Tatia galaxias
I just found a clump of eggs courtesy of my Tatia galaxias. The pair is in a 45cm cube supplied with a gravel substrate, lots of caves made from clay bricks, a few large Amazon swordplants and an outside filter that is rated for a 180cm long tank.
Temp is 28ºC, pH is 5.8, KH is almost 0, GH is <3.0ºd, NO2 is 5 mg/l and NO3 is 50 mg/l. Last week I did a 60% water change-a bit massive to say the least but, I read that these fish need a big change to trigger breeding. I added livefood in the form of some small shrimp from one of my tubs outside, supplemented that with some frozen bloodworms and minicat pellets. Yesterday, I noticed the female-who was quite rotund, cleaning out a cave that was directly in the current and today when I checked there was a large gelatinous mass of eggs in the cave.
This is the third time I've had these fish successfully breed, haven't been so fortunate as to raising the babies. The adults are nice sized fish with midnight black bodies on which there are white spots. They did well in the community tank I had them in-dumerilli angels and a trio of BN plecos as tankmates and even produced their first batch of eggs there.
needless to say, I'd like to raise the young to successful adulthood and would like any input from successful breeders.