13 spawns in 6 weeks: It doesn't get much better than this (for me, anyway... oh wait, it does-61 spawns in 23 weeks

[bekateen]

Two more spawns: Monday morning I discovered the Dekeyseria picta L052 spawned over Sunday, and Monday evening the L201 big spot spawned again.

• 6x (at least) spawns of
  Panaqolus sp(L397)
  (one clutch was lost)
• 5x spawns of
  Ancistrus sp`Wabenmuster`
  (a first for me; one clutch was lost)
• 5x spawns of
  Dekeyseria picta
  (
  L052
  ) (a first for me; two spawns in one day by different parents)
• 4x spawns of
  Ancistrus sp`Rio_Ucayali`
  (two spawns in one day for same male)
• 2x spawn of
  Hypancistrus sp(L201)
  big spot
• 1x spawn of
  Ancistrus claro
  (a first for me)
• 1x spawn of
  Ancistrus sp`Rio_Paraguay`
  (a first for me)
• 1x spawn of
  Ancistrus sp`Rio_Tocantins`
  (a first for me)
• 1x spawn of
  Rineloricaria eigenmanni
  (a first for me)
• 1x spawn of
  Microsynodontis sp(1)
  (a first for me)

[bekateen]

On Feb 26,

Ancistrus claro

spawned again - 28 spawns in 83 days.

[bekateen]

And two more spawns yesterday and today:

• Hypancistrus debilittera (my first spawn from these after a couple of years of inactivity)
• Rineloricaria eigenmanni

30 spawns in 3 months:

• 6x (at least) spawns of
  Panaqolus sp(L397)
  (one clutch was lost)
• 5x spawns of
  Ancistrus sp`Wabenmuster`
  (a first for me; one clutch was lost)
• 5x spawns of
  Dekeyseria picta
  (
  L052
  ) (a first for me; two spawns in one day by different parents)
• 4x spawns of
  Ancistrus sp`Rio_Ucayali`
  (two spawns in one day for same male)
• 2x spawn of
  Ancistrus claro
  (a first for me)
• 2x spawn of
  Hypancistrus sp(L201)
  big spot
• 2x spawn of
  Rineloricaria eigenmanni
  (a first for me)
• 1x spawn of
  Ancistrus sp`Rio_Paraguay`
  (a first for me)
• 1x spawn of
  Ancistrus sp`Rio_Tocantins`
  (a first for me)
• 1x spawn of
  Hypancistrus debilittera
• 1x spawn of
  Microsynodontis sp(1)
  (a first for me)

I'm sure we're not done yet, because the Ancistrus sp. Rio Paraguay and the Dekeyseria picta have both been trapping on-and-off for several days now. Any moment...

[bekateen]

Before I write this next update, let me first say I realize this might be getting annoying after a while or seem like bragging; but I do not mean it to be so. I thought about stopping the reports, but frankly I'm just blown away at the spawning going on in these tanks right now. Since 5 December, I'm averaging 1 new spawn every 3 days. I continue to report because I'm wondering when it will end and I've decided to ride it until the success breaks. I'm also looking for any patterns that might emerge. So far, I've noticed that the minimum spawn interval for my L052 is 12-14 days (also reported
here).

I hope you don't mind sharing the ride.

Three more spawns over the weekend: Saturday night a new spawn from my

Panaqolus maccus

. Monday morning I arrived at work to find a new spawn (my 6th) from

Dekeyseria picta

(

L052

). Monday eve I came home from work to find a new spawn (my 6th) from the small

Ancistrus sp`wabenmuster`

.

33 spawns in less than 14 weeks.

Cheers, Eric

• 6x (at least) spawns of
  Panaqolus sp(L397)
  (one clutch was lost)
• 6x spawns of
  Dekeyseria picta
  (
  L052
  ) (a first for me; two spawns in one day by different parents)
• 6x spawns of
  Ancistrus sp`Wabenmuster`
  (a first for me; one clutch was lost)
• 4x spawns of
  Ancistrus sp`Rio_Ucayali`
  (two spawns in one day for same male)
• 2x spawn of
  Ancistrus claro
  (a first for me)
• 2x spawn of
  Hypancistrus sp(L201)
  big spot
• 2x spawn of
  Rineloricaria eigenmanni
  (a first for me)
• 1x spawn of
  Ancistrus sp`Rio_Paraguay`
  (a first for me)
• 1x spawn of
  Ancistrus sp`Rio_Tocantins`
  (a first for me)
• 1x spawn of
  Hypancistrus debilittera
• 1x spawn of
  Panaqolus maccus
• 1x spawn of
  Microsynodontis sp(1)
  (a first for me)

[Baardman]

Great well done buddy!

[bekateen]

Thanks, @Baardman.

[bekateen]

Another spawn Thursday (spawn #34):

Ancistrus claro

again. Apparently she's still in the cave and I interrupted them. Lights off, fast!

Cheers, Eric

[characinkid]

Hi,
Amazing set of spawns, the fish must be in top condition. Id be interested in water conditions/feeding regime?
If you do decide to ship, please let me know as I would be interested in some of your offspring. Happy to take the risk with some of them at the kind of prices that you are asking for.
Thanks

[bekateen]

Hi,
Amazing set of spawns, the fish must be in top condition. Id be interested in water conditions/feeding regime?
If you do decide to ship, please let me know as I would be interested in some of your offspring. Happy to take the risk with some of them at the kind of prices that you are asking for.
Thanks

Thanks. Aquarium water conditions vary tank by tank, and are published in my BLOG reports. I do not ship, but I do plan to bring offspring that make it to sellable size to the All Aquarium Catfish Convention next October. Will you be there?

Cheers, Eric

[bekateen]

#CoronavirusSexyTime! During the last week I found two more L397 spawns and today this: Free-ranging babies in my "toilet flush" tank. Probably more Dekeyseria picta. I've been grabbing every egg clutch I've seen to hatch the fry in baskets, because I'm concerned that the tank is too violent for the fry and might be challenging for feeding. But today I found over 40 fry, about half way through their yolk sacs. Based on their maturity, I estimate the parents must have spawned about 14-16 days ago.

37 spawns in 15 weeks!

Cheers, Eric

[bekateen]

Overnight the

Rineloricaria eigenmanni

spawned again (here). #38. #CoronavirusSexyTime!

[bekateen]

From here, spawn # 39: A new

Dekeyseria picta

L052

spawn overnight. #CoronavirusSexyTime!

• 8x (at least) spawns of
  Panaqolus sp(L397)
• 8x spawns of
  Dekeyseria picta
  (
  L052
  ) (a first for me; two spawns in one day by different parents)
• 6x spawns of
  Ancistrus sp`Wabenmuster`
  (a first for me)
• 4x spawns of
  Ancistrus sp`Rio_Ucayali`
  (two spawns in one day for same male)
• 3x spawn of
  Ancistrus claro
  (a first for me)
• 3x spawn of
  Rineloricaria eigenmanni
  (a first for me)
• 2x spawn of
  Hypancistrus sp(L201)
  big spot
• 1x spawn of
  Ancistrus sp`Rio_Paraguay`
  (a first for me)
• 1x spawn of
  Ancistrus sp`Rio_Tocantins`
  (a first for me)
• 1x spawn of
  Hypancistrus debilittera
• 1x spawn of
  Panaqolus maccus
• 1x spawn of
  Microsynodontis sp(1)
  (a first for me)

[bekateen]

Three more spawns:
March 25:

Ancistrus sp`wabenmuster`

March 28:

Rineloricaria eigenmanni

March 30:

Panaqolus sp(L397)

[MarcW]

I hope you have a few empty tanks lying around, you must have over a thousand fry by now!

It might be time to convert the bath tub into an indoor pond until you can get out to club auctions again .

[bekateen]

I hope you have a few empty tanks lying around, you must have over a thousand fry by now!

