hey guys, jsut looking to get some of there. jsut wondering, how exactly do they spawn and what happens. any info is great.
thanx
Justin
thanx
Justin
How DOES a substrate spawner spawn?
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I believe they dig a pit, spawn in it, and then bury the eggs, or spawn over the gravel/sand. Just dropping the eggs.
Substrate spawner is a term used to describe any fish that lays its eggs on something. The "something" could be a rock, the aquarium glass, anything. "Subtrate spawner" differentiates from fish that lay floating eggs, scatter eggs, mouthbrood, etc. Although, actually, I think mouthbrooders are considered substrate spawners, they just pick their eggs up afterward.
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read up on how convict spawn as there is heaps on that. I have watched my female convict lay eggs and prepare nest. She and he push and dig sand/pebbles away to make a clear glass patch and they lay the eggs there. 3-4 days later they hatch. and depending on how big the nest is is how far they keep a check on there fry. Well my convicts kept the fry in the nest and gradually push it out more and more for more swimming room.
Convicts will spawn on almost anything, not just the bottom of the tank, our pair has spawned on one of the fake rock arches we have, underside of a driftwood root, on the drift wood, on a clay pot. So they aren't really substate spawners.
when i used to have some of the bas***** they used to breed in long black pots standing upright 
justin
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