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Well... If lethalcustoms00 visits me here in Norway he will get them for free

If anyone feels the urge to count, please do so

Very nice! Congrats again.

Thank you:)

I counted 180 eggs from the above picture, so I guess there are around 200 eggs. Its been 48 hours, and I have only lost and removed one egg. This could be the big one

Wow, that's even better news. Can't wait to see updates/final results.

2wheelsx2 wrote:Wow, that's even better news. Can't wait to see updates/final results.

Me too

Oh my god!!! I lost another egg According to the expert tomorrow is D-Day.

I think 1% loss on eggs is very low.

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Mats

MatsP wrote:I think 1% loss on eggs is very low.

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Mats

We will see tomorrow or the day after. Leakage before hatching is my main concern. It usually happens around 24-36 hours before the eggs should hatch. Luckily I only work from 11.00-16.00 tomorrow, so I can clean and assist the eggs/fry if necessary.

from spawn 6 days than they hatch, normally the males is quite good "fathers" and only if there are several males in the same aquarium you can have some trouble, I only use 1 male with all plecos because it's much safer.

Janne

Any news?

Way to go Håvard! How are they doing now?

They hatched after 6 days with very few losses. I will count them when I move them to the raising tank in a few days time.

Looking forwards to know the number

I moved the fry to different raising tanks. The total number was 158 I think.

Nice

Haavard Stoere wrote:The total number was 158 I think.

Excellent. I expect the "I think" is the same as when I catch and move fish - it's very hard to CATCH and count at the same time - they tend to move about, and you sort of loose count when you go after a fish...

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Mats

Interesting blog - I have a group of 5 L240's for the last few months which I acquired from 2 different sources with the aim of spawning- 2 larger fish about 7-8" and 3 smaller fish around 4-5". I am sure I have at least one male - it is the largest fish with the biggest fins, a rounded nose and small tubercules near the end of the nose on the sides - it is also the most aggressive! Other fish I'm not so sure - the 2nd largest fish looks like a female - the nose is much narrower and pointed and it is a fatter fish around the pectorals - also this fish never enters a cave (sites on top) unlike the male. I will try and post some pics soon but any further advice about sexing and spawning experiences of this species would be gratefully received!

Please post pictures of your fish, and we will try to help with the sexing.

The next spawn will happen quite soon. This time I will let the male take care of his business. The water in the main tank is close to 100% RO, and I will keep bacteria to a minimum by not feeding from the time of the spawn to the hatching.

Does anybody please have any ideas on the sex of these L240?

My thoughts were:

Fish 1 - quite aggressive and spends time in slate cave, nicest colouration/pattern, thickened 1st ray of pectoral fins, rounded nose with bristles on side of nose. Confident this is a male.

Fish 2 - Rounded nose but head not as broad as fish 1 and no bristles on nose. pectoral ray not as thick as fish 1. Sub dominant male or female?

Fish 3 - Smaller spots, not as dark base (photo shows fish paler than normal due to being caught). More pointed nose. Never enters cave. Fairly confident this is a female.

From what I can tell, if you feed them properly, females will "egg" up quite quickly - of course, that's with , not L240 - but I'd expect them to be similar.

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Mats

Hi,

Fish 1 & 2 are males, fish 3 is 100% sure a female!