Paretroplus nourissati spawns

[ciclasoman]

Haven’t posted in a while so I wanted to offer a rare event nowadays...some may be aware that Paretroplus nourissati is no longer available commercially and its numbers are dipping into the extinction range in Madagascar. So this small spawn is beautiful in its own right.

 

[MatteoTheEnder22]

Just beautiful you are truly a lucky aquarist. Look Hybridfish7 you can add another person too the list of people who have bred
Paretroplus nourissati.

 

[The Masked Shadow]

Wow! Congrads. You are truly lucky. Are they kept alone?

 

[tlindsey]

Haven’t posted in a while so I wanted to offer a rare event nowadays...some may be aware that Paretroplus nourissati is no longer available commercially and its numbers are dipping into the extinction range in Madagascar. So this small spawn is beautiful in its own right. View attachment 1433115

Congrats! Sad to hear that the specie is diminishing in the wild.

 

[deeda]

Congrats on the spawn!

 

[ciclasoman]

Congrats! Sad to hear that the specie is diminishing in the wild.

Thank you friend. Yes, it is a sad situation and the prospect of raising the last of the species is mind boggling.

 

[ciclasoman]

Wow! Congrads. You are truly lucky. Are they kept alone?

They are housed along with Etroplus canarensis, the Marlins in canarensis help distract nourissati and the fish get along well.

 

[The Masked Shadow]

But you are going to move the fry to a separate tank, correct?

 

[ciclasoman]

Just beautiful you are truly a lucky aquarist. Look Hybridfish7 you can add another person too the list of people who have bred
Paretroplus nourissati.

I am very lucky indeed, they spawn several times a year up to certain age then I replace them in the breeding tank with the offspring. Older adults are housed with ptychochromis grandidieri

 

[ciclasoman]

But you are going to move the fry to a separate tank, correct?

Yes. The eggs were already removed and the fry are doing well