Panaqolus Albivermis spawn

[jac]

I would like to share my very first

Panaqolus albivermis

spawn with you here
Didn't see it coming, no trapping, the eggs where just there in the early morning of the 2nd of Januari!
Sadly the eggs didn't last, better luck next time.

[CharlieM9]

Jac,

That is awesome! Keep getting them all spawning and hopefully soon the eggs start to become good again ;)

[bekateen]

Congratulations, Jac. I echo CharlieM9's comment, also - Once dad and mom discover sex, they often spawn repeatedly and parenting improves. Good luck.

Cheers, Eric

[pleconut]

Done it once! Hoping they will again soon, Did you make any changes in the days beforehand, or observe any? Seems Panoquolus species have some interesting prespawning behaviours at least mine have, helps with being prepared, any changes will be worth trying again, keep us updated.

Good luck!

[Narwhal72]

Congratulations.

I got tired of trying to get some from my group that I had for 4 years with no luck. Sold them to a buddy who got a spawn 6 months later without doing anything!

I now have fry from that spawn that I am raising up to try again. I think they are some of the most attractive loricarids out there.

Andy

[jac]

Thank you all!

Yes I agree that these fish are very attractive! But I also like their behavior.
I have had this group for about 2-2,5 years now and last year they started trapping. I think I might of had eggs from them once before, just before I had to leave for the CSG convention in March last year.. When I got back no eggs and a skinny female ;)
They do not spawn frequently and can have long spells of nothing at all... As I said, this time they didn't even display any courting behavior nor had a seen them trap prior to the spawn. So I was pleasantly surprised!

Here is a video from last year, maybe nice to share as well.

[Oskartxo]

Congratulations sure that you have better luck next time. I have several L204 but still young, hopefully have the same fate as you.

[jac]

After numerous trappings without result, they spawned again yesterday Trapping only took one day, no other significant spawning behavior.
I collected one egg that was outside the cave yesterday and put it in an egg tumbler. It's still fine today so I will try and make pictures of this egg and it's development from now. Fingers crossed again!

[bekateen]

Congrats and good luck, jac!

Cheers, Eric

[jac]

Thank you Eric! Fingers crossed

Eggs Day 1.

[Jobro]

Congrats

If you ever happen to take out the adults, please share some pictures of the females. Thank you.

[jac]

Congrats

If you ever happen to take out the adults, please share some pictures of the females. Thank you.

Thank you
http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/view ... =5&t=39378

[flatfish]

Congratulations that's great news. I look forward to the progress shots

[jac]

Panaqolus Albivermis eggs, Day 2.

[502mad]

Very cool! Watching for updates.....

[Jobro]

Congrats

If you ever happen to take out the adults, please share some pictures of the females. Thank you.

Thank you
http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/view ... =5&t=39378

thank you, very much appreciated here

[pleconut]

Congrats!

[jac]

Sadly lost all eggs due to fungus. Yesterday there were no eggs in the cave with the male. I only had one egg left, but this morning that also was lost..
Still, I'm very happy with this result. Getting eggs from a difficult species is always exciting and awesome! When they spawn again (I will have a long wait I think) I will take the eggs and incubate them myself to protect them from fungus and end up with some fry next time ;)

I took some pictures yesterday but you can clearly see I was losing them. Eggs Day 3.

[panaque]

What a shame. I hope you succeed next time. Wonderful photos though!