Re: Laetacara thayeri

["V Kutty" <kutty@earthlink.net>]

tsuh yang chen wrote:

> oh, do i feel stupid or what??? i had been kicking myself for having
picked 2
> males when i bought the damn monsters, and they are not really dwarf, they
> are pretty big.  i even tried giving them away.  suddenly this week, they
> became rather jumpy and i'd see them disappear amidst a cloud of detritus
> when i came in the room.  today i realized the detritus are actually fry.
> what am i going to do with all these fish???
>
> tsuh yang chen, nyc, USA

I've been trying to spawn these fish for a year and a half without any
success.  I've tried a lot of techniques - still no spawn.  I have them in
very soft, pH 6 water at 86°F (30°C).  It's a 60-gal. tank with lots of
driftwood and cover.  I recreated the habitat I collected them in.  Heck, I
even have the same damn tetras from that area.  The only thing I have not
recreated is the leaf litter and the Hoplias!  This is the hardest I've ever
tried to spawn a fish and I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.

So, what were the spawning conditions in your tank...besides clouds of
detritus, which I have.

Vinny





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