Anyone breeding these species?

[Eric A]

Hello all.

Just wondering who here breeds these species.

Hoplarchus psittacus
Uaru fernandepyezi
Vieja argentea
Biodotoma Cupido

 

[misplacedsooner]

i am trying with the psittacus, i have a pair 9-10 inches.

 

[HiImSean]

psittacus need very low pH to trigger spawning, <6. usually pairs are right around 2yrs old when they will start to spawn.

 

[misplacedsooner]

what do you do personally to lower ph? ro/di water?

 

[dragonfish18]

^ add peatmoss, ph buffer, or ph droplets, salt and other stuff

 

[rED O]

^ add peatmoss, ph buffer, or ph droplets, salt and other stuff

I don't like the peatmoss method. It changes your water color to a light brown and its hard to keep the pH constant.

 

[armac]

I think 2 years is a little early for the psittacus. Paenster just had a spawn.

 

[peathenster]

Well there's no way to find out how old mine are....some of their fry were sold to Sean, which were later sold to JD, and they just spawned. So Sean should know how old they are

David (Fishspeaker) in NC spawned fernandepyezi in 2008. Unfortunately the eggs/wigglers got eaten, and the male promptly killed the female. The male is living JD's display tank. David also spawned psittacus many times and Ken's selling the youngsters now.

 

[Eric A]

How small is he selling youngsters?

 

[peathenster]

How small is he selling youngsters?

about an inch, but you should ask him.