I have a true perc male and a black ice clown female pair. they have been together for a year now and they have laid 3x already. and these 3 lays, i only saw 3 eggs on the first batch and after a few hours, its gone and i only see white dots on the tile. the 2nd batch was laid a week after. this time, i never saw any egg but just white dots again on the pots. 2 weeks after ( today ), they laid again and still i dont see any eggs but just white patches on the pot again ( white patch probably is the thing that makes the egg stick but no eggs ). What seems to be the problem on this? are they still practicing since this is just their 3rd or something is terribly wrong like one clown is infertile?
My setup is made up of 12x 15 gallon tanks with 2 sumps consisting of a skimmer, lots of ceramic rings and filter wool. my nitrate is always zero and my phosphate is below 0.25 using API testkits. i use NSW and top off using RO. my salinity is 1.025. all tanks are bare-bottom and i suck the leftover food and waste 1-2x DAILY. i have currently 8 pairs in my setup and currently no pair are breeding. I feed them atleast 2x daily with hikari mysis + brine shrimp and ocean nutrition pellets formula 1 and sometimes diy feeds. i hope this is just normal for starter batches but i cannot see anybody having the same issue as me. they only have white eggs. mine dont even have eggs but only the white round dots in the pot where they should have laid.
My setup is made up of 12x 15 gallon tanks with 2 sumps consisting of a skimmer, lots of ceramic rings and filter wool. my nitrate is always zero and my phosphate is below 0.25 using API testkits. i use NSW and top off using RO. my salinity is 1.025. all tanks are bare-bottom and i suck the leftover food and waste 1-2x DAILY. i have currently 8 pairs in my setup and currently no pair are breeding. I feed them atleast 2x daily with hikari mysis + brine shrimp and ocean nutrition pellets formula 1 and sometimes diy feeds. i hope this is just normal for starter batches but i cannot see anybody having the same issue as me. they only have white eggs. mine dont even have eggs but only the white round dots in the pot where they should have laid.