Breeding Project: Cherry Barb

So its been a while since I last updated this. Since the last update, the Cherry Barbs has spawned an additional time and I've come to the conclusion that they may very well spawn regularly with egg predation being the key factor as to why eggs and fry are rarely noticed in the community environment.

Of course, I am not actively trying to save these horny spawns, because it would take too much effort attempting to collect what little eggs come of these happenings. The fry at the moment are doing very well, with the ones successfully hatching growing strongly and steadily. No fry death have been noticed, and with the presence of nematode-like organisms, I suspect that what I'm feeding the fry is not the only thing contributing to their amazing well-being.

So today, while trying to study for my midterm for the next day, I decided to set some things up for the tanks. First, the female has been hassled to a lot of exhaustion, which is visible and taking its toll on her condition. With this, I've decided to split them up - not because I'm trying to condition them and try another planned spawn, even though that is undoubtedly going to happen in the process. I've also set up an air stone with tubing directed to the baby tank as well as the desk tank holding the female. In the fry tank, I've also installed a heater so that the fry will have a constant temperature as well as warmer water as to quicken their metabolism. Hopefully they'll grow and mature at a much faster rate now!