Aspidoras Eggs

[RichardAlibon]

I keep finding these in my nano community tank. There are 3 Aspidoras spilotus, all the other fish are livebearers (Endlers and two small Platies). Could they be Aspidoras eggs? I haven't noticed any catfish fry.

[bekateen]

Hi Richard Alison,

Welcome to Planetcatfish!

Yes, those do look like Aspidoras eggs, but they don't look viable.

In my experience, Aspidoras likes to lay eggs in high flow areas - the outflow of an HOB, in the exit tube of a sponge filter, or a place on the glass where water current is hitting the glass. Does your tank have anything like this inside?

Better luck in the future,
Eric

[RichardAlibon]

It's a nano tank with no water circulation (except for the weekly change) so I wonder why they would lay eggs at all.

[RichardAlibon]

Now I have found Aspidoras fry in the tank. I previously mistook them for Endler fry swimming close to the bottom, but their way of swimming is quite different.

[bekateen]

That's wonderful. Congratulations!

Cheers,
Eric