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Breeding of Gymnallabes?
Posted: 07 Jul 2004, 01:27
by Caol_ila
Hi!
I recently purchased 4 Gymnallabes typus which have been eating well and swimming very actively so far.
Yesterday i noticed some tears and scratches also some missing chunks of "fins". So i caught them today and when i had them separated for treatment i noitced that one fish has a much bigger body than the others and the rear half of the belly is also shimmering yellow so my guess is shes gravid and carrying a big amount of eggs.
My question is now how they would spawn. My guess is a cavespawner? whos guarding the eggs? And how could i trigger spawning? Any ideas welcome
Posted: 22 Jul 2004, 01:38
by Caol_ila
Hi!
Ive now taken some pics and rehoused the Gymnallabes.
This is the gravid female getting thicker by the day...
http://www.uni-mainz.de/~hauzc000/bilde ... ravid2.JPG
The temperature has risen the last few days and is now around 30°C which is the same in my tanks...
Im feeding them on black/white/red mosquito larvae and also krill. Theyve started swimming up and down the front alone and in pairs staying close together. Also the female has dug a few holes but im not sure if its just digging for food.
In front is the male(?)
http://www.uni-mainz.de/~hauzc000/bilder/Gtypuspair.JPG
Posted: 22 Jul 2004, 08:36
by Mika
I have one these. One of my favourite catfishes of all time. Unfortunately haven`t been able to get more of those cats. At ths part of the world they seem to get here only as by-catches. Good luck with the breeding.
Posted: 22 Jul 2004, 13:23
by Caol_ila
Hi!
I got them labeled as Channallabes apus...and i was totally unprepared because they sent 4 as a mistake instead of one!
Posted: 22 Jul 2004, 22:45
by sidguppy
your pix seem catelog material to me; this is a very unusual catfish, and that female's definitely gravid.
tried some waterchanges with colder water through a "showerhead"-gardenhose gizmo?
(imitating rainy season!)
I mean one of these, but haven't got a clue about name
something like this.
a very handy thingy!
Posted: 22 Jul 2004, 22:50
by Caol_ila
...Spritzpistole
dunno in english either
An online friend that has bred H.fossilis with his dad told me that they reacted on
warm waterchanges...but its around 30°C right now so i cant go any higher. Last night i did a 4°C temp drop during a thunderstorm. They reacted with unbelievable nervousness...not trying to jump out but cruising in circles and trying to dig...
Posted: 22 Jul 2004, 23:00
by sidguppy
"cruising & trying to dig"?
seems to me you're on the money!
do it again.....
Posted: 30 Sep 2004, 10:52
by Mika
Whatever happened with possible breeding?
Posted: 30 Sep 2004, 10:55
by Caol_ila
Filter failure...lost 3 of the 4...
