So, I figured it could be a test to see if my veils (around one year old now) are willing do give me some fry. They are in a 75 gl tank right now, and the bottom of that stand houses another 75 gl tank with just 3 orandas in it. I notice every time I change the water, that the orandas start to chase the day afterwards.
So, smart me thinks about a huge water change and see what happens. I even have the water temperature a bit different, just a tad. Spawning material hanging in there as well - a whole bunch of soft silk greenery with very fine leaves. They are well fed, love their bloodworms, so yeah, why not? Yada, yada, yada....

The next morning is action!!! But no, not the veils, of course! What was I hoping for? No, the orandas underneath the veil's tank is at it. So is my 30 gl quarantine tank across the room, currently housing 2 very small butterfly telescopes and a bigger red/white oranda. I had to go to work, and since the orandas never produced any eggs, and the little fish in the q-tank are way to small (I was thinking that anyway...), I didn't think much of it. Well, I got home, and of course, nothing in the veil tank, nothing in the oranda's tank. BUT the q-tank is full of eggs! Well, I wonder how much more there were, since those 3 buggers had all day to eat their little hearts out. None of the 3 is any slimmer than before, and I can't figure out which one is the female. The bigger oranda would make the most sense, but the little telescopes are just over an inch long without their fins, so who did what???

Anway, no veil eggs, no oranda eggs, and halfway eaten moor/oranda eggs. Boy, what a joyous day that could have been.... I know that those veils are a bit stubborn when it comes to breeding, but man, just once would have been nice. BUT I keep feeding them heavy and try again for the next water change.

Are you going to keep the Mooranda eggs?

No, they were their breakfast, lunch and dinner that day...

Well they must be feeling egged- out by now

They never do what you want them to do and the ones you want to do what you want them to do are never the ones that do it!!!
Ahem veils It's your turn!!!

Silly fish - and now you get to work extra hard to clean out all the extra waste in the qt tank from all that extra food!!!!



Come on, Veils!!!! GO baby GO! We want veils!

That is the very reason why I refuse to pass up any good eggs from fish I want bred - no matter how many fry/tanks I have running. They never do it when you want them to - and if you pass on one, you may not get the chance again for a while.

I hope your water changes do the trick. Otherwise, I will be happy to send you our thunderstorm, rain, sleet, ice, and snow (and subsequent floods and ice da ms)that is coming tonight and tomorrow. I fully expect eggs with this one. I do not have room for them. So I think you should have our winter storm, ok?

Maybe you need to leave some Barry White music all day...

I have my own little breeding mystery going on too. One of my tanks is full of eggs and I have no idea who is the Mama.

Shmoopie may be the Daddy though. he is currently being a jerk to everyone in the tank. When he was done chasing Moops, (who I think is a boy) He started to chase Salsa. He had a go at Gibby and now he is back to Salsa.

He's a busy boy.