Neon Tetras spawning & Siamese Algae Eaters babies!
My neon tetras have recently spawned a couple times so I've been watching them closely to collect eggs. While watching, I noticed I have baby Siamese Algae Eaters in my tank! I adopted a group of 7 SAE during COVID - in 2020 and have never seen anything that suggested breeding behavior before. I didn't think it was even possible in a home aquarium.
Anyone have tips?
Part of me wants to move them to a baby tank but on the other hand - they are growing in a community tank on their own so I think I should leave them where they are. The tank is heavily planted so it may prove to catch them anyway.
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As far as breeding SAE's goes, it's never been truly done in intentionally, but every now and then a rare accidental occurrence has been stated in home aquaria, props to you for doing who-knows-what to manage a captive spawn without even knowing you did who-knows-what correctly!
Since very little is known about raising SAE in home aquaria, I'd suggest leaving them in there as long as there aren't any predatory fish or aggressive cichlids since the presence of biofilm and algae from the established birth tank would most likely be best for them to graze upon.