new spawns, big rains

MICKSNOWDOG

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i had some large rainfalls hit us here, on a cold day, i did a 30% wc on my sump system with fresh rainwater as it was falling, temp dropped a little lower than it usually doies when i wc. one tank of l397 has produced 20 fry and one tank of l201 had a very small spawn, neither tank had spawned before.
my peppermint bn tank is not attached, i spotted some eggs that had been kicked, this tank had not bred for months, i collected 24 eggs. i ransacked the alpha males cave, he was sitting on 103 eggs. no ********, i have pics to prove it, 103 peppermint bn eggs, 25ish was a normal brood from this tank. on another note i lost one l600, so we're about even me n my fish room. good news popping anopther 2 tanks tho.
 

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ITS a bit hard getting pics of them without disturbing them much. i keep the water pretty turbulent.
HERES pics of all my collection of l's about 6 months back. i have lots more now.
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another tank i didnt mention is my longfin albino bn, 3f 1m. all 3 females spawned, the male kicked 2 lots of eggs and nested on the others, maybe got 50 fry i guess from them. but 1 wc for 3 spawns from 1 male is pretty good.
 

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UPDATE, i have all the caves turned so i cant see in, i checked them all today, another l270 pair that had not bred previously has about 20. another l201, just 1 fry i could see. l066 strangely enough only 2 fry. so from 1 wc, on a sump system of 12 2 foot tanks, 6 broods. i'm impressed with this stroke of luck, seeing as i went nearly a year without any broods at all.