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I have a clutch of eggs that I brought home today from this fish. You can see some eggs if you look close. There are 6 hatched fry (6hrs since I've been home) I think I've set them up as good as possible, but any comments would be welcome.
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Pics of the egg clutch and a 24hr baby
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Hi Dave,

I would have guessed your fish to be a Hemiloricaria sp., but claim no expertise on this subject. I had Hemioricaria spawn for me, and everything was fine till the fry lost their yolk sacs, after which they all (~40) died within 48 hours. Hope you have better luck. Keep us posted.

Dinyar

I finally sat down long enough to look for a possible ID. It seems it might be Loricaria simillima. I only have the one pic that I took of the fish before seeing the eggs and then the eggs became the first priority! There are three large specimens that are in a 55g full of fancy goldfish at an out of town LFS. The owner mentioned he has seen eggs in the past so I have been contemplating buying the group of three but at $37 each......The eggs were free.

Looks like L. simillima to me. Not Hemiloricaria as that genus are not lipbrooders. There's a decent article in Shane's World on spawning them.

Jools

Yeah Deffinetly, just grow up your own group. I wish I was so lucky!