Nannoptopoma sp. "Peru"

[blueblue]

I have just purchased 10 pieces of Nannoptopoma sp. "Peru",
and i am trying to breed them (it could be challenging).

Has anybody here bred this species before? Are there any tips
to sex it? thanks

[Quixotic]

I think this fish is a real challenge to keep, much less to breed. Those, who tried here, have not had much success in keeping them long. After several tries, my current batch of two are thankfully more or less about 8 months now.

I am not sure if anyone knows how to sex them as yet, at least no one mentioned it. Didn't see much literature on the Internet on this fish either.

Seeing you had success with L46, I think you would probably be more equiped to keep this more sucessfully. Having 10 of them would also possibly mean there is a mix of males and females in there. I am speculating that their breeding would not be too different from Parotocinclus or Otocinclus spp.

Do keep us updated on your project. We'll be most interested to hear of any results and observations.

[blueblue]

Thanks Quixotic

In fact, i think one of the major reasons for its death is temperature...
i find that when the temperature is above 30C, this species will die quite easily... it is why i am now keeping them with CRS in an air-conditioned room (my office) and i expect that they could live for longer (temperature will be around 24C). Plus, after reading Mergus' Catfish Atlas I, there is a report on breeding another species under the Nannoptopoma genus. I expect this sp. Peru will behave similarly... let's see if i will succeed or not

[eeeeemo]

hey blue blue.. any updates on nannoptopoma peru??