Hi everyone, today my Hisonotus gang spawned again for the third time this month. This time I am managing to raise the latest offspring as well. What did I do differently from the fist time? I fed an organic kale leaf every single day. I had joined some facebook expertise group and figured out that ...

Day 7 - My fishes spawned again. The tank is full of eggs and I can't find any of the older fry. I guess it'll be all over again... I am posting here, should any news come in the future.

Day 5 - Fry tend to stay near the outflow of the filter, why? I think that's because where there's more water movement there's more oxygen dissolved. Is this a rheophilic species? Adults stay mostly amidst vegetation, but this can be a non natural behavior due to the lack of space...
Will definitely ...

Day 4 - Skipped day 3 because, of course, I thought everything was lost... well, it was not! In time, all the fry moved to the raising tank have vanished, most likely perished. But, although I spent hours searching for any sign of them in the main tank yesterday and was ready to give up on them ...

Thank you for the tips… will try seaweed asap!

Indeed! Gotta find a way to make them graze on algae though... and at this point other questions arise: is there any special kind of algae, how can I grow my own periphyton/biofilm at home, shall any green veggie work for the fry as well (I feed kale to the parents and they seem to like it)?

Day 2 - fry start showing some markings. Zero casualties. Team A (those removed from the main tank) is now free in a 50l tank alongside some 2 weeks old Apistogramma panduro and some Normann's lampeye Aplocheilychthys normanni the same age. How this will work out, honestly IDK, but they are been fed ...

Hello everybody,

at last I managed breeding my Hisonotus notatus ... and I'd dare say that that was the easiest part! Now that the fry is free swimming I wonder how to raise them the best possible way. I realize this is not a precise science so any help will be very much appreciated. I am currently ...