Probably today or tomorrow, unless they weren't fertilized. If they've turned a solid white color they won't hatch. I can't remember exactly, but I believe my cons eggs hatched in about 4 days.
And see-through yellow should be mean fertilized, or at least mean not yet dead. Keep us posted, with pics if you get a chance. I love your tank, and as crazy as I initially thought it was to keep 2 cons in a 7 foot tank, it's grown on me.
Shouldnt take long now
my convicts have been breeding about twice a month for the last 4 months now.
It is up to you but i have found that if you remove the stone or surface the eggs are laid on and put it into a smaller tank on its own whilst they are still an egg you will be much more likely that they will survive, the parents are likely to go slightly crazy but it will kick start them into breeding again and within around two weeks you are most likely to have a secound lot of eggs.
i normally remove one batch then leave the secound.
also coconuts are brilliant in any aquarium with egg laying fish as it provides and easy and effective place for them to lay the eggs. also make its easier to remove than a rock
Yes, you have wrigglers somewhere. If all that's left are a handfull fungused eggs then the eggs have hatched and the parents have moved the wrigglers to a secure location.
Unless you're breeding these for food there's no need to remove the eggs.
sweet i thought they had all gone and been eaten lol
i put my hand in earlier to pick out some dead leaves and mr convict tried to eat me its a good job he dont have big teeth lol or i would of lost a hand
i cant see them but the adult cons are still in the corner were the eggs were but they have moved more sand and left a bare glass base ??? could the wrigglers be there as i cant see anything but its kind of awkward anyways with the angle of the glass
other than that earlier i seen the female con inside a hollowed out piece of bogwood thats in there
I would imagine they're in the bogwood where the female is hiding. With my first batch of con fry the wrigglers would hop around inside a pit during the day and then at night the mother would place them all in a nook in a rock, so it could be that yours are splitting their time between the pit that the parents have dug and the bogwood.
Out of curiosity, are you planning on keeping the young?
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