Breeding L201

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Breeding L201

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Hi all, l am Australian based and have just bred L201 Hypan. Inspector, l have been told that these fish are quite common to breed yet l can find very little evidence on the net. (l might just be searching in all the wrong sites :?: ) has anyone here bred them or know someone that has as l have a few questions.

How many fry are they getting in each spawn?
l have 7 or 8 fry from this the first spawn.

What have they been feeding the fry?
l am feeding Wardleys flake food

How often are they spawning?
The fry left the cave 4 days ago and another female is already hanging around the males cave...thats not to say she will enter :roll:


There is another guy here in Austtralia that has breed them also and we are compairing notes currently
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I have got between 9-15 fry in each spawn so far but my females are quite small, around 7 cm so I think they could give more when they grow bigger. I feed the fry crushed tablet food (JBL Novo tabs) and after a month or so I even give them frozen Cyclops. The female are ready to spawn again after ~30 days if everything are fine but if there are several females will the male try to breed with them first if they are pregnant.

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l can't believe how big they are when they leave the cave, they are the size of a two week old peppermint if not bigger, Thank you for the reply
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Congrats on the spawn Dave,

keep us posted as they grow and future spawns.

regards
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l did my first water change on that tank last night since l first saw they had spawned.
The fry are now just under 2cm (love it when they hang on the glass in front of you), there had been a plump female hanging outside the males cave for days now and l noticed last night she was gone, Bugger! never mind l thought, l went back to reading my book while the tank filled then out of the corner of my eye l saw two tails hanging out of the males cave, yep it looked like that plump female was in the males cave the whole time l was doing the water change, heres hoping she is in there of other reasons than she was just looking for a place to hide as the lights came on :shock:
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