L135 Breed - HEYA

Catfish_Crazy

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Well Guys & Girls

My L135 breed, yes i'll say it again my L135 breed, i was worried at first they wernt pairing up .

It breed 2 days ago, i was going to take photos of the male with eggs just to prove it - but didnt

So i noticed him kicking slowly some eggs out today, a fair few eggs and he still has some with him, and since this is most likely his first batch, im thinking i'll loose them so i grabbed my camera .

It was hard to take a photo of the batch as his body covered them all, was trying to get him to move so i'll snap the batch, but one slipped past him when i blew a little air in there trying to make him move, i know stupid idea, but had to for photos or you wont see anything as his size is massive for the cave.

Eggs are pretty large compared to my L066 eggs & L270 and look more yellowish (maybe a good sign?)

Here is photos, female is just outside the cave male is in - since they breed female is hanging out alot on the side of his cave, i have a feeling she is eating the eggs he is kicking out :eek:

They are about 12-13cm each, and the d-cave is a oversized style d-cave not the normal/standard style d-caves






This is the size of the bigger d-cave i used compared to standard, and perfect for him, as the smaller one - i think if he goes in that i think ill have to break the cave to get him out.


 
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Irene0100

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well done.
as a first brood they may well have some infertile eggs.
I would try and disturb the male as little as possible as any upset will make him eat eggs or kick them out.
 

Khaifish

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Well done, first in australia, and probably one of the few spawns in the world. What did you do? Had a chat to a fella only yesterday about these guys and he said they are very very hard to breed, even though they are a peckoltia.

To be honest if i were you i'd probably take the eggs and hatch them artificially in a tumbler. If he wasn't kicking the eggs out it'd be alright to leave them with him but i don't think many will hatch if he keeps doing it.
 

Catfish_Crazy

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Well done, first in australia, and probably one of the few spawns in the world. What did you do? Had a chat to a fella only yesterday about these guys and he said they are very very hard to breed, even though they are a peckoltia.

To be honest if i were you i'd probably take the eggs and hatch them artificially in a tumbler. If he wasn't kicking the eggs out it'd be alright to leave them with him but i don't think many will hatch if he keeps doing it.


Hey,

i would use a tumbler and try to get all the eggs out but, about 2yrs maybe ? i had the same trouble with my L270, i lost 6 batches trying to use a tumbler and never got passed the 3rd day cause they all had fungus, and listening to everyone made it worse and i got so anrgy - lol - so i didnt listen to anyone and did it how i think and the 7th batch i had L270 fry..

Tumblers maybe works for other but not for me, and i was doing everything right :( dunno why i never hatched eggs.

Yes i heard they are very hard in breeding - i had 3 about 5yrs ago for nearly 3yrs and nothing, but as soon as i sold them in W.A., i felt sad and brought others took a while but i just liked them, i wasnt expecting them to breed just liked seeing them



What i did was same like what i do to all my tanks, 5 days outta 7 days water changes 10% water changes and on the 5th day 30% and sat&sun no water change, unless its very dirty which hardly happens

Feeding them daily, try not to rearrange anything, i hardy did

Temp : 25
Ph : 7

dunno what else i can tell you ?
 

Catfish_Crazy

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Sadly No Eggs :(

Noticed him in a different cave and flashed a torch in the original cave he was in and nothing :(

So hopefully the next one do alright - but know once i see eggs will cover the tank so no light gets in and leave them alone .