Long overdue update:
I had severe hip reconstruction late April so most of this time has been prepping for surgery and then recovering. luckily the tank is darn near self sufficient. but here are the highlights:
May 4th: We had a spawning event!!! ( At the time I didnt know what was happening)
late at night I look over at the tank and suddenly there are THOUSANDS of pink eggs floating around, I thought a nem had gotten blended in the Nero. And the room smelled so "fishy" you would think you were standing on a pier during low tide.
Being less than 2 weeks post-op I was panicking because I couldnt do anything! No massive water change, nor climb in there to skim out all of these "bits." Luckily my brother was in from Oregon to help my wife take care of me, so we threw in as much filter floss and carbon that we could. Turned the skimmer on and did a tiny WC.
Not more than 10 minutes after the eggs appeared, the tank was completely white. Looked like 180g of milk under blue lights, you couldnt even see the closest rock structure 4" from the glass!
I was 100% sure I was witnessing a "nem nuke" and that the tank was toast.
Sadly I didnt take any photos (too much panic) until the next day, this is how cloudy it still was after 12h of skimming/filter flossing.
Shout out to my brother for helping and bailing the skimmer cup that night and all morning. It would fill every hour, and boy did it STINK!
After much research and talking to LFS, we realized we witnessed broadcast spawning!
I had severe hip reconstruction late April so most of this time has been prepping for surgery and then recovering. luckily the tank is darn near self sufficient. but here are the highlights:
May 4th: We had a spawning event!!! ( At the time I didnt know what was happening)
late at night I look over at the tank and suddenly there are THOUSANDS of pink eggs floating around, I thought a nem had gotten blended in the Nero. And the room smelled so "fishy" you would think you were standing on a pier during low tide.
Being less than 2 weeks post-op I was panicking because I couldnt do anything! No massive water change, nor climb in there to skim out all of these "bits." Luckily my brother was in from Oregon to help my wife take care of me, so we threw in as much filter floss and carbon that we could. Turned the skimmer on and did a tiny WC.
Not more than 10 minutes after the eggs appeared, the tank was completely white. Looked like 180g of milk under blue lights, you couldnt even see the closest rock structure 4" from the glass!
I was 100% sure I was witnessing a "nem nuke" and that the tank was toast.
Sadly I didnt take any photos (too much panic) until the next day, this is how cloudy it still was after 12h of skimming/filter flossing.
Shout out to my brother for helping and bailing the skimmer cup that night and all morning. It would fill every hour, and boy did it STINK!
After much research and talking to LFS, we realized we witnessed broadcast spawning!
