My first L134 spawn

[Joby]

I got a trio of L134 from someone on PF in August this year and had a spawn from them last week :woohoo: The male managed to waft a wriggler out early on so I put it in a floating hatchery then another 2 the next day. The 3 are doing well and now have stripes appearing and the male still has quite a few in the cave with him :clap:

The male guarding his fry

 

[Irene0100]

oh well done. terrific.
they are not always as easy as people think! I have a colony I have been trying breed for much longer....
tell us more about your set up, water, temp etc.

 

[Joby]

Thanks am really chuffed :yes:

They are in a 90 litre bare bottom tank with an external filter plus sponge filter which is just kept in for emergency purposes if I ever need a spare filter. They have a cave each and there are also 2 pieces of bog wood. They share the tank with approx 20 swordtail fry. The temp is 27 degrees and PH is 7.5 and they get daily 20% water changes from my water barrel that is at room temperature with bogwood in the bottom of it.

I only started the daily water changes about a month ago when the swordtail fry were born as I do it with all my fry tanks. I wonder if thats what set them off? Whatever it was am very pleased :woohoo: I hope you have success with your colony soon :yes:

 

[Irene0100]

great news. I am sure you must be well thrilled!!
I was doing lots of w/c then someone told me they would do better if I stoped the w/c and did minimal change - just leave them be, so have been trying that, so they only get a water top up for evaporation loss and small weekly-ish filter wash. maybe will go back to daily w/c !!

 

[bikerman6660]

Congrats on the spawn:clap:
I would be tempted to go back to daily water changes now Irene just might trigger tham especially with low pressure weather fronts kicking about

 

[jerry58]

Hi
Well done on the spawn,looking healthy,love the brown type of cave, your alpha male must do as well.:thumbup:

 

[evesonevo]

L134 spawning

Congrats on the spawning and good luck with your fry, i've got a group of 11 in a 130l tank,filtration is internal and external power filters with plenty of caves and bogwood but absolutely no signs of spawning, i also have it furnished with gravel on the bottom.
parameters are temp 78f,PH7.2,GH8.
Waters changes are roughly 25%weekly.
Just wondering if having a bare bottom tank makes any difference and if maybe my group is too large.
Any thoughts welcome.
Col.

 

[Joby]

Irene I agree with Bikerman that the water change now could trigger them after a lay off :yes:

Thanks Jerry, that was my first attempt at slate cave making but have never found the same slate since only black stuff :dk:

Hope you find the formula to get yours to spawn Col

Still all ok today, the fry in the trap are moving around a lot more and I've started to add small amounts of crushed prima which seems to excite them :woohoo:

 

[albino]

Hi Joby - well done :clap:
A group of my L134s also spawned last week! Haven't seen any wrigglers yet though, so waiting impatiently!
Mine are also in a 90l tank. There's a group of 10 - I've had some of them for a good few years, some for only a year or so. They all have access to their own cave/ hollow log, mine have spawned in terracotta caves. (Interestingly, the cave where there is a definite spawn was used until recently by one of my longfin bristlenose males). The tank is well-planted and has almost 2" gravel. Water changes are about 25 - 30% about every fortnight, filtration is by 2 Internal filters, plus 2 air stones. It's a community tank shared by other L numbers, tetras, bristlenoses and a few cories.
It's difficult to see what there is in common with the others who've spawned them :dk:

 

[Joby]

Oh well done Albino and I hope you see some wrigglers soon :clap:

It does appear that we've all got different set ups and I guess if left long enough they will spawn :yes:

 

[Irene0100]

good news congrats all,
yes its a bit of a mystery how to trigger them
anyway i am trying the daily changes again for now.
i have 6 in a 90L with some corys and no lights but lots of windows in the room so getting some natural light, not a lot this time of year lol. I also have a pair in the lounge communal tank, mainly cos the male has taken over a large log and will not come out so he can only go where the log can go! so have put a female in just in case...

 

[Joby]

That sounds like a plan Irene :thumbup: