Species care and breeding evidence

diamond-tetra / breedingpersonal-anecdote

A 72-gallon planted school received full EI fertilization and weekly fifty-percent water changes.

Reported evidence with source and stock-identity limits; this is not a verified breeding protocol or success probability.

fjf888 — How many folks breed fish in their planted tanks?Is that more aesthetic than scapes?

barrreport.com · {"url": "https://barrreport.com/threads/how-many-folks-breed-fish-in-their-planted-tanks-is-that-more-aesthetic-than-scapes.7384/", "page": 1, "post_number": 6, "publication_date": "2010-10-13", "timestamp_precision": "day; source timezone unknown",
· published 2010-10-13 · accessed 2026-10-03
Original short summary with attribution. Publisher copyright retained; no full text or media republished.

Detailed reported record — unknown

Event date: not reported

adult_number_and_sexes: not reported (missing)
age_at_return: not reported (missing)
CO2_concentration: not reported (missing)
fertilizer: "full EI, doses unspecified" · unit unknown (reported)
fry_count: not reported (missing)
fry_diet: not reported (missing)
gallon_variant: not reported (missing)
GH: not reported (missing)
initial_denominator: not reported (missing)
KH: not reported (missing)
pH: not reported (missing)
tank_capacity: {"value":72,"unit":"G as reported; gallon variant unspecified"} G as reported; gallon variant unspecified (reported)
temperature: not reported (missing)
water_change: {"value":50,"unit":"percent","frequency":"weekly"} percent (reported)

diamond-tetra / breedingpersonal-anecdote

The keeper found a few fry in the wet/dry sump at least monthly, sometimes raised them, and returned them near one inch.

Reported evidence with source and stock-identity limits; this is not a verified breeding protocol or success probability.

fjf888 — How many folks breed fish in their planted tanks?Is that more aesthetic than scapes?

Detailed reported record — unknown

Event date: not reported

adult_number_and_sexes: not reported (missing)
age_at_return: not reported (missing)
CO2_concentration: not reported (missing)
fry_count: not reported (missing)
fry_diet: not reported (missing)
fry_discovery_frequency: "at least monthly" · unit unknown (reported)
gallon_variant: not reported (missing)
GH: not reported (missing)
initial_denominator: not reported (missing)
KH: not reported (missing)
pH: not reported (missing)
recovery_location: "wet/dry sump" · unit unknown (reported)
return_length: {"value":1,"unit":"inch","approximate":true} inch (uncertain)
temperature: not reported (missing)

diamond-tetra / breedingpersonal-anecdote

Fry appeared both before and after CO2 addition.

Reported evidence with source and stock-identity limits; this is not a verified breeding protocol or success probability.

fjf888 — How many folks breed fish in their planted tanks?Is that more aesthetic than scapes?

Detailed reported record — unknown

Event date: not reported

adult_number_and_sexes: not reported (missing)
age_at_return: not reported (missing)
CO2_comparison: "before and after addition" · unit unknown (reported)
CO2_concentration: not reported (missing)
fry_count: not reported (missing)
fry_diet: not reported (missing)
gallon_variant: not reported (missing)
GH: not reported (missing)
initial_denominator: not reported (missing)
KH: not reported (missing)
pH: not reported (missing)
temperature: not reported (missing)

apistogramma-cacatuoides / breedingpersonal-anecdote

Fish Folk reported spawning on the day of sponge-filter replacement and a 60% water change.

Reported evidence with source and stock-identity limits; this is not a verified breeding protocol or success probability.

Fish Folk — Apistogramma Cacatuoides, First Spawn!

apistogramma.com · {"post_number": 1, "publisher_post_id": "108540", "post_url": "https://apistogramma.com/forum/threads/apistogramma-cacatuoides-first-spawn.23310/post-108540", "date_displayed": "2019-06-01", "publisher_datetime_raw": null, "locator_verification": "po
· published 2019-06-01 · accessed 2026-10-03
Original short summary with attribution. Publisher copyright retained; no full text or media republished.

Detailed reported record — unknown

Event date: not reported

Causal comparator: not reported (missing)
Egg count: not reported (missing)
Exact spawning time: not reported (missing)
Measured water conditions: not reported (missing)
Pedigree: not reported (missing)
replacement_water_conditions: not reported · unit unknown (reported)
water_change: {"raw":"60%","unit":"percent"} percent (reported)

apistogramma-cacatuoides / breedingpersonal-anecdote

The same keeper later reported no observed hatch and early nest abandonment. Predation, if hatching occurred, was conjecture.

