| You can leave the eggs in the spawning tank or pond, but would need to remove the adults because they will eat all the eggs. The cleaner the water the eggs are kept in, the less fungus problem you will have. You can lift the spawning mop out of the water to move them. As long as they are wet they will be OK. Try to minimize rapid temperature changes though. It is much more difficult and damaging to move fry after they hatch. You may not see the fry when they first hatch as they will sit motionless in the spawning mop or on the sides of the tank/pond. If you shake the mop some will swim off and then settle back down on a surface. It often looks like all the eggs are fungus, only to be surprised a few days later by the number of fry that appear. Malachite is tircky to work with because the toxicity depends on temperature, pH, hardness, etc. Sometimes even the recommended dose is too strong. Methylene blue is much more forgiving.
-steveho p |