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
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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.