Reported evidence with source and stock-identity limits; this is not a verified breeding protocol or success probability.

Fish Folk — Apistogramma Cacatuoides, First Spawn!

apistogramma.com · {"post_number": 3, "publisher_post_id": "108813", "post_url": "https://apistogramma.com/forum/threads/apistogramma-cacatuoides-first-spawn.23310/post-108813", "date_displayed": "2019-07-10", "publisher_datetime_raw": null, "locator_verification": "po
· published 2019-07-10 · accessed 2026-10-03
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Detailed reported record — failure

Event date: not reported

Cause of egg or fry loss: not reported (missing)
Continuous observation: not reported (missing)
Denominator: not reported (missing)
Whether any eggs hatched: not reported (missing)

apistogramma-cacatuoides / breedingpersonal-anecdote

Ade205 reported repeated broods retaining about 20–30 fry for roughly two weeks, with some growing beyond predation size in a 4-ft mixed community tank.

Reported evidence with source and stock-identity limits; this is not a verified breeding protocol or success probability.

Ade205 — Apistogramma Cacatuoides, First Spawn!

apistogramma.com · {"post_number": 6, "publisher_post_id": "108826", "post_url": "https://apistogramma.com/forum/threads/apistogramma-cacatuoides-first-spawn.23310/post-108826", "date_displayed": "2019-07-13", "publisher_datetime_raw": null, "locator_verification": "po
· published 2019-07-13 · accessed 2026-10-03
Original short summary with attribution. Publisher copyright retained; no full text or media republished.

Detailed reported record — unknown

Event date: not reported

Final recruit counts: not reported (missing)
followup_duration: {"raw":"about 2 weeks","unit":"weeks","value":2,"approximate":true} weeks (uncertain)
Individual brood identities: not reported (missing)
Initial egg/fry denominators: not reported (missing)
Measured temperature: not reported (missing)
retained_fry: {"raw":"around 20 to 30","minimum":20,"maximum":30,"approximate":true} · unit unknown (uncertain)
tank_length: {"raw":"4ft","unit":"ft"} ft (reported)
Water chemistry: not reported (missing)

apistogramma-cacatuoides / breedingpersonal-anecdote

The same keeper described nesting beneath bogwood in sand at the locally strongest flow.

Reported evidence with source and stock-identity limits; this is not a verified breeding protocol or success probability.

Ade205 — Apistogramma Cacatuoides, First Spawn!

Detailed reported record — unknown

Event date: not reported

Causal design: not reported (missing)
Comparison site: not reported (missing)
Measured flow velocity: not reported (missing)

apistogramma-cacatuoides / breedingpersonal-anecdote

NathanPrince reported fry from one of two author-labelled Triple Red pairs, removing the male after aggression toward the female; maternal retrieval of straying fry was described.

Reported evidence with source and stock-identity limits; this is not a verified breeding protocol or success probability.

NathanPrince — Breeding Apistogramma Cacatuoides

www.fishforums.net · {"post_number": 1, "publisher_post_id": "3334765", "post_url": "https://www.fishforums.net/threads/breeding-apistogramma-cacatuoides.396658/#post-3334765", "date_displayed": "2012-05-15", "publisher_datetime_raw": "2012-05-15T10:37:47-0500", "locator
· published 2012-05-15 · accessed 2026-10-03
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Detailed reported record — unknown

Event date: not reported

breeding_pairs_introduced: 2 · unit unknown (reported)
Food: not reported (missing)
Independent behavioral observation: not reported (missing)
lineage_raw: "Triple Reds" · unit unknown (reported)
pairing_duration_raw: "around 2 weeks" · unit unknown (reported)
Pedigree: not reported (missing)
Tank volume: not reported (missing)
Temperature: not reported (missing)
Water chemistry: not reported (missing)

apistogramma-cacatuoides / breedingpersonal-anecdote

He later counted about 18 remaining from an original 28, with the mother still present and growth described through four weeks.

Reported evidence with source and stock-identity limits; this is not a verified breeding protocol or success probability.

