TwoTankAmin
Fish Maniac
Our speaker last night was on wild Bettas. I have not kept Bettas for may years but when I did I kept Betta imbellis. I took them through 3 generations before I lost them.
But, I also came home with 5 albino Osteogaster aenea. I had one huge one already which is the lone survivor of a small grooup I got years ago. I also have a small group ot the regular aenea in the tank. I know the member who bred the albinos and have his plants in my tanks and he has some of my super white L236 variety of the Hypancistrus seideli. So, I skipped Q and dropped them into the dark 75 gal. well planted tank when I got home at around 11 last night.
Today they are very active all over the tank and it looks like they may be spawning. I see one of the regular aenea playing with them as well. I do not expect to see any fry if I am correct in my assessment because eggs are food for the fish and amano shrimp in this tank. But I will not say never since I also have a group of the black Osteogaster schultzei in this tank and\. I recently discovered a single small one which was clearly born in the tank as the rest are large adults and this one was clearly very young.
I am always amazed when this sort of thing happens in any of my community tanks. When I am interested in seeing spawning from any species of the fish I keep, I always use a species tank for this. What I have seen over the years is a lot of my fish spawning successfully in my community tanks. It always surprises and delights me when this happens. I have had 3 danio species do this; 3 species of Pseudomugil and threadfin rainbows do it; 2 generations of rosy barbs; panda and sterbai corys and eggs eaten by wc Hoplisoma simile and paleatum; DD black angels; Betta imbellis; Farlowella vitatta; Rineloricaria parva eggs which wereeaten; discus (many eggs never viable). I also got fry from Pseudocrenilabrus nicholsi which I got to witness mouth brooding. Every species of pleco I have kept has spawned as well.
In this respect I have been very lucky. I credit my well water with being a major contributor to the above. My part was not to do things which would discourage or prevent spawning. I am also a big believer in the role diet plays in reproduction. The type and quality of food we feed matters greatly.
I have been doing the happy fish dance for almost as long as I have been keeping fish. I am still doing it today as a result of the recent Sahyadria denisonii (aka redline) barb spawn. that was close to being a miracle, imo.
(edited for my usual typos. I need an editor
)
But, I also came home with 5 albino Osteogaster aenea. I had one huge one already which is the lone survivor of a small grooup I got years ago. I also have a small group ot the regular aenea in the tank. I know the member who bred the albinos and have his plants in my tanks and he has some of my super white L236 variety of the Hypancistrus seideli. So, I skipped Q and dropped them into the dark 75 gal. well planted tank when I got home at around 11 last night.
Today they are very active all over the tank and it looks like they may be spawning. I see one of the regular aenea playing with them as well. I do not expect to see any fry if I am correct in my assessment because eggs are food for the fish and amano shrimp in this tank. But I will not say never since I also have a group of the black Osteogaster schultzei in this tank and\. I recently discovered a single small one which was clearly born in the tank as the rest are large adults and this one was clearly very young.
I am always amazed when this sort of thing happens in any of my community tanks. When I am interested in seeing spawning from any species of the fish I keep, I always use a species tank for this. What I have seen over the years is a lot of my fish spawning successfully in my community tanks. It always surprises and delights me when this happens. I have had 3 danio species do this; 3 species of Pseudomugil and threadfin rainbows do it; 2 generations of rosy barbs; panda and sterbai corys and eggs eaten by wc Hoplisoma simile and paleatum; DD black angels; Betta imbellis; Farlowella vitatta; Rineloricaria parva eggs which wereeaten; discus (many eggs never viable). I also got fry from Pseudocrenilabrus nicholsi which I got to witness mouth brooding. Every species of pleco I have kept has spawned as well.
In this respect I have been very lucky. I credit my well water with being a major contributor to the above. My part was not to do things which would discourage or prevent spawning. I am also a big believer in the role diet plays in reproduction. The type and quality of food we feed matters greatly.
I have been doing the happy fish dance for almost as long as I have been keeping fish. I am still doing it today as a result of the recent Sahyadria denisonii (aka redline) barb spawn. that was close to being a miracle, imo.
(edited for my usual typos. I need an editor
)
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