Hoplosternum littorale Spawned!
Posted: 12 Oct 2014, 14:05
My "Hoplosternum littorale" Spawned the other day! The male created a nest out of plants I had placed into the tank. We had a cold snap and I didn't have a heater in the tank yet to the water dropped several degrees. Here is a picture of the first nest he built.
The first Nest was destroyed unfortunately by me, I was hanging a 4 ft fluorescent light fixture over the tank and I dropped it on top of the nest.
The next day he rebuilt the nest not as big but when I looked inside there were at least 3 clumps of egg in it. I waited until the next day and he was eating the eggs so I moved the last clump I could find to a Breeder trap in another tank on to of some plant matter. I then took as much foam as I could and placed it on top of the eggs. Within 2 days the eggs started to hatch and yesterday they were all hatched out. Today he has built another big nest again. He and the female are both circling under the nest. I haven't looked to see if there are any eggs laid yet, but it looks promising. I am going to try to see if the male will hatch the eggs himself this time, instead of eating them.
Ron
The first Nest was destroyed unfortunately by me, I was hanging a 4 ft fluorescent light fixture over the tank and I dropped it on top of the nest.
The next day he rebuilt the nest not as big but when I looked inside there were at least 3 clumps of egg in it. I waited until the next day and he was eating the eggs so I moved the last clump I could find to a Breeder trap in another tank on to of some plant matter. I then took as much foam as I could and placed it on top of the eggs. Within 2 days the eggs started to hatch and yesterday they were all hatched out. Today he has built another big nest again. He and the female are both circling under the nest. I haven't looked to see if there are any eggs laid yet, but it looks promising. I am going to try to see if the male will hatch the eggs himself this time, instead of eating them.
Ron