Herichthys carpintis "escondido" pair/spawn

This pair consists of a 2" TL male andfemale. They just spawned for me this morning. The smallest species I've ever had spawn for me. This is them in breeding dress about an hour before spawning. Hopefully I can move them to another tank and retain some of the fry.

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Wow they are gorgeous - and small! Congrats man!

Mikey wrote:Wow they are gorgeous - and small! Congrats man!

Thanks Mike!!!

WOW. they looks so nice... i like it... ^_^

You should enter a picture for POTM

WhosUrDadi wrote:WOW. they looks so nice... i like it... ^_^

Thank you very much!

Mikey wrote:You should enter a picture for POTM

No POTM quality for me, I only have a sony P&S. I really need to invest in a DSLR setup. I've been eyeballing the Nikon D90 from a freind but haven't pulled the trigger. I am a moderator over on monsterfishkeepers and really need to step up my game.. Everybody is making me look bad lol!

get the nikon D7000 , its the newer version of the D90

WhosUrDadi wrote:get the nikon D7000 , its the newer version of the D90

This will be my first SLR so I want to save a little and learn a little. My buddy advised I should pick up a D90 since there will be a ton of used ones being sold since the D7000 came out. Seems like sound logic to me. I sent in a POTM entry for you guys like you asked. [crosses fingers] what camera are you using?

Is anyone else supprised to see such a small species spawning? Is this normal for H. carpintis? This is the first species I have kept. I try and geets some pics of the eggs. They burried themselves pretty good though!

just using a regular digital camera for now... still saving for D7000... ^_^

WhosUrDadi wrote:just using a regular digital camera for now... still saving for D7000... ^_^

Good I'm glad I'm not alone haha! Got pics of the spawning in progress. This pic is edited/brightened so you can see the eggs on the blue airstone/bar (it's off right now) the second pic is the same one, just the original un-edited version.

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JK47 wrote:

WhosUrDadi wrote:get the nikon D7000 , its the newer version of the D90

Is anyone else supprised to see such a small species spawning? Is this normal for H. carpintis? This is the first species I have kept. I try and geets some pics of the eggs. They burried themselves pretty good though!

I had a h. cyno spawn with a cuban at just over an inch, they are as bad as convicts

Mine have spawned a lot at the 2" female and 3" male mark,,, just discovered another batch of wrigglers tonight while setting up my 135g

Had a pair of Texas spawn at 2-3". Now Aaron gets to deal with them.

They are mean as hell when spawning, took half of the 100g for territory with Loselli, red devil, GT, and plecos.

Great feedback, thanks guys! I can't wait until these two put on a little size. They are going to be show stoppers for sure.