Spawning Report Microctenopoma ansorgii
Name: Lee Agin
Scientific Name of Fish: Microctenopoma ansorgii
Hobby Name of Fish: Ornate Climbing Perch
Method of Reproduction: Bubble Nest Builder
Number and Gender Distribution of Parents: Pair
Origin of Parents: Wild Caught - https://www.pvas.com/forum/in-the-tank/microctenopoma-ansorgii
Approximate number of eggs or fry: Unknown (35-40 eggs laid would be my guess)
Date of Hatch or Birth: 03/12/2022
Date of Free Swimming If Hatched: 03/14/2022
Approx. Number of Fry at 30 Days: 32
Approx. Number of Fry at 60 Days: 30
Aquarium Conditions:
pH: 6.4
General Hardness: 150 ppm
Average Temperature: 79 degrees F
Average Nitrate 0-10 ppm
Aquarium Size: 24 X 12 X 12 and 15 Gallons
Water Source: Fairfax Tap
Water Changes: None
Filtration System: Sponge
Additives: Easy Green ( 1-2 pump(s) per week for the first few weeks after setup)
Décor:
Live Plants: Amazon Frogbit: Limnobium laevigatum (The male used this one for the bubble nest)
Water Spangles: Salvinia minima
Asian Watermoss: Salvinia cucullata
Java Fern
Anubias
Java Moss
2 pieces of driftwood
Half of an Indian Almond Leaf
Coconut cave
Substrate: Coarse gravel, Aqua Soil, Peace River Substrate (bottom to top)
Lighting Type and Timing: NICREW Aqualux, on 10 hrs, P3(60%)
Food Fed to Parents and How Often: Fluval bug bites, frozen daphnia, live blackworms (daily/every other day)
Food Fed to Fry and How Often: Whatever was in the tank for the first few days, then supplemented w/ bbs (daily/every other day)
Comments and Additional Information:
The tank was set up on Sunday 27 FEB with scuds and ramshorn snails added that day and the next respectively, the pair of fish were added on Sunday 5 MAR, I believe they spawned on the 6th and/or the 7th as the female was found hiding (and I removed her) on the 8th. The male was removed after I discovered the first free-swimming fry along the surface of the water on Monday, 14 MAR. The fry were left in the breeding setup to grow out. I am guessing there are at least 15 fry growing out in the tank today that escaped becoming a meal for the male before I removed him, hopefully more.
Pictures:
Round 2, different male and same female from last time (I think). Added to the same 15 gallon tank used last go around on Sun 8/14.
Male in the spawning tank:
Female in the spawning tank:
Male hanging out under his initial bubble nest, Tues morning, 8/16:
Eggs floating at the surface, later the same day the bubble nest appeared:
Spotted the first free-swimming fry on Fri 8/19/22
Parents on their way back to their 20 gallon home:
Fry on 8/26: