Crossostoma lacustre spawning!!
Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 11:28 am
I turned on the lights a little later than normal this morning to find two of my Crossostoma (now Formosania) lacustre attempting to spawn in a depression they had dug beneath a piece of driftwood!!
Hopefully this will result in fry in a couple of weeks. We shall see. The tank has many shrimp and some other potential egg or fry eaters, but I have had three other hillstream species successfully spawn in this tank over the years.
Unfortunately, I can not get a pic of what is going on, but this pic of the similar species Liniparhomaloptera disparis spawning gives a good idea how they do it. Its interesting to note that the C. lacustre are spawning within two inches from the spot that the L. disparis spawned in this pic. They are one the other side of the rock like ornament. Must be a good spot.
The male C. lacustre is similar in size to the female unlike the size difference seen here in the L. disparis pair.
http://www.loaches.com/species-index/ph ... 5.JPG/view
Hopefully this will result in fry in a couple of weeks. We shall see. The tank has many shrimp and some other potential egg or fry eaters, but I have had three other hillstream species successfully spawn in this tank over the years.
Unfortunately, I can not get a pic of what is going on, but this pic of the similar species Liniparhomaloptera disparis spawning gives a good idea how they do it. Its interesting to note that the C. lacustre are spawning within two inches from the spot that the L. disparis spawned in this pic. They are one the other side of the rock like ornament. Must be a good spot.
The male C. lacustre is similar in size to the female unlike the size difference seen here in the L. disparis pair.
http://www.loaches.com/species-index/ph ... 5.JPG/view