ooohhhh lotta eggs

thezone · Post by **thezone** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 2:08 pm

when i got home today i just notticed one of my bumble bees are big and plump with lotta eggs. My tank doesn't have a sponge filter so should I either turn off the filter for the time being or remove the mother? I'd get a sponge filter but there gonna close

theshrimp_123 · Post by **theshrimp_123** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 3:41 pm

Tough one. Um... I'd try my hardest to get a sponge filter. What i do is put the moms-to-be in my mini 1 gallon and turn on the airstone. It is planted and I've had a lot of sucess like this. They sell the tanks in Wal-Mart for about $10. Try it if you like.

thezone · Post by **thezone** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 4:14 pm

hmmm how long do the eggs stay with the mother because the soonest i can get a sponge or another tank would tommorow afternoon. also the eggs are golden color if that means anything

Bradimus · Post by **Bradimus** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 5:01 pm

Depends on the temp of the water, but the mother should carry the eggs for about 3-4 weeks.

You should be able to see little black eyes in the eggs before they are ready to hatch.

Post by **Mustafa** » Thu Dec 09, 2004 8:46 pm

It's also kind of weird that the bumblebees have golden eggs. Are you sure you have bumblebees? They usually have greenish/brownish eggs. Do you have a picture of that female or can you take a picture?

Mustafa

thezone · Post by **thezone** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 6:20 pm

I think the shrimp droped the eggs since I can't find the pragnant one anymore or the babies are hiding in the java moss but i doubt it. There are no traces of babies anywhere and i did a water change a couple days ago too so maybe the mother droped the eggs because of that. I took a couple pictures but they are soo blurry that you can't see the eggs really.

thezone · Post by **thezone** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 6:25 pm

the eggs are where the redish spot is. What it looked like to me was like a dark golden orange when i saw them yesterday.

Post by **Mustafa** » Sat Dec 11, 2004 9:17 am

Although blurred, that looks like a bumblebee. If she dropped the eggs, then they were not fertilized or the water parameters were not to her liking.

By the way, next time you post a picture try to reduce the size of the file before posting (this pic is over 400k). 25-30k should be the norm. Otherwise it takes forever to load this page, especially when you have a 56k modem still (which I don't but some people might still have it).

Mustafa