>And out of interest Mr. T, do you pick the eggs from the mops or float the
>mops in a hatching tank???
>
>I was speaking to a reliable breeder who said that he always had trouble
>(like what I have described) if he handled the eggs.
I generally hand-pick all blue-eye eggs mainly because they don't lay a lot
of eggs. If I have a large spawning group giving me plenty of eggs then I
will just exchange mops.
I don't believe picking eggs gives any less results than leaving them on the
mops? unless you have bricklayers hands ;-) Also you have to be careful if
you have any Planaria in your spawning tank as they get into the mops and
will suck the eggs dry.
Adrian T.
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Adrian R. Tappin
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