Retroculus xinguensis - Spawning

[Ole Marius Ekeberg]

Hi,

Here is a little update of how the offspring have turned out...
(The biggest males are now around 17 cm).

Male

Female

I have spread xinguensis around in Norway and Sweden for a while now, and are down to the number i want to keep myself - a group of 12 individuals.
The parents tragically died, so this is all i have left... Shure going to be very carefull with these!

[Piotr Koba]

It's a pity you lost the adult fish, but still, the offspring looks great! Beautiful, one of numerous SA species on my wishlist

[Ole Marius Ekeberg]

I found this video today (forgot i had it) of the female guarding and caring for her eggs!
-Watch in HD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFhiGUTzbS0

Man do i miss this! Relly hope i get to see this again, live

[Mark Smith]

Spectacular acheivement! I was surprised at how well they managed to spawn in such a busy aquarium.

[Piotr Koba]

Bravo! Great vid of great fish. I've read that they can get nervous during egg care, but yours seem to be relaxed. Which is, as Mark said, quite surprising, especially when taking into account presence of other fish.

Your other vids on yt are cool, too!

[Ole Marius Ekeberg]

Thank you, Piotr

She seems to be relaxed and in control at that time. But in the end - she did get problems keeping all of the other fishes away (to much stress).
Also she didn't allow the male to come close to the nest at this stage, so he was not able to help her in the "frontline".

I moved out all the other fishes at one point. Then they spawned one more time, and for the first time i could witness xinguensis eggs hatching in the main tank. Then, after they had hatched, she began to let the male come closer and closer to the pit (but still not too close).
Unfortunately all of the fry was gone after three-four days, for some reason. Then they never spawned again... and now they are dead

The 12 individuals i now have left (the offspring) will be taken extremely good care of, no doubt about that. Can`t afford to loose these guys, since xinguensis seem to be nearly impossible to get a hold of these days!

[jessbullock]

Simply amazing, congrats on all of your hard work.

[Oliveber]

i have a test kit, but dont understand how to use it yet..

[JuanD15]

WOW, congrats on that spawn! I would swap my whole fishroom for a small group of this guys!!

Good luck raising fry!


Juan