NathanPrince — Breeding Apistogramma Cacatuoides

www.fishforums.net · {"post_number": 4, "publisher_post_id": "3354667", "post_url": "https://www.fishforums.net/threads/breeding-apistogramma-cacatuoides.396658/#post-3354667", "date_displayed": "2012-06-12", "publisher_datetime_raw": "2012-06-12T15:46:53-0500", "locator
· published 2012-06-12 · accessed 2026-10-03
Original short summary with attribution. Publisher copyright retained; no full text or media republished.

Detailed reported record — unknown

Event date: not reported

Body-length measurements: not reported (missing)
Cause of attrition: not reported (missing)
Count method: not reported (missing)
Exact hatch date: not reported (missing)
latest_developmental_stage_raw: "4 weeks" · unit unknown (reported)
Long-term survival: not reported (missing)
remaining_fry_count: {"raw":"around 18 left","value":18,"approximate":true} · unit unknown (uncertain)
starting_fry_count: {"raw":"original 28","value":28,"count_method":null} · unit unknown (uncertain)

domestic-angelfish / breedingpersonal-anecdote

May 18 spawn moved after hours; wrigglers day 3; estimated at least 200 free swimmers day 7.

Reported evidence with source and stock-identity limits; this is not a verified breeding protocol or success probability.

Ghostface — Angelfish Fry (Update)

albertaaquatica.com · {"page_number": 1, "publisher_post_id": "2242234", "source_locator": "page 1, elComment_2242234, opening narrative", "date_displayed": "2011-05-25", "publisher_datetime_raw": null}; containing thread inspected; deep-link not separately authenticated
· published 2011-05-25 · accessed 2026-10-03
Original short summary with attribution. Publisher copyright retained; no full text or media republished.

Detailed reported record — unknown

Event date: not reported

egg_substrate: "pot" · unit unknown (reported)
exact censuses: not reported (missing)
feed concentration: not reported (missing)
filtration: "sponge; later also hang-on" · unit unknown (reported)
food_sequence: "baby brine shrimp, then crushed flakes and frozen baby brine shrimp" · unit unknown (reported)
gallon convention: not reported (missing)
GH/KH/conductivity: not reported (missing)
grow_out: {"raw":"45 Gallon","gallon_standard":null} · unit unknown (uncertain)
hatch_tank: {"raw":"10 gallon","gallon_standard":null} · unit unknown (uncertain)
initial egg count: not reported (missing)
initial_water: {"raw":"5 gallon","origin":"spawning tank"} · unit unknown (reported)
long-term final survival: not reported (missing)
pH: not reported (missing)
sales/removals accounting: not reported (missing)
temperature: not reported (missing)
verified species/strain ancestry: not reported (missing)
water-test results: not reported (missing)

domestic-angelfish / breedingpersonal-anecdote

About six dead so far.

Reported evidence with source and stock-identity limits; this is not a verified breeding protocol or success probability.

Ghostface — Angelfish Fry (Update)

albertaaquatica.com · {"page_number": 1, "publisher_post_id": "2242318", "source_locator": "page 1, elComment_2242318", "date_displayed": "2011-05-27", "publisher_datetime_raw": null}; containing thread inspected; deep-link not separately authenticated
· published 2011-05-27 · accessed 2026-10-03
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Detailed reported record — unknown

Event date: not reported

cause_of_loss: not reported (missing)
exact_census: not reported (missing)
temperature: not reported (missing)
verified_stock_identity: not reported (missing)
water_chemistry: not reported (missing)

domestic-angelfish / breedingpersonal-anecdote

Another 3–4 lost; nightly 20% changes reported.

Reported evidence with source and stock-identity limits; this is not a verified breeding protocol or success probability.

Ghostface — Angelfish Fry (Update)

albertaaquatica.com · {"page_number": 1, "publisher_post_id": "2242678", "source_locator": "page 1, elComment_2242678", "date_displayed": "2011-06-02", "publisher_datetime_raw": null}; containing thread inspected; deep-link not separately authenticated
· published 2011-06-02 · accessed 2026-10-03
Original short summary with attribution. Publisher copyright retained; no full text or media republished.

Detailed reported record — unknown

Event date: not reported

cause_of_loss: not reported (missing)
exact_census: not reported (missing)
temperature: not reported (missing)
verified_stock_identity: not reported (missing)
water_chemistry: not reported (missing)

domestic-angelfish / breedingpersonal-anecdote

Moved to 45-gallon; another 10–12 lost; none in preceding five days; daily 30% changes.

