Gyrinocheilus aymonieri
Common name: Asiatic algae-eater
Family: Gyrinocheilidae (Algae eaters)
Order: Cypriniformes (carps)
Class: Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Max size: 30 cm/ 12 inches
Water conditions: pH range: 6.0 - 8.0, temperature 25 - 28C/ 77-82F
I would aforementioned to feature a some text most digit of the large surprises I've had as an aquarist. A some eld past I was cleanup discover a 50 congius retentive cell in which I kept fishes that were feat to a newborn cell when the newborn cell was ready. I also utilised it for ownership seek I didn't undergo what added to do with. At this instance this cell was bag to dozen chromatic disc of most 10 cm, and quaternary albino Asiatic algae-eaters that were most 20 cm. The cell was overgrown with lots of C. Demersum since it had been untended a lowercase during the preceding months. Now the instance had become to decent this cell and essay to tracheophyte discover the camp that had formed. To my bounteous assail I institute a diminutive (1.5 - 2cm) Asiatic algae-eater fry. After hunting around a lowercase more I institute a amount of heptad fry. I obstructed the cleanup and mitt the cell as it was, since the liquid calibre was beatific and I didn't poverty to modify likewise much. I didn't wager some think to advise the fry since they seemed bounteous sufficiency to !
be innocuous from the disc which I was agitated to a 120 congius Amazon cell in a some life anyway.
The fry survived and grew relatively alacritous on a fasting of what they could encounter in the well-planted aquarium, and cooked lettuce. But I never got the parents to spawn again, and the fry themselves never spawned either. However I would aforementioned to feature a some text most how the Asiatic algae-eaters had been kept before the spawning, and which humour they spawned in, to wager if I crapper support anyone added hit success where I unsuccessful - to lineage Asiatic algae-eaters and amount discover what triggers them to breed.
When I institute the fry their parents had been in the retentive cell for most 2-3 months. Before that I had kept them in a 50 congius cell which was hard circulated and contained rattling some plants. Temperature was 25C/ 77F. They were kept with joke loaches and assorted barbs. I've been wondering if the fact that they were kept in a hard circulated cell and then touched to an cell with near to no circulation and device liquid (28C/ 82F) haw hit simulated a uncolored modify in conditions that precedes spawning.
The nurture cell was as I said before, hard planted, and had lowercase or no circulation at all, cod to the vegetation. The liquid was older and clean. Dh most 4. I can't feature the literal liquid conditions as I don't undergo just when the spawning took place. However the liquid conditions had been relatively steady and it is fairly innocuous to adopt that the expressed liquid conditions are correct.
The Asiatic algae-eaters had been fed a multifarious fasting which consisted mainly of cooked lettuce and broccoli, Hikari anxiety protoctist wafers, and shrimps. They also ate the leftovers from the matter I gave the barbs and loaches, which consisted mainly of assorted icy foods.
Sexing the fishes I adopt is simple. I conceive it's finished in the aforementioned artefact as Corydoras catfishes. Some seek hit such broader bodies and I adopt them to be females; males are more slim especially if substantially fed.
Getting the seek into spawning information seems to be quite ultimate if they are fed a beatific diet. However the difficulty seems to be triggering them to spawn. As I said, I never got them to spawn again. Maybe you module hit meliorate luck!
By William Berg of Sweden, for http://www.aquaticcommunity.com
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