Niels D
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Got a 2.2 group of L.laoensis CB 2018 or 2019 in October. They had been kept terrestrial until then, so I had to let them adjust to an aquatic lifestyle. I had them in a simple setup in which I raised the waterlevel inch by inch, which turned out to be a success. At first I kept them in couples, but after I've finished setting up a meter long aquarium (filled with Cryptocoryne balansae, Vallisneria gigantea, Vallisneria natans, Sagittaria subulata and Cryptocoryne usteriana) I'm keeping them together.
The previous owner who bred them advised me to prepare for courtship after the warm period of the summer instead of after the cold period of winter. He suggested to let the water cool down, but not any lower than 19C, so I installed an aquarium heater. When the temps hit 19C courtship began. At the end of November I found the first eggs deposited in the Vallisneria gigantea, which turned out to be the only plant species they would deposit their eggs in.
Most eggs are fertilized. I think only one female is laying, but I'm not entirely sure. Every other day I find some eggs. I will try to raise the offspring like I raise P.deloustali as I've posted on this forum a couple of years ago. Since 2022 I also use an aquatic method with deloustali. I will try this method with a couple of laoensis. This is a simple method. An inch of water filled with Java moss. No rock or cork bark and feeding tubifex worms. I've got a short vid, in which I've raised the water level a bit, because the animal is one year old.
Hopefully I will succeed in raising them into adults.
The previous owner who bred them advised me to prepare for courtship after the warm period of the summer instead of after the cold period of winter. He suggested to let the water cool down, but not any lower than 19C, so I installed an aquarium heater. When the temps hit 19C courtship began. At the end of November I found the first eggs deposited in the Vallisneria gigantea, which turned out to be the only plant species they would deposit their eggs in.
Most eggs are fertilized. I think only one female is laying, but I'm not entirely sure. Every other day I find some eggs. I will try to raise the offspring like I raise P.deloustali as I've posted on this forum a couple of years ago. Since 2022 I also use an aquatic method with deloustali. I will try this method with a couple of laoensis. This is a simple method. An inch of water filled with Java moss. No rock or cork bark and feeding tubifex worms. I've got a short vid, in which I've raised the water level a bit, because the animal is one year old.
Hopefully I will succeed in raising them into adults.
thank you!