Farlowella Xmas Present

Post by **TwoTankAmin** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 8:11 pm

I got up this morning and discovered this lovely Xmas present:

As far as I know this is the first time they have spawned having been in my tank about a year.

Post by **John** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 8:40 pm

Congrats 2tank is that the acus?

This might help raising the fry (check breeding):
http://www.scotcat.com/factsheets/farlowella_acus.htm

Post by **TwoTankAmin** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 10:24 pm

John- I appreciate the link. I think they are acus from their snout, but I got them as farlos without the knowing which for sure.

The fry will either make it or not with little help from me. That tank is my high light co2 added planted tank and there are 3 farlos, 5 rasboras an assortment of corys- panda, paleatus and sterbai and one SAE.

I will make an effort to feed some zuke if they make it to free swimming.

The nice thing is the eggs are smack on the front glass which should let me get regular pics as the eggs progress, assuming all goes well. if they do, I will add pics to this thread as I get them.

T.Exeter · Post by **T.Exeter** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 12:07 am

Sweet photo.

Post by **TwoTankAmin** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 7:14 pm

Snapped this on day 3+. You can now see tiny falros inside the eggs.

T.Exeter · Post by **T.Exeter** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 11:09 pm

Again,great photo.
Never been lucky enough to have something spawn in view,must be a real buzz to see the development in person.

Good luck

sid · Post by **sid** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 8:42 am

Nice one .great pics.
Im havong trouble getting my sturisoma eggs to stick , any ideas?........maybe the male is a bit rough , coz the all seem to land on the deck when spawning , but he gets his job done ok though
Cheers

Sid

eklikewhoa · Post by **eklikewhoa** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 5:03 pm

wow thats pretty cool looking!

husky_jim · Post by **husky_jim** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 3:16 am

Congrads for the spawn!!!

Keep us updated!

Post by **TwoTankAmin** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 3:45 am

Day 5+ and the eggs seem to be getting pretty crowded inside:

Managed to get this shot of dad mouthing the eggs too: