Yunnanilus cruciatus spawning

[fluethke]

Hi,

here ist just a little update of the young Yunnanilus:

Some of the younger ones with the "fat mama".
The parents had spawn one more time, but there are no new young baby. I cleaned the tank yesterday complete, so I hope next time there are new babys.

[mickthefish]

brilliant pic and a great achievement, the fry/juveniles look superb.

mick

[Mad Duff]

Excellent pic, well done

[BotiaMaximus]

Fantastic photos, and documentation Frank. Thanks for sharing!

Cograts on your accomplishment - wonderful to see, they are beautiful!

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Welcome to you as well Haakon - You have a gorgeous tank!

I have Family in Tonsberg - and family over there visiting right now - they are bringing me back more rocks from Munch's House for my tanks (we don't have rocks in Florida - just sand).

My next visit I get to see Bergen and the Fjords!

[Graeme Robson]

Superb!!

[HaakonH]

Thanks for your kind words and congrats to you as well Frank!

BotiaMaximus - thank you! And you're in for a treat when you visit, the scenery here is quite amazing

A little update from my tank!

A few minutes ago I saw the first youngsters And WOW do they grow fast!! One of them is already well over 1 cm and looks just like it's parents

I must say I'm a bit surprised though. I really don't have the time to do very much with the tank. Since the eggs were laid I've done no water-changing or anything besides throwing 2 jbl NovoFect tablets into the tank every 1-2 days. I'm very surprised by how well the fry appear to be doing! Honestly I wasn't really expecting to see any yet, and boom there they are, nice and fat! I'm almost tempted to call breeding these loaches a simple task

Unfortionately I still haven't made any water measurements, but knowing how the tap water usually is around here the total hardness is likely to be zero with a pH value at around 7. I'll do a water-change soon and see if it triggers a nother spawning. What a cool experience this has been!

-Haakon

[BotiaMaximus]

Congrats Haakon!!

Please put some pics up for us, we'd love to see them.

If I'm lucky I'll get to make the trip over to Bergen by sailboat from Asgarstrand with some friends of the family - that will be the trip of a lifetime.

Sounds like with your water conditions I'll skip my rock collecting and bring home water next time!

[fluethke]

Hi Haakon,

Congratulations for your success.

I'm almost tempted to call breeding these loaches a simple task

Yes, i think so too, if the fishes are in a good condition, there are no great problems to make them spawn. I think the water parameters are not so important.
Some fresh water and they will do it.

[mickthefish]

i'm in the process of sorting a tank out for a pair of cruciatus, would you lads think a 15x12x10 inch tank would be suitable.
i've been watching mine recently and have about 4 well roed up females and noticed there's always a male very close to one of the females.
the tank will only have a few pebbles in on a fine gravel base and a decent clump of javamoss.

mick

[HaakonH]

Hey Mick!

The way you describe the planned furnishing of the tank sounds like a well-suited environment for them. I don't think they require a bigger tank to breed, but their behaviour during the first few days should probably give you an idea of how they feel. If they appear to be very shy and hide away more than they stay out in the open that could be a not so good sign. If so they may need the company of more individuals to feel comfy enough to breed. I doubt the little space will bother them, and I believe your plan should work well Keep us updated and good luck!

-Haakon

[wasserscheu]

Congratulations Frank and Haakon, very nice to read about the success.

A "Dankeschoen" to Frank for the excellent pic's, the youngsters look great.