I'm sorry I just re-read your post and I think I misunderstood you. If they're still in the community tank and haven't bred in 2 weeks it's really not that long. Just do the usual. Clean water, right temp., good food and then the hard part "patience".

It sounds like you've just moved your fish around. If so they'll likely just need some time to settle. I just moved some albino paleatus and they bred within the week. I guess it depends on what triggers them. It seems mine breed whenever the barometric pressure drops. Try and re-create the tank ...

There will be some food that falls down to the bottom. I feed wafers which are an all purpose fish food. I'll crush some which the top and middle dwellers get and the I'll take a couple of wafer and just cut them in two and let them drop. I supplement with lots of different things. Freeze dried ...

. Water parameters
a) Temerature range. 75F
b) pH. ph without co2 is normally 7.5
c) GH. Fully planted tank. Haven't measured these but assume they're on the
d) KH low side because of added co2 (diy).

e)Ammonia, Nitrate, Nitrite, leavels. amm and nitrites are 0 - not sure about
about nitrates ...

Some of the eggs hatched tonight and I was lucky and got to watch them come out tail first. Amazing! I've not tiny albino fry.

Thank-you so much for the reply. I pulled out another fungused egg this morning and that leaves me with 15. If one hatches I'll be thrilled. The remaining eggs are now a tannish colour and I think there's a little black inside but it's hard to tell. They're not white and opaque though. It's day 4 ...

I understand that this is an extremely boring question for the serious breeders here but please don't forget that you were once new to this as well and how excited you likely were when you had your first batch of eggs. For the other newcomers on the board who could have benefited from an answer ...

Just a couple of questions:

How long before the eggs turn a tan colour? They are now 48 hrs. old and are still completely clear. None have fungused and none are opaque. Are they fertile if they're not tan yet?

I have 3 females and 1 male. The male is just over an inch not counting his tail. Does ...