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very very excited - i have just found my sturisoma panamense male guarding and fanning about 40 eggs on the leaf of a big amazon sword!! i doubt the fry will make it unless they're very quick - but having kept them for 10 years and never bred them, i'm so happy!

Hi,
Neat!
Here's a present, if you have not done this before:
http://www.aquarticles.com/articles/breeding/Smith_Sturisoma_panamense.html

Frank


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What ever you are doing it must be the correct thing.
I hope you are keeping a very detailed report on all water/feeding conditions etc.

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Keith

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thanks, frank - i had seen that article a while back. it's taken me ages to get a male to breeding age, for some reason my females do really well, but a) finding a male and then b) getting him to last has been problematic. the eggs are just breaking now, little tails sticking out. unfortunately, they are in a tank with angels and tetras, so i doubt the bubs will make it. i have the lights off today to give them the cover of semi-darkness as they hatch.

this tank is very stable, keith, and the only change i've made recently is adding peas to their diet - every day they get about 15 or so shelled peas. so that may have been the trigger, but i think it's more about my male coming of age.

Jase, some of the guys on AQ are breeding these, they use the acrylic breeder traps for the fry. Seem very good..congrats!