Otocinclus arnoldi - Spawning

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Ugh, what a story! Glad you have one little survivor.

Better luck going forward!

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Re: Otocinclus arnoldi - Spawning

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Sadly my last male died the other day, leaving me with one lone female. Its death was rather unexpected as he was looking quite healthy, feeding normally, and swimming normally, then the very next morning was dead floating covered in fuzz.

Though one last observation on their breeding behavior, I suspect that the female may sometimes initiate courtship. Over the last year when I'd sit and watch for a while after doing a water change, I'd sometimes see the female, often while extremely full of eggs, bumping the male near his vent as if to try to initiate the T-position. In retrospect, maybe his disinterest in her was the sign there was something not quite right with him, and what ever it has now finally caught up with him.

Unfortunately no fry ever made it to adulthood, but I sure learned a lot in the process. So unless by some stroke of luck imports begin from that region, I expect this is likely to be my last update on this.
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Dang, sorry for your loss. :(
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