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Woke up to this I did a water change on Tuesday and there was a stormfront that came thru yesterday that resulted in a slight drop in barometric pressure which may have triggered the spawn, yesterday evening I noticed the pair cleaning the tube but no eggs as of lights out, but now this morning bazinga in the exact same spot as the last spawn on 2-17-23, and I'm thinking I have 2 females because the 1st. spawn was only 3 weeks ago, and the eggs are clear when deposited and I would like to keep the eggs with the male as long as possible most breeders logs say right around 12days to hatch but how am I gonna get the eggs out

Jeanne

I've had the entire clutch of eggs die when I tried moving them. This was 2 years ago and they may not have been viable, I couldn't be sure now. Timing of moving /disturbing the eggs probably matters a lot, but my guess is earlier is better and later would be more sensitive.

I have my pair of Sturisomatichthys aureus in a 180litres tank, 100x60x30 cm. I don't take out the eggs nor the fry. I have the lights on 24/7 to keep the tank with algea, im on the third spawn since December. The male is now on his fourth round with eggs, and the first round is passed critical size and are ready to move on.

When i had S. leightoni, i moved the eggs with a hose after the first egg hatched, the rest hatched on the funride in the hose. Had them first in a icecream box with airstone, but after a while, i figured out that the best way for me, is the way i do with the S. aureus

Here's fry in different stages growing up in the same tank as the parents. There is also a breeding group of Aspidoras raimundi in the tank

I still have eggs Jeanne


P.S. I gotta clean that glass

Yes that young feller is still looking after them
Jeanne

Looking good!

Hey, hey hey
the eggs are starting to darken

Jeanne

How long do you expect it will take for the eggs to hatch?

Cheers, Eric

bekateen wrote: ↑13 Mar 2023, 21:09 How long do you expect it will take for the eggs to hatch?

Cheers, Eric

From what I can gather from breeding reports around 12 days

Jeanne

sturiosoma wrote: ↑13 Mar 2023, 23:27From what I can gather from breeding reports around 12 days

Jeanne

My Rineloricaria lanceolata took 12 days on the first spawn, and now with the second spawn I still have unhatched (but developing) eggs on day 16! There are over 60 fry hatched already and about an equal number of unhatched eggs. I wish I knew if it was one spawn or if maybe the dad had two spawns a few days apart in the same tube. Ugh!

Cheers, Eric

bekateen wrote: ↑13 Mar 2023, 23:30

sturiosoma wrote: ↑13 Mar 2023, 23:27From what I can gather from breeding reports around 12 days

Jeanne

My Rineloricaria lanceolata took 12 days on the first spawn, and now with the second spawn I still have unhatched (but developing) eggs on day 16! There are over 60 fry hatched already and about an equal number of unhatched eggs. I wish I knew if it was one spawn or if maybe the dad had two spawns a few days apart in the same tube. Ugh!

Cheers, Eric

Oh my I thought 12 days was gonna be a long wait and really hate to take the eggs
but I'm gonna try and wait as long as possible because you know as well as I that there's nothing like good old pa

I still have eggs and this male might be young, this is 2nd. spawn, but he's hanging in there and those eggs are spotless, and continuing to develop.

Jeanne

How many eggs do you see?

bekateen wrote: ↑14 Mar 2023, 13:51 How many eggs do you see?

They're kind of hard to count, the row that you can see, they're at least 20 but then there are more rows that wrap around the lift tube towards the inside of the tank so they're quite a few.

Jeanne

Don't know if this is what's supposed to happen but now Big Daddy is helping tend to the eggs while the little feller is taking a break on the piece of driftwood nearby. And its amazing that the Daddys even stick around to help care for this new life that they have helped to create let allow two of them sharing in task, only in nature. And I don't know how to rotate those pics

Jeanne

I should have kept my mouth shut it was like an instant jinx

They'll be more

Jeanne

Dang! I don't like when that happens. But you're right. More than likely, there will be more.

Cheers,
Eric

bekateen wrote: ↑17 Mar 2023, 02:57 Dang! I don't like when that happens. But you're right. More than likely, there will be more.

Cheers,
Eric

Don't know what it was that made big daddy do that or how he even knew the eggs were there

Jeanne

sturiosoma wrote: ↑17 Mar 2023, 03:36Don't know what it was that made big daddy do that or how he even knew the eggs were there

Jeanne

I suspect eggs that are not your own always smell and taste delicious.

Cheers, Eric