Sturisoma Panamense Spawn

Hi,

I know these arnt BN but thought i would share it with you all

My Sturisoma Panamense have spawned there is 71 eggs on the glass

Ive heard the fry are not easy to raise due to the fact they wont go looking for food, anyone on here ever spawned these? or have any advice on Raising the fry?

any help please

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I've got fry that are 10 days old now. Longest I have kept them going so far. I put earthworm sticks in the tank, and also make a paste with golden pearls and smear on the side of the tank near the fry. Seems to be working this time, so heres hoping.

Thats freakin awesome John ,I'm in the process of trying to source a nice male "Royal whiptail" for my female.
As for rearing the babies, I've read you get good success if you a spare tank up and running with a tonne of algae growing
in it - as you mentioned they are lazy feeders, so if the spare tank is covered in algae all they have to do is move
and there should be food under their mouth.
Congrats again on the spawn mate.
J

Also whats this "golden pearl" product your refering to susankat?

These are more omnivore and require more protein in their diet. Mine are the royal sturisoma's.

well done hope the fry make it for you

I have heard a few diffrent things about rearing these but 1 that keeps popping up is putting them in there own tank with plenty of algea im going to see how i get on first and if need be i will get them a 2ft tank

eggs are now 5 days old and all of them have fry developing in them so all is well so far i will get a pic of the eggs so you can see them developing

That's sweet to hear that they are all developing well, there's a good article @ PF about getting the babies to come good, feeding etc--worth a look.
The two footer sounds like a good idea, in the article the dude mentions setting up the tank right in the sun to get algae growing - when you think you have enough drain the water bring it inside and fill him up again and add baby fish, so if you started this process now maybe you'll be right for the next spawn.
Good luck again John.
J

How's it going with the whiptail caper 816johnv?
J

I think john now and again falls off a mountain...it takes him weeks to find his way home.......