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Mix of species

Posted: 06 Jun 2011, 21:25
by Luis.Ventura
Good evening everione.
Sorry to bother but i am have a couple of regular breeders Strurisoma aureum in a 180 gallons tank (i think, it 1m long, 40wide,50 high), i am taking the eggs every time but i wanted to let them in the thing is i have others specien inside, i just wanted to know if it was dangerous.
the other species are LDA 25, Some rinoloricarias Sp, some L010A red lizard wiptail, Chaestasoma thomsoni L187, and a bariancistrus snow flake i think.

i was wondering can these fish be keept together and breed safely? will the fry be safe?

my main priority would be the sturisoma aureum breeding.

to all thanks for the help

Re: Mix of species

Posted: 06 Jun 2011, 21:27
by MatsP
Doesn't sound like any of your fish would be a serious threat to your fry.

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Mats

Re: Mix of species

Posted: 06 Jun 2011, 21:33
by Luis.Ventura
To share some pics of my newts, these have 7 to 8 weeks and mesure 3cm +/-.
these where at 18 of april
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Re: Mix of species

Posted: 06 Jun 2011, 22:16
by apistomaster
If you remove the eggs and hatch and start them in another tank there is no problem.
If you allowed the Sturisoma to breed without any interference then I doubt whether any Sturisoma fry would survive beyond their first week or so. Between the threats posed by the other Catfish and deep water, I think the Sturisoma fry would starve to death and may even be eaten by the larger plecos. The Whiptails do not pose any threat, imo.
I always had my best results raising Sturisoma fry in very shallow water. I gradually increased the water's depth as the fry grew larger.