I had just done a water change in the S. lucipinnus tank. I had sat for awhile and caught up on some things. I went back to the fish room and saw the dwarf pets dancing happily in the fresh water. I looked closer and THERE! A baby S. lucipinnus swimming happily through the thick planted growth. It's about 1/2 inch and well colored.

I am bursting! I am telling everyone!

Just in case you are not familiar with the species




This post has been edited by jollysue: Jul 6 2008, 07:40 AM

is it that catfish?? Are their parents in there? The one looks pretty big, Maybe I'm missing the baby or is that it??

The first 2 pics is a member of the parent tribe recently; the 3rd are members of the parent tribe as a juvie. As the caption says the pics are in case you are not familiar with the species.

I am going to see if I caught a shot of the baby now.

This post has been edited by jollysue: Jul 6 2008, 06:18 AM

The baby: sorry he's blurry. He's on the move!


He's a fast little guy


Front of one of the parent group


Side of one of the parent group


This post has been edited by jollysue: Jul 6 2008, 07:42 AM

Those fish look awesome-i love the fin markings.....I've never seen those before.

Oops!

This post has been edited by jollysue: Jul 6 2008, 08:49 AM

Thank you, Pp.

They are commonly called dwarf petrocola. They do look lots like the S. petrocola, but they are a species in their own right.

I never expected them to give me babies without all the fuss.

They are in a 25 usg acrylic with a small albino BN and a shoal of white cloud mountain minnows

They are 3-4" as adults. I have had them since Spring of 2006. I recieved 7 smaller than the juvie you see there.

I lost one of the 7 last year. I guess they missed him.

They are a little hard to breed normally, so they are harder to get.

This post has been edited by jollysue: Jul 13 2008, 08:52 PM

Do these lay eggs on the glass and stuff like the corys? They are really cool looking. Maybe they will have a few more surprises for you in the near future. That would be cool.

I don't think so. They are suppose to fall in between rocks?

But I think the "once they start" rule applies. I kinda thought someone might share if it is that unusual

This post has been edited by jollysue: Jul 8 2008, 12:27 PM

If I remember right, there isn't a whole lot of info out there for breeding these guys.

Congrats...that's really exciting

I did get a post elsewhere that these will give a stray offspring here and there w/o any assistance. But if large numbers of fry are wanted, they need assistance.

Those that are breeding them I belive use the same method as is used for S. petrocola.

But I am in awe. I am delighted and now want to count them all to see if there are any others that have wiggled thei way in. hehe