My first spawn of African pike characin (Hepsetus odoe)
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the frys are showing light chasing behaviors which I had never heard on this species.
Seems this might can be the first report about their light chasing behaviors in juvenile stage?
As far as I know this fish was only bred twice before. I just asked the guy who probably bred them first. He never encountered such behaviour but he also never tried anything like this.
Now they look actually like a Pike characins.
Good question. I wasn’t aware of Sascha.
Bernd reported it December 2009. And even though his original post is no longer available, I did summarize it here at the time:
Hepsetus odoe spawned in German home aquarium
Howdy, I came across the detailed documentation of H. odoe spawning in an aquarium, posted by a fellow large fish enthusiast by the name of Bernd: --> www.Raubsalmler.de VIDEO VIDEO LAST VIDEO
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It would be really cool to hear Sascha‘s experiences, if you could share them.
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Ok, Bernd did it first. I even read the original article but I couldn't place it in time in my memory.
I don't know when exactly Sasha bred them but he had an article in Amazonas Magazine in 2016 or so.
It's a shame that raubsalmler.de is not available anymore. So much knowledge lost
I don't know when exactly Sasha bred them but he had an article in Amazonas Magazine in 2016 or so.
It's a shame that raubsalmler.de is not available anymore. So much knowledge lost
giseok jung
There is a breeding report in Korean on HealingAqua; I skimmed over it somewhat and it might be worth a read if you haven't taken a look at it already.
It’s fascinating that a Characin can breed like labyrinth fish and provide bi parrental care of youngs. There are many convergent evolution of body shape across fish species, but convergent reproductive behavior of bubble nesting is rare, specially in Characin which typically scatter eggs, abandon and eat youngs. The babies are quite large, comparable to mouth brooding cichlid than labrinth bubble nesters. How large are the parents? Pike characin can reach 28 inch and your tank, 48x24x20 inch, hardly enough room for adult fish if they reach max size.
