yes we do! the dom pair that have the bogwood... i spotted the female waving her fin at the underside of the bogwood... after a bit of laying on the floor and squinting hard, i could see that there were definitely eggs attached to the underside of the bogwood and she was busy fanning them!
i cant tell how many are there though as they are so hard to see. I'm half tempted to lift the wood out and have a proper look, but that would disrupt them so best left alone i think. if i had to guess, i would say anywhere between 50 and 100 ickle teeny pinhead sized eggs! She spends most of her time right by them fanning them. The male has moved outside of the wood ready to fend of any other fish from coming close.
and that is exactly the same behaviour as the ornament pair! he has moved outside of the ball so he can stand and defend, whilst she is still tucked up inside. It looks like she is fanning as well, but very difficult to see.
so, 4 days after introducing these young (there less than a third of there full grown adult size) fish to the tank, we have at least one set of eggs, and highly likely two sets. Unbelievable!
They should take 3 days to hatch.
i'm not sure that this is a good thing... It means i'm probably going to have to locate a small tank so i can seperate the babies before they become food... then i'm going to have to find new homes for them too.
Perhaps my local fish shop would take them, but i know that they would give me a pittance for them but sell them for £6 each as youngsters and £12 as adults.
Maybe once they are in a seperate tank and a few weeks old, i'll try to sell them for 50p each...