Reported evidence with source and stock-identity limits; this is not a verified breeding protocol or success probability.

Ghostface — Angelfish Fry (Update)

albertaaquatica.com · {"page_number": 1, "publisher_post_id": "2243368", "source_locator": "page 1, elComment_2243368", "date_displayed": "2011-06-16", "publisher_datetime_raw": null}; containing thread inspected; deep-link not separately authenticated
· published 2011-06-16 · accessed 2026-10-03
Original short summary with attribution. Publisher copyright retained; no full text or media republished.

Detailed reported record — unknown

Event date: not reported

cause_of_loss: not reported (missing)
exact_census: not reported (missing)
temperature: not reported (missing)
verified_stock_identity: not reported (missing)
water_chemistry: not reported (missing)

domestic-angelfish / breedingpersonal-anecdote

Twelve dead or dying found; flakes introduced.

Reported evidence with source and stock-identity limits; this is not a verified breeding protocol or success probability.

Ghostface — Angelfish Fry (Update)

albertaaquatica.com · {"page_number": 2, "publisher_post_id": "2244213", "source_locator": "page 2, elComment_2244213", "date_displayed": "2011-07-05", "publisher_datetime_raw": null}; containing thread inspected; deep-link not separately authenticated
· published 2011-07-05 · accessed 2026-10-03
Original short summary with attribution. Publisher copyright retained; no full text or media republished.

Detailed reported record — unknown

Event date: not reported

cause_of_loss: not reported (missing)
exact_census: not reported (missing)
temperature: not reported (missing)
verified_stock_identity: not reported (missing)
water_chemistry: not reported (missing)

domestic-angelfish / breedingpersonal-anecdote

Deliberately culled about 20–30 short-gill fish; estimated 100+ remained.

Reported evidence with source and stock-identity limits; this is not a verified breeding protocol or success probability.

Ghostface — Angelfish Fry (Update)

albertaaquatica.com · {"page_number": 2, "publisher_post_id": "2244279", "source_locator": "page 2, elComment_2244279", "date_displayed": "2011-07-07", "publisher_datetime_raw": null}; containing thread inspected; deep-link not separately authenticated
· published 2011-07-07 · accessed 2026-10-03
Original short summary with attribution. Publisher copyright retained; no full text or media republished.

Detailed reported record — unknown

Event date: not reported

cause_of_loss: not reported (missing)
exact_census: not reported (missing)
temperature: not reported (missing)
verified_stock_identity: not reported (missing)
water_chemistry: not reported (missing)

domestic-angelfish / breedingpersonal-anecdote

Twenty remaining offered; inventory, not cumulative survival.

Reported evidence with source and stock-identity limits; this is not a verified breeding protocol or success probability.

Ghostface — Angelfish Fry (Update)

albertaaquatica.com · {"page_number": 3, "publisher_post_id": "2249250", "source_locator": "page 3, elComment_2249250", "date_displayed": "2011-11-01", "publisher_datetime_raw": null}; containing thread inspected; deep-link not separately authenticated
· published 2011-11-01 · accessed 2026-10-03
Original short summary with attribution. Publisher copyright retained; no full text or media republished.

Detailed reported record — unknown

Event date: not reported

cause_of_loss: not reported (missing)
exact_census: not reported (missing)
temperature: not reported (missing)
verified_stock_identity: not reported (missing)
water_chemistry: not reported (missing)

domestic-angelfish / breedingpersonal-anecdote

Repeated parental broods disappeared; a later rock-spawn brood survived free swimming then was eaten within four days. Removed slate in a 5-gallon hatch tank produced growing fry.

Reported evidence with source and stock-identity limits; this is not a verified breeding protocol or success probability.

Joe Graffagnino — Breeding Blue Angelfish

www.basny.org · Paragraphs beginning I brought them home; The next time; When the fry; An interesting experiment (web lines 21–33)
· published 2012-07-10 · accessed 2026-10-03
Original short summary with attribution. Publisher copyright retained; no full text or media republished.

