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garrison
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I recently switched from plants to egg strips in the tank where my T. Marmoratus female is egg laying.
I decided to conduct a little experiment in egg laying preference. One bundle of egg strips I put in there was made from white trash bag and the other was made of clear plastic I cut from ziplock snack bags. Both strip width length and width per bundle were the same. The difference in laying rates between the two was HUGE. She layed three eggs on the white one before she discovered the clear one and has layed about 100 or so in the last 5 days. She doesn't stop. Since finding the clear strips she has completely left white strips and Elodea remaining alone. She was laying on Elodea before I put in the strips but at much, much lower rates.
Conclusion: my female T. marmoratus prefers clear plastic egg laying strips to white or Elodea for egg deposition.
Has anyone had similar results? Suggestions?
I decided to conduct a little experiment in egg laying preference. One bundle of egg strips I put in there was made from white trash bag and the other was made of clear plastic I cut from ziplock snack bags. Both strip width length and width per bundle were the same. The difference in laying rates between the two was HUGE. She layed three eggs on the white one before she discovered the clear one and has layed about 100 or so in the last 5 days. She doesn't stop. Since finding the clear strips she has completely left white strips and Elodea remaining alone. She was laying on Elodea before I put in the strips but at much, much lower rates.
Conclusion: my female T. marmoratus prefers clear plastic egg laying strips to white or Elodea for egg deposition.
Has anyone had similar results? Suggestions?