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chris
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After a long time courting, all throughout January and February, my female P. fuzhongensis has begun to lay some eggs. They are coming in dribs and drabs, and I have 5 at the moment.
The female (as I believe in deloustali) has completely ceased feeding, from about a week before the first egg deposition. The eggs are considerably smaller than the eggs Juraj's P. hongkongensis laid, and are incredibly sticky - almost impossible to get off plants (I just break the leaves off). They also have a kind of 'tail' (sorry for lack of technical language, if a word for this exists) as if the jelly has been stretched during oviposition. The favourite plants are Vallisineria sp. (spelling?) (out of Elodea, 'oak-leaf plant' and Microsorium pteropus). Although this species is said to live in mid-course streams and rivers in the descriptive paper, no eggs have been laid on rocks - as caudopunctatus (which overlaps with fuzhongensis) is reputed to ... (where did your caudos lay, Paris, if you read this?)
I'm keeping the eggs in a floating rubbermaid box in the parental tank, with water changes every two days. When they develop further, I'll move them to a separate container. Anyone have experience raising fuzhongensis larvae? - temps, foods, setups?
Cheers
Chris
The female (as I believe in deloustali) has completely ceased feeding, from about a week before the first egg deposition. The eggs are considerably smaller than the eggs Juraj's P. hongkongensis laid, and are incredibly sticky - almost impossible to get off plants (I just break the leaves off). They also have a kind of 'tail' (sorry for lack of technical language, if a word for this exists) as if the jelly has been stretched during oviposition. The favourite plants are Vallisineria sp. (spelling?) (out of Elodea, 'oak-leaf plant' and Microsorium pteropus). Although this species is said to live in mid-course streams and rivers in the descriptive paper, no eggs have been laid on rocks - as caudopunctatus (which overlaps with fuzhongensis) is reputed to ... (where did your caudos lay, Paris, if you read this?)
I'm keeping the eggs in a floating rubbermaid box in the parental tank, with water changes every two days. When they develop further, I'll move them to a separate container. Anyone have experience raising fuzhongensis larvae? - temps, foods, setups?
Cheers
Chris
thank you!