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    Satanoperca cf. leucosticta spawn

    My Leucos spawned tonight for the first time (WOOOT)

    It almost didn't happen really but by chance it did. I have had 8 adult leucos all sharing a 4x18x18 and 2 of them have paired up and over the last few days showed signs of wanting to spawn. i thought they still had a few days before spawning but just in case i gave their tank a clean today and removed a huge piece of planted driftwood so i could put a divider in for the pair to have some privacy. Well that sounds easier than it was!

    i knew which one the female was because her tube was down a fair bit so i had her sorted. next job was trying to find the exact male she was paired with because a few males where bidding for her attention. This meant 3 males had tubes slightly down. I picked the one i thought it was.... but i was wrong!

    after a couple of hours and to my surprise the female started laying but the male wasn't interested. i looked on the other side of the divider and one particular male's tube was way down so i did the quick switch-aroony and swapped the males. The whole time the female was still laying. luckily the new male went straight to work so fingers crossed it is a successful spawn.

    Here is the female spawning by herself:



    and then with the right male:



    Here are some of the other adult leucos... just random shots







    I took a quick video of them spawning... just waiting for YouTube to clear it. i'll post it then.

    fingers crossed they get it right!

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    Congratulations Matt!

    Great pics and what a a stroke of luck with the male!

    Kath
    Cheers Kath

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    Dude, thats a killer story. well done, Thanks for sharing.
    I'll keep tabs to see how this turns out.
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    Here is the quick video of them spawning. My apologies for the low quality i was only using my little point-and-shoot camera.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aXNlJN6b6Y


    thanks
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    put me down for some fry matty

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    Of course mate.... But we better not count our chickens till the hatch!
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    well done , good luck

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    i got some of the fry! they are still holding some but i'll get them.

    they are great parents

    woo hoo
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    thats a good thing........let us know when you have a few for sale , regards Pat.

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    congratulations mat, well done on the sucess, put me also down for a couple of fries

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