The tank size 50 L (60X30X30).
Filtration - pomp 1200 l/h with a sponge.
Water parameters: conductivity - 230 microsimens, T - 27C.
The tank with sand, no plants and some different clay, wood and bone caves.
Panaque sp. L206 spawned in one of clay caves.
The most interesting that the tank size isn't big and while spawning there were 10 fish (4 different panaque species: P.sp.L206, P.changae, P.dentex, P.sp.L204). I didn't keep all these panaque species together in a such a small tank. Originally there was only a pair of Panaque dentex in this tank. I was doing some changes in my other tanks. Firs I moved 2 males and a female Panaque sp. L206 to this tank. After several weeks I moved almost all my Panaque to this tank. It was a temporarily decision. While moving P.sp.L204 and P.changae out of this tank, I noticed a P.sp.L206 male with a clutch of eggs in the cave. I decided to get out the eggs because I had troubled the fish a lot.
Male:
Female:
A pair of Panaque changae and Panaque sp. L206. This photo was taken I got out the eggs.
Eggs:
0 day out of cave
1 day out of cave
2 days out of cave
3 days out of cave
4 days out of cave
5 days out of cave (in the morning)
5 days out of cave (in the evening)
I removed these two white eggs and the fry had fatched.
I added two snails to the fry net.
fry:
0 days old, 5 days out of cave (in the evening)
1 days old, 6 days out of cave (in the morning)
1 days old, 6 days out of cave (in the evening)
2 days old, 7 days out of cave
3 days old, 8 days out of cave
4 days old, 9 days out of cave
5 days old, 10 days out of cave
6 days old, 11 days out of cave (Todays photos 2011.04.19)
7 days old, 12 days out of cave (2011.04.20)
I added a small piece of wood
And thanks for sharing some great photos!
