Hello everybody,
I am pretty much irritated by my paros. I had a look at the tank today morning to see how the two left females are doing. I also arranged a new meeting to get another male from Dorothee.
This morning, as mentioned above, I watched the two females again and was surprised to see something really strange in the front of the tank… Whitish little spots, maybe the size of mustard grain (about 1mm in diametre). Since I have been breeding Bettas and other Fishes as well, I was quickly reminded of the Eggs of Betta. The only strange thing was the fact that these eggs were neither covered, nor did they swim (Lay in the front of the tank in the Peat granules.)
I had to go out for a scouts meeting but when I came back, I ran down the stairs to see wether they were still there or not. Luckily, they were and I got out my microscope and observwed them underneath the lens. They do really resemble to betta eggs. I also checked the Caves and saw one paro swimming out of one. but No nest or something similar. I did not find fetuses or small larvae in the eggs which means, after my experience that these eggs are only a few hours old. The white color is also an indication that they have been fertilized. The yolks of betta eggs are white and I did not find fungi on the eggs. I took a few pictures, The mircoscopic pics are taken with a magnification of 100. Still, the Paros do not show too much of interest on the eggs. I really have no clue where these eggs might come from. They can not be snail eggs because none of the species I keep produces something similar.
What a change… yesterday, I was worrying about what I did wrong and today I think there might have been some spawning. There must be a male though doesnt it? What do you say to the pictures? Could this be a “unusual” nest or what else?