Detailed reported record — mixed

Event date: not reported

adult_tank: {"value":20,"unit":"gallon; type unspecified"} gallon; type unspecified (reported)
broodstock: "8 quarter-size blue angels; pairs after 8–10 months" · unit unknown (reported)
final fry counts: not reported (missing)
GH: {"raw":"4","unit":null} · unit unknown (uncertain)
GH unit: not reported (missing)
initial egg counts: not reported (missing)
long-term survival: not reported (missing)
pH: 7.2 · unit unknown (reported)
precise hatch-stage timing: not reported (missing)
stage_and_food: [{"stage":"adults","food":["flake","live blackworms","frozen bloodworms","occasional brine shrimp/cyclopeeze"]},{"stage":"free-swimming fry","food":["vinegar eels","Golden Pearls 50 microns"],"later":["microworms","baby brine shrimp","fine flakes/micro-pellets around 3 weeks"]}] · unit unknown (reported)
temperature: {"value":80,"unit":"F"} F (reported)
water_change: {"range_percent":[30,40],"frequency_raw":"bi-weekly"} · unit unknown (reported)

domestic-angelfish / breedingpersonal-anecdote

One parent-raised swarm of roughly 100 fell to four after two days. Another brood yielded about 50 removed fry. Complete brood removal coincided with parental fighting; two-stage removal did not in one attempt.

Reported evidence with source and stock-identity limits; this is not a verified breeding protocol or success probability.

Steve Matassa — Spawning Angels

www.basny.org · Main narrative, paragraphs on successive spawns and Raising the fry (web lines 30–47)
· published 2017-03-28 · accessed 2026-10-03
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Detailed reported record — mixed

Event date: not reported

adult tank size: not reported (missing)
egg denominator: not reported (missing)
hardness: not reported (missing)
hatch_tank: {"capacity":5,"unit":"gallon; type unspecified","fill_fraction":0.5,"water":"parent tank"} gallon; type unspecified (reported)
independent aggression assessment: not reported (missing)
pH: 7 · unit unknown (reported)
stage_and_food: [{"stage":"fry","food":["vinegar eels","frozen baby brine shrimp"],"later":["fine flake/fry food"]}] · unit unknown (reported)
strain: "koi" · unit unknown (reported)
substrate: "Anubias leaf" · unit unknown (reported)
survival to adulthood: not reported (missing)
temperature: {"range":[78,80],"unit":"F"} F (reported)
water_change: {"percent":10,"frequency":"almost daily"} · unit unknown (reported)

catappa-leaves / careprimary-research

Red-extract MIC 187.5–375 ppm and MBC 375–750 ppm. Reported 96-h LC50: green 1765.69 ppm, red 1651.21 ppm.

Reported evidence with source and stock-identity limits; this is not a verified breeding protocol or success probability.

Watchariya Purivirojkul — Potential application of extracts from Indian almond (Terminalia catappa Linn.) leaves in Siamese fighting fish (Betta splendens Regan) culture

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov · PubMed abstract, PMID 23885412, methods/toxicity passages
· published date unknown · accessed 2026-10-03
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Detailed reported record — unknown

Event date: not reported

acute_exposure: {"value":96,"unit":"hours"} hours (reported)
bacterial_isolates: 28 · unit unknown (reported)
chronic toxicity: not reported (missing)
fish_per_replicate: 20 · unit unknown (reported)
full-text challenge details: not reported (missing)
material: "green or red leaf powder, water extraction 1:10 w/v, freeze-dried extract" · unit unknown (reported)
other livestock safety: not reported (missing)
stage_and_food: [] · unit unknown (reported)
test_organism: "Betta splendens" · unit unknown (reported)
toxicity_replicates: 3 · unit unknown (reported)
whole-leaf equivalent: not reported (missing)

catappa-leaves / careprimary-research

Authors report higher survival above 375 ppm and pH 5.05 at 625 ppm; no significant temperature/DO differences reported.

Reported evidence with source and stock-identity limits; this is not a verified breeding protocol or success probability.

Rudy Agung Nugroho; Hetty Manurung; Dewi Saraswati; Deasy Ladyescha; Firman Muhammad Nur — The Effects of Terminalia catappa L. Leaves Extract on the Water Quality Properties, Survival and Blood Profile of Ornamental fish (Betta sp) Cultured

journal.unnes.ac.id · PDF pp. 240–244: Plant Material, Animals and Experimental Setup, Table 1, Survival Rate
· published 2016-09-18 · accessed 2026-10-03
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Detailed reported record — unknown

