Spawned!

Tropical Fish Keeping Journal

My rams have spawned. I told you they were in love. Now they've picked an area in back, underneath the intake filter... Big globs of eggs. They take
turns swimming in one spot fanning the gravel below them. I put my face too close to the tank to see what they were doing and Elvis came
out to stare me down. Priscilla started either eating the eggs or picking them up to move them but I backed off and they're back to
guarding their spot. The Angels are in hiding and it looks like my entire tank is only cardinals!

I fed blood worms again tonight and the only Priscilla came out for a quick bite. She is usually in control of the blob.

I don't expect anything to happen with these eggs. If they actually hatched, they'd get sucked into the filter I think. And she's awfully
young. But they're very proud of themselves and I'm kinda proud at the thought that I'm doing something right!

When they leave off it I'm going to put a flat dark rock back there so I can at least see what's happening. One of these days I'll give them
their own tank to mess around in. I just ordered all new stuff for a five gallon I bought as a quaratine tank that I'm thinking I'll turn
into a planted dwarf puffer home. Maybe I'll get the rams a 20 gallong long.

Would they raise / tolerate their young past fry stage or would they eat them if I left them all together? Wish I could get photos of this!