Satanoperca cf. leucosticta spawn

[Mattzilla]

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:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4093/4793124556_be9202c080_b.jpg

and then with the right male:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4096/4793163002_95331745ac_b.jpg

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

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4120/4793129208_0e0c24f527_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4143/4792493101_08e2e94020_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4102/4792426985_278e8192bb_b.jpg

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!

Cheers
Matt

[Mr Wild]

Congratulations Matt!

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

Kath

[Vspec]

Dude, thats a killer story. well done, Thanks for sharing.
I'll keep tabs to see how this turns out. :)

[Mattzilla]

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

[ILLUSN]

put me down for some fry matty

[Mattzilla]

Of course mate.... But we better not count our chickens till the hatch!

[patwilliamson]

well done , good luck

[Mattzilla]

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

they are great parents

woo hoo

[patwilliamson]

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

[LEG-IT]

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

[Mattzilla]

Thanks guys, i'll let you know when they are ready to go. Will be about 3 months if all goes well

here are some updated vids i took today. I've managed to snatch about 3/4 of the fry but these last few are proving very difficult to net. the parents have figured me out and even with a running surprise attack i only manage to get 1 or 2 at best each time.

they are excellent parents both sharing the role when mouth brooding and very protective of their fry

cheers

matt

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkmAcLAT8OQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clGkEWcAOHs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJE1wwwTGwQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD-ZPMPQ-Ao

[LEG-IT]

wow, if you've already snatched 3/4 of them already that would probaly be approx 150-200 odd fries,

Maybe you should leave a couple of fries in there to see what the parents would do of them as they grow larger,

good luck once again on such a successful spawn and breeding them within a couple of months purchasing them :), and those are real damn beautiful

Keep up all the good work and good luck

[Mattzilla]

I would leave some but I have a canister running and they would get sucked in.

I estimate about 100 tops

[Mauro]

I apologize if I open this old topic but I wanted to ask some information about satano.
My spawned yesterday, how long before they are born? how to feed the fry ?
Thanks

[Mauro]

I forgot ..... Mattzilla compliment for its beautiful fish

[big bish]

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

hey how do you tell male to female matt

[*Chris*]

Hey matt , have you got any of these guys available ?