawn I allowed the pair partial viewing for about 18 hours (overnight) before putting them in the spawn tank to see if that makes a difference.. usually with my seclusion I get a spawn within 24hrs, so far it's just been 26hrs and no spawn yet from the partial viewing technique.
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Hi Meredith! Great to hear from you :)
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