Loves severums;3761803; said:yeah GL i hope they spawn again for you peathenster.
jworth;3762267; said:very nice
tank is looking good too
Thanks guys! Will definitely pull the eggs next time...
Finally got Hoplarchus psittacus to spawn
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Thanks guys! Will definitely pull the eggs next time...
I've been having the same issue Peter. Since I moved most of my fish out of the 220g my psittacus have spawned 3 times in the last 4 weeks. First 2 times they ate the eggs and the last time they protected until they hatched then the female started eating them. I was able to net out about 40 wigglers while she was feasting on them. Very frustrating
. The forty I was able to steal are swimming and doing good. Give oyur psittacus some time, I think they will get it right soon. Mine are getting a little better every time.
How are the notatus fry? Mine had the second spawn today. There are a ton of eggs, look to well over 500. Hope yours are doing well.
. The forty I was able to steal are swimming and doing good. Give oyur psittacus some time, I think they will get it right soon. Mine are getting a little better every time.How are the notatus fry? Mine had the second spawn today. There are a ton of eggs, look to well over 500. Hope yours are doing well.
fishluvr;3762877; said:
Coralife Freshwater Aqualight, one is 4' (4x65W) and one 3' (2x96W).
fishluvr12;3763094; said:
Thanks
jgentry;3763163; said:I've been having the same issue Peter. Since I moved most of my fish out of the 220g my psittacus have spawned 3 times in the last 4 weeks. First 2 times they ate the eggs and the last time they protected until they hatched then the female started eating them. I was able to net out about 40 wigglers while she was feasting on them. Very frustrating
How are the notatus fry? Mine had the second spawn today. There are a ton of eggs, look to well over 500. Hope yours are doing well.
Yeah it's frustrating...they laid tons of eggs and guarded for almost three days. I bet mine did the same thing - started eating the eggs when they hatched
Bob warned me too....will get the eggs out next time
Notatus fry are doing well....I think. Saw them a couple of weeks ago - lots of round little bellies. Almost time to move on to something else
The best way that I found was to put them in with a undergravel filter plate and the wigglers would fall down under. Then they could gain a little strength and I could suck them out with a siphon.
cartersvillealex;3763423; said:
Cool! I do have one around somewhere....I think.
So they have a history of doing this?
Congratulations! a very challenging species indeed.
Very nicely layed out tank.
Why is it more people have success with the Venezuelan variants from the Rio Orinoco vs. the Brazilian Rio Negro one's? I worked with both but never anything from the Brazilian one's.
Very nicely layed out tank.
Why is it more people have success with the Venezuelan variants from the Rio Orinoco vs. the Brazilian Rio Negro one's? I worked with both but never anything from the Brazilian one's.
