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Thank you sir for the explanation. I did not claim this as a new species but just put it as “undescribed”
The original group came from the North Selangor Peat Swamp Forest, caught in December 2014. Yes, the area has undergone tremendous change but fishes are still there. At least in the surviving forest
Thanks for the reassurance (sexing the fish)
Nothing special about the photo. Just got lucky I think60mm, f/16, 1/125s (or 1/90), WB Kelvin, flash output at 1/128.
The latest spawn (F3). The parent fishes are from the same batch as in the above photos. Cheers
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Thank you gentlemen & lady (specifically to one), for those kind and encouraging work. Sure, I will continue monitoring the fry development. Will do some updates later.
At day 75, some of the bigger ones are now looking like a proper paros complete with those characteristic lateral stripes.
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Please note, some of the fry seems to develop faster than the others and I might have missed some important changes in between these photos.
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At day 61, some of the fry start to show that whitish rim at the dorsal and anal fin
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Here’s a tiny fella, 39 days after hatching.
Seems that the anal and dorsal fin had developed quite rapidly. Or maybe I missed something in between.At day 32, the dorsal fin starts to shorten (or is it due to longer bady length?)
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Day 24 post hatching
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Note the longish dorsal and anal fin
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At day 11-13
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The fry on day 3 or 4 after hatching
The father fish with his clutch.
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[quote=”Peter Finke” post=915]P. parvulus as P. ornaticauda may be a bit difficult. Sometimes, it works at the outset, but sometimes it will not. It would be of advantage if you could look into the cave in order to see what happens with the eggs. Could they be fixed at the top of the cave by the male or do they sink to the bottom again and again? This is probably due to wrong (too hard) water. Do they disappear after one or two days? Mostly it is impossible to get the cause clear. But there are observations (e.g. from Horst Linke and myself) that a very low pH could help. Master-breeder Günter Kopic once had success only with a pH of 2.8!! This pH has been proven by control-measurements with several electronic equipment. However, I would not repeat that experiment. But a pH from 3.0 on upwards is surely possible. In my case the eggs did no longer disappear when I lowered the pH from about 5.3 to 4.4.
But there can be quite a number of other causes. In your case everything may be in order. Two days after spawning the young are not hatched.[/quote]Hello guys. Sorry for disappearing and now barging in. Kind of held back by tonnes of work lately.
Anyway just to add in a bit on my recent experience with P parvulus; thanks again to Olivie “Olie” Perrin.
I has 3 pairs in a tank and had the first spawning (2 pairs) in November which coincide with the monsoon season. Another pair spawned last month, again it was raining for a couple of days before I notice a clutch of eggs. On both occasions, the temperature was at about 24-25C (it’s usually round 27-29C on most of the days)and the pH was noted to be about 4.5-5.0.
At the moment got 4 fry from the first spawn and 8 from the last brood. Hmm..not that difficult I think. Hmmmm.. :whistle:
