Sturisomatichthys leightoni breeding

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Sturisomatichthys leightoni breeding

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My leightoni's are really at it now. 1 male and 3 females.
The first female start laying her eggs on saturday night, the second one took over on sunday, and now the third one is laying down her load. The male has a lot of fanning and cleaning to do for the next 7 days 👌
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Wow, spectacular male! :))

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He got his own little harem 😂
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Outstanding!
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They are dropping eggs every 14th day or so. Haven't had chance to save them all. But I'll try to save them on a regular basis from now.
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Shane wrote: ↑24 Sep 2021, 13:03 Outstanding!
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Well how is the upgrowing going? Thats the hard part with Sturisoma. I have found they easliy lay eggs.
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Koi-fantast wrote: ↑08 Oct 2021, 14:16 Well how is the upgrowing going? Thats the hard part with Sturisoma. I have found they easliy lay eggs.
I have some fry that seems to make it, but not close to the amount of eggs. Will try a different approach on the next batch.
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18 weeks
18 weeks
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Looking good! :-)

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