My biggest L134 brood until now - video of 46 fry

[Lihn]

Hi Forum

Until a few months ago I had a lot of troubles with my Peckoltia compta - L134 group. The eggs wouldn't hatch. I got more and more frustrated after 8-10 failed spawns. But finally they did it the right way - or maybe I did it the right way..
In a period I used only rain water in the aquarium and that was a success. The soft water would let the eggs hatch.

After that I had a few small spawns of 10-15 fry. But after a minor pause the fishes started again and one of my biggest/oldest females made a spawn in the males cave which resulted in 46 fry - a quiet huge spawn I think of L134?
- What is your experience about the size of the broods?

Here is a video of the fry - 1-2 days after hatching.

[Neo]

What an awesome video and what a lot of fry o_O congrats!!!

[Lihn]

Here is a picture of one of the first fry.

[Neo]

Awesome picture!!!

[Nick Crane]

Nice work 46 fry is a large sawn the largest mine produced was 24 and I thought that was a large spawn!!

[Lihn]

Hi Neo and Nick

Thank you for your comments.
I am also very satisfied with the picture of the 3½ cm L134

Does anyone else have any experiences they want to share about the sizes' of spawns from L134??

[YSR50]

Can't be sure since I've always waited for the fry to show on the glass before collecting but over the years the usual size would be in the mid 30's. I had one batch that was well over 50. But then again it could have been a double spawn. I give my Frogs plenty of privacy

btw, nice video and pic

[Lihn]

The way of giving the fishes privacy has also helped for me. I had a lot of unsuccessful spawns even after I found out that the too high dH in the aquarium was one of the key parameters which prevented them to spawn.
I was used to take the fry out of the cave before they hatched - my experience told me that it was a good idea. But it wasn't with L134. And in the future I will let the eggs hatch by the male - it gives me better results.