Comments on: How to take out fish eggs without taking out the plants? http://spicencurry.net/take-out/how-to-take-out-fish-eggs-without-taking-out-the-plants Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:53:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Roberto G http://spicencurry.net/take-out/how-to-take-out-fish-eggs-without-taking-out-the-plants/comment-page-1#comment-2721 Roberto G Tue, 01 Sep 2009 06:06:59 +0000 http://spicencurry.net/take-out/how-to-take-out-fish-eggs-without-taking-out-the-plants#comment-2721 It is difficult to remove eggs that are attached to plants. You can try to siphon the eggs out using a piece of plastic tubing ( the kind you run your airline with ). But this needs a very good eye (eggs are clear and very tiny) and is very time consuming, and is no guarantee specially if the eggs are adhesive and cling tightly to the bushes of plants. Depending on the species of fish, the eggs of most are quite fragile, with the exception to this are the eggs of killifishes which are tough and can be handled. To avoid this problem, I suggest you spawn your pair in a separate breeding tank with plants. After spawning, you can remove the pair. The eggs should hatch and the fry will become free swimming in about a week's time. You can then easily transfer the fry, and use the spawning tank once again.<br><b>References : </b><br> It is difficult to remove eggs that are attached to plants. You can try to siphon the eggs out using a piece of plastic tubing ( the kind you run your airline with ). But this needs a very good eye (eggs are clear and very tiny) and is very time consuming, and is no guarantee specially if the eggs are adhesive and cling tightly to the bushes of plants.

Depending on the species of fish, the eggs of most are quite fragile, with the exception to this are the eggs of killifishes which are tough and can be handled.

To avoid this problem, I suggest you spawn your pair in a separate breeding tank with plants. After spawning, you can remove the pair. The eggs should hatch and the fry will become free swimming in about a week’s time. You can then easily transfer the fry, and use the spawning tank once again.
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