[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: lampeyes

btpmsi wrote:
> 
> >but I think I have notice one of the larger males seems to have picked a
> spot near some rocks and has declared it his >territory.  Is that normal or
> am I imagining things?  It's almost cichlid like in behavior.
> 
> I took some video of a particularly combative group of male Procatopus that
> are vying for the prime spot right in the outflow of the Aquaclear filter in
> their tank. Wow, what a show!! They seem to love the flow  and seek it out
> where it is strongest. 

Ultimately, these are crevice spawners, and the rocks and filter represent
"structure" that may be a suitable place to entice females to spawn. I've
found that most of my lampeyes will seek out some current, in a playful way,
but the favorite places are near a spawning object where the eggs can be
driven into crevices.

Put a coarse sponge filter insert in their tank and watch the alpha males
take it over. I stuff a cylinder of coarse plastic stitchery canvas with
pillow-stuffing polyester (or equivalent filter floss). Ends are closed with
3" plastic PVC pipe end caps. The dominant males will always be found
hanging out near it. In a few days, the floss is loaded with eggs.

Wright

-- 
Wright Huntley, Fremont CA, USA, 510 494-8679  huntleyone at home dot com

        Quit bashing Microsoft. They do very good things. They
          hire the handicapped -- for example, utter morons
                 to compose all error messages.

              *** http://www.libertarian.org/ ***
---------------
See http://www.aka.org/AKA/subkillietalk.html to unsubscribe
References: