Some new developments. Because the female was observed eating newly free swimming fry, I decided to try to pull the film canister with a batch of just developed larvae and place in a separate container to rear in safety. Here is the canister with some fry, sitting on my table top.
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And here are some of the fry that I was able to observe in the small container, staying under some oak leaves (they are now eating nauplii, infusoria and vinegar eels).
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Today, I was very happy to see, for the first time, a young P. nagyi in the same aquarium as the parents – so, from the 4 spawns that have taken place in the tank, at least one fry has survived! (Although, part of its caudal fin is missing.. :unsure: ) It was feeding on newly hatched nauplii, but in these photos the white dots are not nauplii, but infusoria that occur naturally in among the leaves and moss, or are from the infusoria culture I add regularly to the tank.
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And here is a video showing the same fish feeding on nauplii.
https://youtu.be/0JRYkNH5_sM