Most rescues recommend leaving eggs right where they are for at least a week or 2 to make certain is is abandoned.
Birds will often not sit on a nest until they are done laying a clutch of eggs which can take 4 or 5 days.
Even once they begin sitting they will still leave the nest for...
This only works if the female is barred and the male is not. Unless you know for sure the gray chicks mother was a barred rock it and father was not barred I wouldnt rely on that. When they get 5-6 weeks you can start posting pics for gender guesses!
It's hard to count on color or pattern to sex...
Males tend to have more pointed dorsal and anal fins if I'm not mistaken. Females fins should be shorter and more rounded. I would not divide the tank, potentially separate them if or when you get a larger tank. Often times it's just easier to re-home one or both especially since they weren't...
Yes a blue 3 spot and gold 3 spot. If they are both males you will probably have to separate them. They can be kept as single specimens, male and female pairs or in harems with 1 male and a few females. Females tend to be far less aggressive than males. In a 50 gallon you could keep up to 3...
Aquarium co op on YouTube and their affiliates also have really good videos for beginners to advanced also. YouTube is similar to the forums. Depends on the source of the information.
Haha yes. Good fish information is hard to find. I've been keeping fish for nearly 20 years now and have made all of the mistakes lol. Umm tropical fish hobbiest magazine is pretty reliable and they have a lot of online articles to sort through.
Yes 3 spot gouramis change color/pattern a little bit throughout the day. They come in blue and gold and slight variations of those. Maybe you have a blue and gold 3 spot.
Do you know what kind of gouramis? Or if you take a pic I can ID them. Gourami's tend to get quite aggressive and territorial when they reach sexual maturity.
I personally breed (and I used this term extremely loosely bc I do nothing other than select the males and females and they do everything on their own) scarlet endless live-bearers and green lantern platies. I particularly love the little endlers and seeing their color develop. My oldest male...
I wouldn't bother with a breeder box. They really are meant for live-bearers that become gravid.
You will not likely have much success with breeding tetras even with a completely separate tank. Babies are very fragile and eggs can get fungus and all manner of issues. Watch some YouTube videos...
There will never be babies if you separate the male and female and it's very unlikely they will spawn In a tiny breeder box. And even if they did spawn in the breeder box they will still eat the eggs unless you have some sort of material like a breeder mop.
To be clear, the females are never pregnant and do not get mated in the traditional sense. The males cause them to release and scatter their eggs and the males fertilize the eggs that are released.
Tetras are really hard unless they're a species with really noticeable sexual dimorphism.
But regardless. Skirt tetras do not "mate" per se. The females develop eggs, the males and females display, do a mating ritual, the unfertilized eggs are scattered along with the male donation. You cannot...
Oh good. If you have plans to upgrade them you'll be fine. I would not try to read fry until they're out of the tank. Both for stocking purposes and because of the predation.