Aspidoras Sp. 'Araguaia'

[Ben]

I just bought 8 of these little aspidoras. They are closely related to corydoras but cant be confused with peppered cats. These guys are barely 2cm long.

for more infomation:

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=383

[chrisso81]

Cool, my lfs just got them in too, but they're a little bit pricey at the moment, $30 @ 3.5cm. If you don't mind my asking, how much did they set you back?

[Ben]

Same place!

(3.5 cm with tail, 2cm without)

[Ben]

In the first week i lost 3 of these cats, not sure why...
I presume that they are very touchy imported fish.

I feed very heavily with live blackworms and have 3 males and 2 females. A week ago i had a spawn but only very limited numbers of eggs.

Lunch time today i was watching them spawn! I managed to get a photo (blury) of a female deposting her eggs!

This could possible be a first with this type of catfish!

They dodnt deposit thier eggs like corys but keep their eggs in one little tight bunch.

I will see in the comming days if they are fertile.

[Ben]

Male and female just about to spawn.