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A few weeks ago I bought a pair of Rineloricaria lanceolata at a local fair.
They were mature and the female seemed gravid. After releasing them in their tank I lost sight of the male for a rather long period. Only saw the female, still filled with eggs. At the beginning of this week the female was very slender (again) and I could also spot the male. He's sitting at the back of a piece of wood, taking care of the eggs.
He's constantly moving up and down, sort of cleaning them I guess. He has chosen a great spot, right in the current.
When the female approaches she's gently pushed away. I wanted to make some pictures, but to do so I'd have to disturb him because I should turn the wood the other way round.
I decided not to do so, but as soon as something happens I'll let you know.
It aren't only the Devarios in that tank that breed. Now just wait for some Tatias to do their thing

Mr. lanceolata is still at it. I hope to be able to turn the piece of wood slowly so he won't be bothered and I can make some pictures soon.

congrats marc! I look forward to seeing pics.

I have been trying to get mine to breed for awhile, but after some conditioning, all of my 'females' ended up developing odontodes.

Jeff

Marc van Arc wrote:Mr. lanceolata is still at it. I hope to be able to turn the piece of wood slowly so he won't be bothered and I can make some pictures soon.

As I hadn't seen him at his spot since Thursday morning, I thought it would be safe to get the Dianema urostriatum out of that tank (see also: Wild caught high fin Corydoras in the Corys et al Forum).
This became quite a chase, so I decided to pull some wood out of the tank. What happened was this:

A whole bunch of eggs floating around and coming to a stop between the bits and pieces.
After redecorating I put the eggs back on their original spot and to my utter relief the male is guarding them again. I don't know for how long though...
BTW: I also found these:

And these are Tatia perugiae eggs!!

PS: can't seem to make the pictures work??
Any ideas why?
Thanks to Dave and Jools for helping me out.

Marc van Arc wrote:PS: can't seem to make the pictures work?? Any ideas why?

You're not posting an image URL. You want to be using

Jools

Here's the first pic.

Marc van Arc wrote:
BTW: I also found these:


Tatia perugiae eggs!!

And so did the other fishes overnight....with mum gone this was an easy job.

You guys are causing me great envy. You may remember I lost 20 beautiful T. perugiae from an introduced disease dashing those hopes. On the bright side I think I have a male L10a guarding eggs inside a section of 1/2 ich PVC pipe but as you can relate I am reluctant to bother it since I will know one way or the other soon enough. There are 6 adults in a 20 by themselves and the females are very plump and the males all bearded up so it looks good.
Anyway, I congratulate you on your successes. It is that time of year when the SA cats are more cooperative. Even my Corydoras sterbai seem to be seasonal spawners always starting in the fall and winding down by late spring despite the fact they are tank raised breeders they still retain their internal clock settings.

apistomaster wrote:Anyway, I congratulate you on your successes.

Thanks Larry, but don't.
First, they're not "my" successes.
Second, I've got the feeling that I blew these two opportunities completely.....

Hi Marc,
I take it ,"In nature you trusted" and the eggs were all eaten? I never trust nature after I discover/disturb a spawn and pull the eggs I ca recover for artificially hatching. But they will probably spawn again soon enough and you will be prepared. Still,it was good to see they spawned.

Well, I was disappointed by the disappearance of the Tatia eggs. Due to my own fault. In order to make it easier for me to view them, I placed the piece of wood in a corner. And of course every fish that tried to round that corner, automatically ended up in the hole with eggs. Brilliant thinking on my behalf.
But, to ease the "pain", several dots of floating-around-eggs are hatching at the moment. Though unprotected no fish seems interested in these wrigling little creatures, which I suppose to be Rineloricarias.

I hope you are right and that some of the larvae turn out to be Rhinoloricaria. I have not kept that species but only due to lack of opportunity to buy them. The red L10a is the closest I've come and they are not a bad consolation prize.