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Nice!
Hope you can nurture the fries up....
Got a surprise today! Here's what I found. My Sturisoma panamense aka Royal Twig Suckermouth Catfish guarding the eggs.
Sorry for the quality of the photograph. A rushed shot.
Have a MMF trio (I think) in a bare cory tank. Think what triggered the spawn was the cooler weather and a deliberate lowering of water level a few days ago. In any case, this looks like a good nice spawn.
Hope that the eggs don't turn white.
Nice!
Hope you can nurture the fries up....
Interesting... the eggs are actually arranged neatly
Keep us posted on the fries!
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learner,
Congrats! You seem to be able to spawn anything!
Cheers,
I have dwarf cichlids in my tanks! Do you?
Impressive breeding, hope to it hatch soonOriginally Posted by learner
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Thanks valice, daveeogh, benny and stardus00...
Got an update!!! Check out the development!!! It's been more than 3.5 days. Probably close to 100 eggs? Sweet!!!
The male (15cm) is fanning the eggs religiously. I should remove the cories asap.
learner, congrats!
Does the female also eager in defending it's eggs as well?
The Happiest of people don't neccessary have the best of everything;
they just make the most of everything that comes along their way
When will there be 25 letters in the alphabets?
The eggs hatched! Congrat!!!
This is a beautiful sight!!
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Ooh!! What a pretty sight!! Looks they are doing well and on the way to hatching pretty soon!!
Cheers,
I have dwarf cichlids in my tanks! Do you?
Jinxed fishy photographer
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Congrats!
From what I understand from others who have spawned this fish before, the difficult part is raising them up.
The cories didn't spawn??
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Is this the same fish, which Y618 called it as helicopter?
Cheers,
U.K.Lau
Must give you 3 wows
Hi,
Congrats. Looking forward to seeing more pics of their development!
By the way, you know what triggered the spawning?
- eric
Unexpected spawings are always a welcome surprise.. hope they grow up health for you.. Really Awesome!
Thanks daveteogh, benny, stardus00 and CacaManiac... I've got more updates!!!
Richie, actually, I haven't seen the female near the eggs but the male is doing a fantastic job.
CK Yeo, nope, the cories didn't spawn. They are a bit older, probably past their prime for spawning. I'll try my best at raising the fries.
uklau, I have no idea why it's called helicopter. Maybe it's the tail.
bossteck, i've posted the so-called 'triggers'.. but it could be anything. I'm just guessing.
Picture of the eggs on 4 Aug (sat)
Today(Sunday) at 4+pm.
The eggs have gotten darker.
But check this out! I still have most of the eggs there but here's a little impatient bugger. Amazingly, I have two of these!!! They developed much faster compared to the rest.
Bro by now you should be able to see the fries moving inside the egg and all should be out within 48 hrs
Best Regards
YongHua
Wow - amazing stuff! Keep us posted on progress.
I never had success with any fish that lay eggs.
koah fong
Juggler's tanks
Nice pics of the loving parent as the eggs.
Thanks for sharing and all the best in bring up the fries!
Oh yeah, in the excitement of seeing the pics, didn't realise that you have already posted the suspected spawning triggers
- eric
This is so coool! I guess you don't have to feed the fries since they will readily munch on algae and micro organism in your tank?
http://www.aquarticles.com/articles/...panamense.html
http://www3.sympatico.ca/tp.bridges/sturisom.htm
some info for you.
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