It might be time to convert the bath tub into an indoor pond until you can get out to club auctions again .

Fortunately(?), I'm not that good with raising some. I do have (easily) over 200 Dekeyseria picta L052 and Ancistrus sp. Wabenmuster and Ancistrus sp. Rio Ucayali and Panaqolus sp(L397), but I still have only one Rineloricaria eigenmanni, two Ancistrus sp. Rio Paraguay, about 50 Ancistrus sp. Rio Tocantins, and an unknown number of Ancistrus claro.

I need this shelter in place order to end so that I might sell me fish.

Cheers, Eric

[bekateen]

From HERE, another

Rineloricaria eigenmanni

spawn.

[bekateen]

Integrating the spawns from here and here and here, and now this week I found another

L397

spawn last week (wigglers found three days ago) and overnight on 9/April another

Dekeyseria picta

(

L052

) bringing me to 46 spawns (not counting corys) discovered since December 5th. #CoronavirusSexyTime!

• 10x (at least) spawns of
  Panaqolus sp(L397)
• 9x spawns of
  Dekeyseria picta
  (
  L052
  ) (a first for me; two spawns in one day by different parents)
• 7x spawns of
  Ancistrus sp`Wabenmuster`
  (a first for me)
• 6x spawn of
  Rineloricaria eigenmanni
  (a first for me)
• 4x spawns of
  Ancistrus sp`Rio_Ucayali`
  (two spawns in one day for same male)
• 3x spawn of
  Ancistrus claro
  (a first for me)
• 2x spawn of
  Hypancistrus sp(L201)
  big spot
• 1x spawn of
  Ancistrus sp`Rio_Paraguay`
  (a first for me)
• 1x spawn of
  Ancistrus sp`Rio_Tocantins`
  (a first for me)
• 1x spawn of
  Hypancistrus debilittera
• 1x spawn of
  Panaqolus maccus
• 1x spawn of
  Microsynodontis sp(1)
  (a first for me)

[bekateen]

And when I returned home from work tonight, two more spawns found:

Ancistrus claro

and

Ancistrus sp`Rio_Tocantins`

(although it's obvious the Rio Tocantins dad has lost a few eggs). #CoronavirusSexyTime!

[bekateen]

Three more spawns this week:
18-April:

Rineloricaria eigenmanni

20-April:

Hypancistrus sp(L201)

big spot
20-April:

Ancistrus sp`Wabenmuster`

#CoronavirusSexyTime!

Spawns discovered since 05-December:

• 10x (at least) spawns of
  Panaqolus sp(L397)
• 9x spawns of
  Dekeyseria picta
  (
  L052
  ) (two spawns in one day by different parents)
• 8x spawns of
  Ancistrus sp`Wabenmuster`
• 7x spawn of
  Rineloricaria eigenmanni
• 4x spawns of
  Ancistrus sp`Rio_Ucayali`
  (two spawns in one day for same male)
• 4x spawn of
  Ancistrus claro
• 3x spawn of
  Hypancistrus sp(L201)
  big spot
• 2x spawn of
  Ancistrus sp`Rio_Tocantins`
• 1x spawn of
  Ancistrus sp`Rio_Paraguay`
• 1x spawn of
  Hypancistrus debilittera
• 1x spawn of
  Panaqolus maccus
• 1x spawn of
  Microsynodontis sp(1)

[bekateen]

Spawn #10 for

Dekeyseria picta

L052

. Occurred today between 10am and 1:45pm. #CoronavirusSexyTime!

[bekateen]

Two more spawns overnight, and one is a first for my fish:

Ancistrus sp`Rio_Paraguay`

(spawn #2)

Hypancistrus sp(L260)

(first time spawn for me)
#CoronavirusSexyTime!

[bekateen]

Three more spawns this week:

Ancistrus sp`Wabenmuster`

2x

Rineloricaria eigenmanni

#CoronavirusSexyTime!

