Name Amatitlania sp. "honduran red point"/cf. nigrofasciata Honduran red point Method of Reproduction: Substrate spawner Number and Gender Distribution of Parents: Pair Origin of Parents: Tank raised Approximate number of eggs or fry*: 200-300 Date of Hatch or Birth*: 2/28/22 Date of Free Swimming If Hatched: 3/3/22 Approx. Number of Fry at 30 Days*: N/A Approx. Number of Fry at 60 Days: N/A Aquarium Conditions: pH (0 to 14): 7.8 General Hardness (ppm): unknown but unaltered from Frederick tap Average Temperature (F): 78F Salinity (if brackish or marine): N/A Average Nitrate (ppm): 10 ppm Aquarium Size (L X W X H and Gallons): 30X12X12, 20 gallons Water Source: tap Water Changes (how much and how often): 50% once or twice a month Filtration System(s): double sponge filter rated for 10-20 gallons + quietflow LED HOB Additives (Salt, iron, etc.): N/A Décor (Please include all that apply): Live Plants: dwarf water lettuce, salvinia natans, salvinia minima, frogbit, greater duckweed, hornwort Plastic Plants: N/A Wood: Beech branches Leaves: Oak leaves Caves or Similar Hiding Places: Rocks from a stream that they dug a cave under Spawning mop: N/A Substrate (Gravel/Pea size gravel/Sand/None/Other; Please Specify): Home Depot play sand Lighting Type and Timing: random cheap LED from Amazon, 16 hours a day Food Fed to Parents and How Often*: new life spectrum ultrared, bug bites color enhancing flakes, alternating every other day Food Fed to Fry and How Often*: fry graze on algae and biofilm + eat what the parents eat Photographs
Comments and Additional Information
As long as the female is well fed they will spawn. Fry grow relatively slow.
If they are not spawning on schedule, do a big waterchange and add flow to the tank.
Higher chance of a successful spawning and stronger pair bond if they are allowed to establish a territory against other fish in the tank, and when those fish are subsequently removed.