Event date: not reported

aquarium leaf-count equivalence: not reported (missing)
breeding outcomes: not reported (missing)
concentrations: {"values":[0,125,250,375,500,625],"unit":"ppm crude extract"} ppm crude extract (reported)
design: "six treatments including control, triplicates" · unit unknown (reported)
duration: {"value":30,"unit":"days"} days (reported)
exact figure-derived survival values not extracted: not reported (missing)
fish_total: 90 · unit unknown (reported)
material: "dried brown leaves; 95% ethanol extraction, solvent evaporation" · unit unknown (reported)
organism: "2-month male crown-tail Betta sp." · unit unknown (reported)
other species applicability: not reported (missing)
renewal: "every second day" · unit unknown (reported)
stage_and_food: [{"stage":"experimental fish","food":["frozen bloodworm"],"ration":"1% body weight daily"}] · unit unknown (reported)
water_per_glass_tank: {"value":0.4,"unit":"L"} L (reported)

catappa-leaves / breedingpersonal-anecdote

More than 15–20 failed spawns in 7–8 months; most eggs disappeared on day one, all by day two or three.

Reported evidence with source and stock-identity limits; this is not a verified breeding protocol or success probability.

TCMontium — Detritus, decaying plant matter, mulm, disintegrated catappa leaves

apistogramma.com · TCMontium post #1, 9 Nov 2018
· published 2018-11-09 · accessed 2026-10-03
Original short summary with attribution. Publisher copyright retained; no full text or media republished.

Detailed reported record — failure

Event date: not reported

controlled comparison: not reported (missing)
DO measurement: not reported (missing)
fertility confirmation: not reported (missing)
filtration: "sponge filters without air supply; bottom temperature lower" · unit unknown (reported)
leaf mass/L: not reported (missing)
material: "tens of catappa leaves per tank; leaf mass and water volume absent" · unit unknown (reported)
organisms: ["Taeniacara candidi","Apistogramma mendezi","A. sp. Abacaxis","A. atahualpa"] · unit unknown (reported)
pathogen tests: not reported (missing)
pH: "5.0–5.5, sometimes lower" · unit unknown (reported)
stage_and_food: [{"stage":"adults","food":["dry/frozen foods","trial of Artemia nauplii for 1–2 months"]}] · unit unknown (reported)
temperature: {"range":[24,26],"unit":"C at surface"} C at surface (reported)
water: "RO" · unit unknown (reported)

catappa-leaves / breedingauthor-hypothesis

ButtNekkid reported spawning cacatuoides and other apistos over mulm. Mike Wise described females emerging with fry in a mulm-rich setup. gerald suggested fresh decay could increase oxygen demand.

Reported evidence with source and stock-identity limits; this is not a verified breeding protocol or success probability.

TCMontium; ButtNekkid; Mike Wise; gerald — Detritus, decaying plant matter, mulm, disintegrated catappa leaves

apistogramma.com · ButtNekkid post #4; Mike Wise post #5; gerald post #6, 9 Nov 2018
· published 2018-11-09 · accessed 2026-10-03
Original short summary with attribution. Publisher copyright retained; no full text or media republished.

Detailed reported record — unknown

Event date: not reported

DO: not reported (missing)
dose: not reported (missing)
independent replication: not reported (missing)
material: "leaf-litter/mulm; exact plant identity and dose absent" · unit unknown (reported)
species-specific counts: not reported (missing)
stage_and_food: [] · unit unknown (reported)

catappa-leaves / breedingpersonal-anecdote

A spawn followed a tap-water pH drop; later spawning occurred at normal tank pH.

Reported evidence with source and stock-identity limits; this is not a verified breeding protocol or success probability.

McEve — Catappa Leaves / Indian Almond Leaves

www.zebrapleco.com · McEve posts 16 Apr 2005 22:10 and 17 Apr 2005 18:47; thread's leaf advice
· published date unknown · accessed 2026-10-03
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Detailed reported record — unknown

Event date: not reported

catappa_use: "McEve explicitly reported none" · unit unknown (reported)
controlled trigger test: not reported (missing)
pH_during_first_spawn: 5.5 · unit unknown (reported)
precise normal pH: not reported (missing)
stage_and_food: [] · unit unknown (reported)

diamond-tetra / breedingpersonal-anecdote

Fry apparently accepted brine shrimp immediately; author cautioned smaller fry might not survive. Final yield unreported.

Reported evidence with source and stock-identity limits; this is not a verified breeding protocol or success probability.

