TwoTankAmin
Fish Connoisseur
A few months ago I won 4 young Hoplisoma oiapoquense at my fish club's auction. I put them into my heavily planted in-wall 75. I never saw more than two and then only rarely. There is an orpham black schultzei, a lone albino aeneus and a small group of high fin paleatum. I was siting here at my desk and I gkanced uo to look into the 75. There I spotted a couple of the paleatum clearily in spawning behavior. I have had corys spawm before and I know that behavior. But what made this all the more interesting is I saw what looked like all 4 of the oiapoquense in formatation dart acros te black back gleas, It we so quick I was not sure it could not have been some of the small kerri tetras I had won at a more recent club auction. The oiapoquense have always been very shy and I knew to find out I had to move over up to the front of the tank in slow motion.
When I finally got to the fonrt of the tank, I waited and sure enough the 4 oiapoquense repeated their dash across the bak glass. This is the first time since I put them in the tank that I have seen all four at the same time.They are too small to spawn I think but maybe not to plat at it. There have to be hormones in the water from the Paeleatum. The biggest problems is that I would like to set up a small tank and put all 10 or the oiapoquense I will have after this month's club meeting on the 27th. I have no clue how to catch the 4 in the 75 to move them except to break down the tanks completely and then drain a lot of the water. After I catch the 4 corys, I would have to put the tank back together.
The only good part of this job is the fact that I still have another empty 75 about 3 feet away from the in-wall. I can mostly fill it and put the contents of the in-wall into it while I catch the corys. Fortuately, all of the plants in the in-wall are either potted or attached to wood or rocks. So moving the plants will not be an issue. I also have 6 Hoplisoma pandas and 6 bronze Osteogaster aenea in a 29 Q supposed to go to permanent homes shortly.
Now all I need to do is add a few more pandas and aenea and get a bunch more high fin paleatum and I am not sure what I will do re the two solo fish.
The fact that I recognized the natural breeding beahvior of the paleatum led to my getting to see all four of the oiapoquense. TY Mother Nature.
When I finally got to the fonrt of the tank, I waited and sure enough the 4 oiapoquense repeated their dash across the bak glass. This is the first time since I put them in the tank that I have seen all four at the same time.They are too small to spawn I think but maybe not to plat at it. There have to be hormones in the water from the Paeleatum. The biggest problems is that I would like to set up a small tank and put all 10 or the oiapoquense I will have after this month's club meeting on the 27th. I have no clue how to catch the 4 in the 75 to move them except to break down the tanks completely and then drain a lot of the water. After I catch the 4 corys, I would have to put the tank back together.
The only good part of this job is the fact that I still have another empty 75 about 3 feet away from the in-wall. I can mostly fill it and put the contents of the in-wall into it while I catch the corys. Fortuately, all of the plants in the in-wall are either potted or attached to wood or rocks. So moving the plants will not be an issue. I also have 6 Hoplisoma pandas and 6 bronze Osteogaster aenea in a 29 Q supposed to go to permanent homes shortly.
Now all I need to do is add a few more pandas and aenea and get a bunch more high fin paleatum and I am not sure what I will do re the two solo fish.
The fact that I recognized the natural breeding beahvior of the paleatum led to my getting to see all four of the oiapoquense. TY Mother Nature.
