channa pulchra breeding

[m.hiko]

2015 is my lucky year,, i breed 2 species last year,
3 time my pulchra pair breeding last year, august,september,and november , i start with very large group about 20 youngster , they are f1 who i breed myself in 2014 from my wild caught pair click here if you interest to see my wc pair post
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/my-channa-pulchra-story.595101/
, after female WC die i sale the male wild and i keep the youngster , of course not all ,i sell most of youngster, from that 20 group eliminated to 8 fish , they start breeding in august at that time male is about 12 cm and female 10 cm , bit shocking me coz they breed when another 6 fish is still in the tank, i guess because they are not fully growing pulchra at that time.


first breeding in 25 august



2nd time 25 sept.

 

[m.hiko]

second batch breeding 25 sept.


male with second batch




third batch breeding, this time parent is about 18-17 cm



male with 4 days old fry



januari 2016 pict ,female with third batch baby

 

[m.hiko]

tank is 100 cm x 45 x 40 , with many wood and dead leaves



male



female




enjoys guys.

 

[-DC-]

Very nice

 

[hrdtimes]

Congrats

 

[HumanBean]

Definitely an achievement. Please post more detail about your setup. Good looking pair

 

[hooliganATV]

do you lower the water level in this tank to spur breeding?? or recommend a water level? my ornatipinnis seem to go through the greeting but nothing seen in breeding terms. i'm going to be moving them into a smaller tank (currently 300ltr tall) and pack it out with more greens, i should never have moved them from their original tank a tall tank is no good for these i think.

any tips much appreciated

 

[Brucki]

the second Picture with the pair releasing the eggs is extraordinary awesome :-D

 

[m.hiko]

Thanks everyone, yes I lower the water level but not sure that's the main trigger for them to spawn , but my f0 breed after I increases water level after several month lower water levels.
But i think water change main trigger in my case..