aquarium breeding

it might be a good idea to have a discussion on a subject such as this.

Hi Derek,
never saw this happening before-must be special aquariums;) .Regards,Tim

very funny tim, at least you posted.
anyway i'll try to start it off.
the species that i am currently spawning and raising are.
tanganyikan. tropheus doubosi. synodontis petricola.
s. american. angelfish 2 varieties. corydoras barbatus. sterbai and schultzi. ancistris species.
malawi. otopharanx black/gold. protomelas "red empress". ahli. salousi, spengerae and careleus.
plus some misc. killies, shrimps etc.
have to finish for now. will write again later.

Hi,Derek,remember the chat about sexing angel fish?these same fish just laid eggs this morning!!
At the moment,we've bred Geophagus brasiliensis,Archocentrus multispinosa,the Discus are laying eggs regularly but the male eats the eggs...regularly!
We also have some Pseudotropheus sp. who have grown on fry.
And to finish we bred Danio rerio,by pure luck.we had them in an half empty tank and.....babies appeared!
I have a pair of albino ancistrus that I would like to breed but I have very little space and time.
Last but not least,I have three Sturisoma,a young male and two subadult females and I just can't wait to give them a go.I think I'm gonna have to wait a while for them to mature up...some day,a big tank and these beauties...can't wait!anyone who has bred them before,don't hesitate to give us some tips please
Thank you.
Dimitri

hi dmitri, when fish spawn in a shop, its a clear indication of their good health and is credit to the knowledge and diligence of the staff.

which stuirisoma do you have as there are several species. if u have females there will be no problem breeding them when they are mature. females are notoriously difficult to get and when young its hard to tell sexes apart.

S. aureum (one of the smaller species) spawn on the glass near the surface like farlowella, the male guards the eggs and the fry are reasonably hardy. they are more vegetarian than whiptails.
when very young most catfish fry are very sensitive to any change in water depth.

I agree 100% with the change in water depth. I would also suggest raising them in shallow water and dont leave any uneaten food in the tank.
I have a pair of stuirisoma sp. I got them as stuirisoma arkanson but i cant find any info related to this name so i suspect the name was made up some where along the way.
These are almost identical to S. aureum but the egg count is a lot less and raising the fry is a lot more challenging. So much so out of 5 spawns over 2 years i raised 1 youngster to 12 months, added it to a tank the parents were in and 2 months later (just a week ago) it died.
I currently have 5 fry about 5 months old and about 2-21/2" long. Some of these have twisted fins but i will still hang on to them as long as i can to see if i can raise them properly.

Interesting thing about the parents you could almost set your watch to when they will spawn. May and October.
The male loses his bristles a few weeks beforehand and as they grow back they are all even. Then some bristles appear longer giving him a rougher look. This is when he is ready to spawn. The female dosent get plump untill 24-48 hours before spawning. But the pair will show there best patterns/colour before spawning.
They use a vertical flat surface and lay about 12-20 eggs. Not a lot to work with since my male is clumsy and tends to knock the eggs around the tank and will even go fanning a different area of the tank were there are no eggs. Dumb male.

Here is a new born the image of the parents;

Here is one about 3" long

Hi,thank you Derek.I'll have to show you and Darren these Sturisoma.got them as "royal whiptail" but no precise scientific name.tried to ID them with books and net but unless you see loads of these it gets difficult to be Absolutely Certain...I'd better get some help from you guys =
any one heard about breeding clown loaches?I know someone with breeding stock for sure but is it even possible?has it ever happened?

hi plato
where did your fish place their eggs and which fins are bent or is it just the fin extensions.
i have found that when fins or extensions are damaged or broken they always grow back a bit crooked.
dmitri
clown loach need to be quite large to breed and are commercially pond bred. but there are few if any accounts of them breeding in home tanks. although i am pretty sure there are occasionally fluke spawnings.

Who is plato?
Mostly they lay the eggs vertically on the internal filter. This has the least amount of flow in the tank which is odd for Sturisoma. Normally they would lay them in direct flow to prevent fungus.
The dorsal fin's can be "S" shaped instead of straight with a curve at the top. Some of the pectoral fins are curved batch on themselves. The anal fin is also curved on some. The fin extensions are fine.
It is only this batch that this has happened to and i put it down to human error. I think the eggs needed to be force hatched and the fry were left to long in the eggs. I can only assume this is the problem.

@ Dimitri Royal whiptail is the common name for S. panamense. But the fact they came to you with a common name and not a scientific name they could be anything. There are a few that look almost identical so it could be hard to tell which you have.

platty252 wrote:

Who is plato?

oops sorry darren, a freudian slip, mixed u up with a philosopher.

Ah yes, i see the resemblance.

Although i think he looks more like Fred:laugh:

up the republic.