Re: Help share your tips in keeping Nannostomus mortenthaleri
N. mortenthaleri breed in the same manner as other Nannostomus spp. The fry are small and require infusoria for several weeks. At around 10 days free swimming you should begin introducing other live foods like Walter Worms and Artenia Nauplii. Since their growth can be uneven one should overlap infusoria with the larger food until it is clear all the fry can take nauplii.
They require very soft acid water and an egg grate should be used because the breeders will turn and eat thei eggs as fastas they release them.
Fry grow very slowly for the first 3 months but they reach breeding size in about 9-10 months.
They can be aggressive towards one another so provide plenty of cover and do not over crowd them.
Old fish breeder. SA Dwarf Cichlids, Hypancistrus sp L260, L333 and Peckoltia L134 breeder. Also Sturisoma, Dwarf Corydoras spp, wild Discus and Killiefish. Like breeding Characins and wild Betta spp too.
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