Uneggspected...

[memojo1979]

Okay, so unexpected news - eggs in my juvenile tank!
There are 2 leucistics, around 9 months old + 2 white albinos, which I have no DOB for but from what I can remember they are around a month younger.
I thought the eggs were white to begin with, but there are at least some which are dual-coloured. This means that the mother was a leucistic, doesn't it? Since leucistics aren't albino. 1 of the leucies looks to be male, so hopefully, I've got 1 of each gender (I have a 4ft tank for females + a 4ft tank for males, so this would be perfect for me!)
I will remove the eggs later this evening + see if they are ALL dual-coloured.
If not, does that mean that there are at least 2 mothers - the leucie for the dual-coloured eggs + at least 1 of the albinos for the white eggs?
I'm fairly sure I read about egg colours somewhere, but wanted to double-check as I tend to doubt myself quite a lot.
I thought they were too young + only 1 had been showing any signs of being male + even then not enough to decide for definate + only for a couple of days
Okay, so I should've learned from Ddraig suddenly deciding to be male, but I thought they were okay until around 1year old Good job I've got a divider ready to set up Ddraig's 4ft tank to seperate the juvies - just haven't had time to actually do it yet

 

[Kaysie]

You're right regarding the egg colors. If the mum is leucistic, all the eggs will be bi-colored, and if she is albino, they'll be white (at least initially).

9 months old isn't too young, as you found out the hard way! Any idea what you're going to do with them?

 

[kerosseno]

Gotta love the thread's title haha.

Best of luck with the new inhabitants of your tank!

 

[memojo1979]

Don't know what I'm going to do with them really.
I have removed the eggs from the tank + they are all dark on 1 side + light on the other, so at least I now know that I have 1 male + 1 female It's eggs-actly what I wanted
Leucie was the colour I wanted originally, but couldn't find any, so ended up settling for goldens, but now it seems to be that everyone's looking for goldens.
So basically, they might be difficult to rehome. But then again, I managed to rehome all of the leucies that were in my sanctuary (except 1, as it's on hold for someone).
I haven't had any success with trying to raise 2 batches of eggs in the past, but then again, the logical part of my mind says that it would be a shame to waste this opportunity to perfect my technique before I deliberately breed any (if I ever decide to)
But then again, if the parents are the 2 leucies, then they are brother + sister...
Lots to think about! But, luckily, since they've only been laid today, I do have a little time to think about it...