S. Auruem spawn (:

**Young Man** · 3rd Sep 2010, 12:53

greetings to all the bro/sis here (:
many months back i bought a batch of 11 s. auruem juveniles at less then 2inch each.. now im left with just a group of 7, 4 have gone missing(i don't why and i can't find them).. they have grown to about 3-4.5inch
and on wednesday after a major 80% WC, this is what i saw on thursday morning (:

mama with eggs (:

mama with egs (:

2 eggs that were abandoned.. ):

**johannes** · 3rd Sep 2010, 16:39

congrats, do update us when the eggs hatch.
nice!

**Young Man** · 7th Sep 2010, 18:34

Originally Posted by johannes

congrats, do update us when the eggs hatch.
nice!

here are some updates (:
at day 5, the eggs have developed with visible black markings which i suspect are the eyes and tail

total egg count left is 23, and the two abandoned eggs have been eaten by other fishes in the tank.. ):

here's a pic of the tank setup (:
*it is slightly different now with the centre piece replaced by a bunch of java fern

thanks for viewing (: any comments are welcome (:

**Young Man** · 8th Sep 2010, 21:24

just in a day and the difference is so much (: now the eggs looks very black and "full"

very obvious development as compared to pic in day 5

close up

**Young Man** · 8th Sep 2010, 22:34

today i recieved good news again from my s. auruems (:

2 little wrigglers spotted and a few more around the tank

harvesting process of the rest of the eggs, they are really "glued" tight to the tank man!

harvested wrigglers in a basin, you can see some are still in the form of an egg

close up

here is how i transfered them from basin to wriggler tank

using a metal soup spoon

here are the wrigglers in the holding tank

papa still sort of does not realise that eggs are all gone and continues to come back and guards the area..

here is a pic of the holding tank

overall from this experience i learnt that the way s. auruem eggs develop is very interesting.
1) the eggs have got a double layer whereby even when they are wrigglers, they are still contained within an outer sac, thus you can see in the image of the basin, some are still round, meaning they are still in the outer sac

2) they actually hatch a few at a time, since i saw some wrigglers yet the rest are still in the sac.and when i harvested the eggs, they would break from the outer sac within seconds to minutes into their wriggler form.

all in all a total of 32 wrigglers harvested instead of the 23 eggs i counted (:
very experiential indeed (:

enjoy and comments are welcome (:
sorry for the lousy pics though.. hehehe

**johannes** · 9th Sep 2010, 11:18

nicely documented bro!
transparent outer sac = egg shell...

*those are not lousy pics... waiting for your invitation to see your set up.... haha

**Young Man** · 9th Sep 2010, 12:13

thanks for the compliment pleco king (: hahaha
ahh i see i see.. that's something new.sorry i first time breed this, so it is something new and interesting (: thanks!