Chase Klinesteker — DIAMOND TETRA, Moenkhausia pittieri

chasesfishes.com · PDF page 2, MY EXPERIENCE
· published date unknown · accessed 2026-10-03
Original short summary with attribution. Publisher copyright retained; no full text or media republished.

Detailed reported record — success

Event date: not reported

actual spawning temperature: not reported (missing)
drop volume: not reported (missing)
eggs and survivors: not reported (missing)
growout: "2–3 gallon sponge-filter tank" · unit unknown (reported)
incubation: "rainwater in quart pan" · unit unknown (reported)
light: "fry congregated under filter/plants" · unit unknown (reported)
measured hardness: not reported (missing)
pH: not reported (missing)
reported_additive: "1 drop 5% methylene blue; drop volume unspecified" · unit unknown (reported)
spawning_water: "tap; after undergravel-filter cleaning and about 40% change" · unit unknown (reported)
stage_and_food: [{"stage":"free-swimming, about day 5; origin of count ambiguous","food":["newly hatched brine shrimp"]}] · unit unknown (reported)

diamond-tetra / taxonomyprimary-research

Moenkhausia pittieri transferred to Makunaima pittieri (Eigenmann, 1920), in Megalamphodinae/Acestrorhamphidae.

Reported evidence with source and stock-identity limits; this is not a verified breeding protocol or success probability.

Bruno F. Melo; Rafaela P. Ota; Ricardo C. Benine; Fernando R. Carvalho; Flavio C. T. Lima; George M. T. Mattox; Camila S. Souza; Tiago C. Faria; Lais Reia; Fabio F. Roxo; Martha Valdez-Moreno; Thomas J. Near; Claudio Oliveira — Phylogenomics of Characidae, a hyper-diverse Neotropical freshwater fish lineage, with a phylogenetic classification including four families (Teleostei: Characiformes)

academic.oup.com · Table 1, Megalamphodinae row; Makunaima discussion (web line 1157)
· published 2024-09-03 · accessed 2026-10-03
Original short summary with attribution. Publisher copyright retained; no full text or media republished.

Detailed reported record — unknown

Event date: not reported

husbandry: not reported (missing)
method: "UCE phylogeny and revised classification" · unit unknown (reported)
stage_and_food: [] · unit unknown (reported)
user specimen identity: not reported (missing)

diamond-tetra / taxonomysecondary-summary

FinBIF accepts Makunaima pittieri and lists Moenkhausia pittieri as another name.

Reported evidence with source and stock-identity limits; this is not a verified breeding protocol or success probability.

Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility — Makunaima pittieri taxonomy, FinBIF master checklist

laji.fi · Accepted name; Source of taxonomy; Other names (web lines 71–84)
· published date unknown · accessed 2026-10-03
Original short summary with attribution. Publisher copyright retained; no full text or media republished.

Detailed reported record — unknown

Event date: not reported

stage_and_food: [] · unit unknown (reported)
taxonomy_source: "2025 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes" · unit unknown (reported)

apistogramma-cacatuoides / breedingpersonal-anecdote

About 35 survived two months in the first tank; maximum 16 in the smaller setup across 5–6 spawns. Smallest female was bullied. A later follow-up described grandchildren.

Reported evidence with source and stock-identity limits; this is not a verified breeding protocol or success probability.

Vijendra — Breeding Apistogramma cacatuoides

apistogramma.com · Posts #1, #3–4, #10, #15–16
· published date unknown · accessed 2026-10-03
Original short summary with attribution. Publisher copyright retained; no full text or media republished.

Detailed reported record — mixed

Event date: not reported

consistent tank capacity: not reported (missing)
controlled feeding comparison: not reported (missing)
group: "1 male, 3 females" · unit unknown (reported)
hardness: not reported (missing)
initial brood counts: not reported (missing)
parameters: not reported (missing)
pH: not reported (missing)
planting: "first tank densely planted" · unit unknown (reported)
stage_and_food: [{"stage":"adult","food":["red cherry shrimp","Eisenia fetida","micro-tubifex","grindal worms"]},{"stage":"early fry","food":["mature moss/infusoria"],"later":["microworms"]}] · unit unknown (reported)
tanks_raw: ["50 x 24 x 24 inches, later called 125 gallons","18 x 12 x 12 inches, later called 20 gallons"] · unit unknown (reported)
temperature: not reported (missing)

apistogramma-cacatuoides / breedingpersonal-anecdote

Approximately 20 fry raised in the first setup versus ten or fewer in the community setup.

