PlanetCatfish.com - Breeding report for Osteogaster aenea by Valb68

Basics

Overview

The first spawn was on Friday 2nd of August 2013. The breeding group consisted of 4 males and 1 female. The smallest male was at least 64mm SL and the smallest female was at least 51mm SL. The youngest adult was approximately 12 months old. The individuals were obtained from Petsmart.

Feeding

1.	Various frozen foods (frozen) daily
2.	Black worms (live) daily
3.	Ken's earthworm sticks (dry / prepared) daily
4.	Whiteworm (live) daily

Water Parameters (at time of spawning)

6.40 to 6.80

Temperature

22.5°C to 25.0°C

Current

Medium

Other Water Params

Indian Almond Leaf added, just one at a time, when it falls apart I add another one. At least 2 1/3 water changes a week, more if needed.

Aquarium

Dimensions

The aquarium dimensions were 610mm x 406mm x 457mm (24" x 16" x 18") all Length x Width x Height.

Furniture

Housed with Ancistrus pair, 6 C. trilineatus, 5 otocinclus, 2 algae eating gobys, 10 very small juvenile Corydoras sp. Black, 6 Assassin Snails

Filtration

Fluval 2 with sponges, Tom's hang on canister filter, small sponge filter

Lighting

2 hours of sunlight on quarter of tank, standard fluorescent grow light and back up marineland led for cloudy days

Heating

None for summer

Breeding

Behaviour

Left the window open by the tank after a 1/3 cool water change in the evening. It rained overnight and the tank cooled to 72f. Spawning occurred in the early morning with at least 200 eggs, she's still going at 10am. Typical T mating with mostly just 2 of the males.

Eggs

There were 200 cream to yellow eggs laid which were 3.0mm in diameter.