WOOT Prego black kuhli!

If you move her, remember you've got to move the male as well. Like all fish, they don't fertilise the eggs until they are laid; they're not like birds which mate and later lay fertile eggs. She isn't really pregnant; just in breeding condition; the "snuggling" was not mating; for egglayers, mating and laying eggs are one and the same thing.
 
Kuhlifan said:
Good luck catching them. Cornering a kuhli in any tank, much less one that has any sort of object in it, including water, is just about impossible.
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I have a big net and ambushing tactics, I'll try my best :D


KarlTh said:
If you move her, remember you've got to move the male as well. Like all fish, they don't fertilise the eggs until they are laid; they're not like birds which mate and later lay fertile eggs. She isn't really pregnant; just in breeding condition; the "snuggling" was not mating; for egglayers, mating and laying eggs are one and the same thing.
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I'm moving them all over, so no worries :)
 
I've seen my Kuhlis actually mate and lay eggs right in front of me, unfortunately, the Zebra danios ate all the eggs before I could catch them.

What happens is the female with the big green belly will be swimming all over the place, up and down the sides of the tank for a couple minutes. When the male fells in the mood too, they hook their mouths together, swim perfectly synchronized right next to each other at the top of the tank, and in a spray of white and green, the eggs will float down to the bottom. I suggest you get a lot of floating plants with fine leaves like hornwort to catch the eggs on their way down. Good luck!
 
They're hard to breed in a controlled manner because they do it spontaneously rather than in response to documented conditions. People do however suddenly find tiny khuli loaches.
 
Update... They're in the 15g, with heater, sponge filter, sand (with 300 4/6" to 1" rocks and some large filter medias on top). 3 of em, I think a prego female, another plump female, and a male? Unsure if I have another in the 75g. They were a serious PITA to catch, I had to ambush them a few thousand times:thud:

They love all the java moss, the clay pot but especially the large overhanging rock. Hopin to get some kuhlis outta this :)
 
Pics please. :thm:
 
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