Bottom mops for annuals...

[erikthur]

Some say that eggs of for example SAA laid in bottom mops more often turn bad than those laid in peat.
However, the eggs laid in peat are difficult to find. Personal experiments indicates I only find at the maximum of 1 out of 5 fresh eggs laid in peat. Developed eggs are even more difficult to find. I did not find any developed eggs at all in a very small peat that hatched 30 Notho orthonotus the day thereafter.
At least I know that eggs of some SAA species and some Nothos can develop into healthy fry. But I also have an bad feeling that some of the eggs laid in bottom mops are eaten but of course that will be hard to prove.
So I would like to know your knowledge or opinions in this matter...

[TyroneGenade]

Hello,

I find mops work well bundled into a jar or tub. The eggs are definately eaton though, and mops are best checked regularly. Using a lighter wool colour may help. Black is certainly not the way to go!

tt

[erikthur]

So much for my peat-colored mops...
May-be time for another visit to the yarn shop then

[whuntley]

For my mop-trained whitei, I always used dark mops, usually dark green.

Deep in a 5" tall flower pot, they can't see the eggs to eat them, but I could easily find them in a dark mop, for transfer to damp peat and storage.

Wright

[erikthur]

In basically all the species I changed from mop to peat I estimate I got more eggs during last week. It was hard to evaluate the Aus. bellottii because all the peat were spread around their tank which anyhow at least indicate strong spawning activities.
To my big surprise the Notho palmquisti group suddenly produced a good number of eggs. And I thought their egg production really had hit rock bottom while it seems they actually were champions in egg eating.

[Stu]

About 12 months ago I found that the egg production of my N. palmqvisti Gezani TAN 95/16 had bottomed out too.

I stoped spawning them on peat and changed to 2 to 3mm round gravel 5mm deep placed in a 100mm pottle 30mm high.

After the first week I collected 300 + fertile eggs(adult spawning trio).

hmm, suspect they were producing that number of eggs all along, they must have been laying on the bear bottom of the tank and eating there eggs.

Since then I breed all my Notho species like this, but have not considered trying it in the S. constanciae as they like to dive a little bit.

Would like to know more about spawning SAA in mops as an option?