Re: N.tansvestitus

["Helen Burns" <helen.burns@bigwig.net>]

Lilia,
I'm very pleased for you but slow down a wee bit!  Unless your tank is a
tiny one I would leave well alone and let the pair get on with it.  This is
their first spawning and you are not out of the woods yet.  My fingers are
crossed that this will be a successful spawning - if it's not don't despair.
They've done it once they'll do it again.
Helen

> I got my first N.transvestitus spawn today! What should I expect next?
> Should I separate the male? So far, he is allowed to the cave with the
> spawn, and intramarital relations are pretty good.
> When they will be able to spawn again? How quickly the fry will grow? Age
> of maturity?
>
> I checked the eggs, and wow! they are HUGE. At least twice the size of any
> apisto's eggs I have ever seen. They are at the very top of a clay pot
> cave, and there are not too many of them (not surprizing considering their
> size and female's size). Both parents are coming in and out of the cave,
> eating well. There are no other fish in the tank. It is kept at room
> temperature (about 74*F, or 23-24*C), RO water, pH 5.5, and the tank has
> some sort of infusoria bloom (water is not transparent, but not green,
> water changes did not help).
>
> Lilia




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