Peru Altums spawned

[fredi]

I recently set up another tank. L200 x4, L027 armbrusteri x2, altums x2 rummy nosed tetras x20 , marbled hatchet fish x10, and sterbai x6
Planted with 5 large Amazon swords, a number of smallish cryptocorynes, crypt wendtii green geko wendtii brown, wendtii tropica, wendtii red, albida brown, a few buces, java fern, one of them a nice large specemin
The L200 have destroyed the amazon swords, and munched on buce super blue
I got home today to find that the pair of peru altums (did know i had a pair, wasn’t intending to breed them), have spawned on the java fern

 

[fredi]

After several abortive attempts. Mum, and Dad have produced wrigglers
Their not too happy with me pointing a phone at them😊

 

[fredi]

Angry Angel 😂

 

[fredi]

It’s taken them a few attempts, but they now have free swimming offspring
The hatchet fish are in hiding

 

[_Maq_]

Congratulations!

 

[fredi]

Thank you
For a while now, they have been spawning every 9 days or so, each time they get a bit further before they lose interest
Time will tell 👍

 

[GraemeVW]

Are these true altums or the Rio nanay Peru altum pterophyllum scalare?
I've just set up a tank with the hope of getting some of those. If you have success raising F1's, is be very interested if you decided to let some go.

Either way, any pics of the parents? Would love to see them.

 

[fredi]

They are peru altums. They were purchased as such anyway 🙂 (not my specialist subject 😂), they were purchased as an accompaniment to L-numbers, they were not too much money 👍
These are the only pictures I have, they are not too keen on being messed with at the moment, however, i can get better pictures, at some time in the near future
I do not intend to keep any of the “offspring”. If you want them, you are welcome to as many as you want👍, i am sure that we csn work something out

 

[GraemeVW]

They are lovely, wild type scalare, often sold as peru altums.
I'd very much be interested in some when they are big enough.
Where abouts are you?

 

[fredi]

Thanks for the info, I am in kent

 

[GraemeVW]

Fingers crossed they survive!