Spawns discovered since 05-December:

• 10x (at least) spawns of
  Panaqolus sp(L397)
• 10x spawns of
  Dekeyseria picta
  (
  L052
  ) (two spawns in one day by different parents)
• 9x spawns of
  Ancistrus sp`Wabenmuster`
• 9x spawn of
  Rineloricaria eigenmanni
  (two spawns in one day by different parents)
• 4x spawns of
  Ancistrus sp`Rio_Ucayali`
  (two spawns in one day for same male)
• 4x spawn of
  Ancistrus claro
• 3x spawn of
  Hypancistrus sp(L201)
  big spot
• 2x spawn of
  Ancistrus sp`Rio_Tocantins`
• 2x spawn of
  Ancistrus sp`Rio_Paraguay`
• 1x spawn of
  Hypancistrus debilittera
• 1x spawn of
  Hypancistrus sp(L260)
• 1x spawn of
  Panaqolus maccus
• 1x spawn of
  Microsynodontis sp(1)

[fishguy1978]

Wow, that's awesome. I am always amazed when I walk into my fish room and see new fry. I have shellies in a 100g that are always pumping out fry but it is so cool seeing new life. I have 2 spawns of calico BN of about 100 combined. The only thing I can claim doing is adding caves months ago. If you were to do shipping like others have asked I would be interested. No LOA guarantee needed.

[bekateen]

Wow, that's awesome. I am always amazed when I walk into my fish room and see new fry. I have shellies in a 100g that are always pumping out fry but it is so cool seeing new life. I have 2 spawns of calico BN of about 100 combined. The only thing I can claim doing is adding caves months ago. If you were to do shipping like others have asked I would be interested. No LOA guarantee needed.

Do you attend the GSAS meetings in Seattle? I spoke there about 16 months ago (Jan 2019). I brought up several species of plecos and corys at the time and they were auctioned off at the club meeting. I don't get up that way often, but I do occasionally. I've got family in the greater Puget Sound area.

Like you, I love seeing babies and eggs. I got a group of juvenile blue-lipped buffalohead cichlids from Lawrence Kent back in November. They are just about minimum spawning size, and I come into work every morning and stare at their tank, hoping to see eggs or fry.

Cheers, Eric

[fishguy1978]

"Do you attend the GSAS meetings in Seattle? I spoke there about 16 months ago (Jan 2019). I brought up several species of plecos and corys at the time and they were auctioned off at the club meeting."

No, I don't. It is something I have considered but haven't made it yet.

"I don't get up that way often, but I do occasionally. I've got family in the greater Puget Sound area." OOh, carry on fish. I like the idea

[bekateen]

OOh, carry on fish. I like the idea

Yes, it's legal (with TSA) to bring bagged aquarium fish in your carry-on luggage (not in checked suitcases). I do it all the time. It is up to the discretion of the TSA agent, and some people (I've heard bad stories) have had to abandon fish at the security check point, but that's never happened to me yet.

Live fish in water and a clear transparent container are allowed after inspection by the TSA officer.

https://www.tsa.gov/travel/security-scr ... /live-fish

Cheers, Eric

[fishguy1978]

I moved from NYC 13yrs ago and had a complete antique 5g aquarium setup that I packed into a styro with the fish in bags. I had to open the box at the ticket counter to prove quality of packing. The glass in the aquarium cracked but the fish survived.

[bekateen]

And another

Dekeyseria picta

(

L052

) spawn found this morning, laid overnight or late yesterday. This is spawn #11 for this species since 09-January-2020.


Eric

[fishguy1978]

That's right rub it in Very cool

[bekateen]

That's right rub it in Very cool

Dude, sorry, that's not my intention. I'm just so pleased with the fish right now that I want to document how long this keeps up. There was nothing magical that happened in December to kick-start all these spawns. They just did. I'll stop reporting with the frequency slows down. In the meantime, I'm getting great information about interspawn intervals and also lots of practice with egg clutches to figure out how best to get them to hatch, and how to raise the fry.

Cheers, Eric