Reported evidence with source and stock-identity limits; this is not a verified breeding protocol or success probability.

Michael W McGrath — Apisto. Fry`s, archived mailing-list message

www.thekrib.com · Apisto. Fry`s, Michael W McGrath, 25 Jan 1998 (web lines 558–575)
· published 1998-01-25 · accessed 2026-10-03
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Detailed reported record — unknown

Event date: not reported

food: not reported (missing)
gallon_type: not reported (missing)
hardness: not reported (missing)
pH: not reported (missing)
setup_one: "20g with mother, father absent, two-month rearing" · unit unknown (reported)
setup_two: "30g community; second female" · unit unknown (reported)
stage_and_food: [] · unit unknown (reported)
starting counts: not reported (missing)
temperature: not reported (missing)

apistogramma-cacatuoides / breedingpersonal-anecdote

Roughly 40 eggs yielded 30 free-swimming fry; grown cohort sexed as 26 males and four females; two pairs continued the line.

Reported evidence with source and stock-identity limits; this is not a verified breeding protocol or success probability.

John Wubbolt — first spawning stories?, archived mailing-list message

www.thekrib.com · first spawning stories?, John Wubbolt, 31 Jul 1999 (web lines 1126–1161)
· published 1999-07-31 · accessed 2026-10-03
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Detailed reported record — unknown

Event date: not reported

count timing: not reported (missing)
filter: "Whisper C" · unit unknown (reported)
fry-specific diet: not reported (missing)
hardness: {"value":60,"unit":"ppm; basis unspecified"} ppm; basis unspecified (reported)
independent sex verification: not reported (missing)
measurement methods: not reported (missing)
parent_removal: "after about 1.5 months" · unit unknown (reported)
pH: 6.5 · unit unknown (reported)
stage_and_food: [{"stage":"broodstock/main diet","food":["Tetra bits","Tetra ruby flakes","live baby brine shrimp"]}] · unit unknown (reported)
substrate: "thin gravel; two sideways clay pots" · unit unknown (reported)
tank: {"value":10,"unit":"gallon; type unspecified"} gallon; type unspecified (reported)
temperature: {"value":78,"unit":"F"} F (reported)

pomacea-unresolved / taxonomypersonal-anecdote

P. diffusa and P. bridgesii are treated as distinct species. P. diffusa egg masses are initially white, later tan–salmon; raised spire and unchanneled suture described.

Reported evidence with source and stock-identity limits; this is not a verified breeding protocol or success probability.

Timothy A. Rawlings; Kenneth A. Hayes; Robert H. Cowie; Timothy M. Collins — The identity, distribution, and impacts of non-native apple snails in the continental United States

link.springer.com · Pomacea diffusa section; Figures 2–3 (web lines 203–207)
· published 2007-06-26 · accessed 2026-10-03
Original short summary with attribution. Publisher copyright retained; no full text or media republished.

Detailed reported record — unknown

Event date: not reported

provenance: not reported (missing)
stage_and_food: [] · unit unknown (reported)
study: "molecular, museum and field comparisons" · unit unknown (reported)
user stock photographs: not reported (missing)
voucher: not reported (missing)

Careful evidence.
Better fishkeeping.

Located evidence

Care reports at a glance

Coverage and gaps

A 72-gallon planted school received full EI fertilization and weekly fifty-percent water changes.

The keeper found a few fry in the wet/dry sump at least monthly, sometimes raised them, and returned them near one inch.

Fry appeared both before and after CO2 addition.

Fish Folk reported spawning on the day of sponge-filter replacement and a 60% water change.

The same keeper later reported no observed hatch and early nest abandonment. Predation, if hatching occurred, was conjecture.

Ade205 reported repeated broods retaining about 20–30 fry for roughly two weeks, with some growing beyond predation size in a 4-ft mixed community tank.

The same keeper described nesting beneath bogwood in sand at the locally strongest flow.

NathanPrince reported fry from one of two author-labelled Triple Red pairs, removing the male after aggression toward the female; maternal retrieval of straying fry was described.

He later counted about 18 remaining from an original 28, with the mother still present and growth described through four weeks.

May 18 spawn moved after hours; wrigglers day 3; estimated at least 200 free swimmers day 7.

About six dead so far.

Another 3–4 lost; nightly 20% changes reported.

Moved to 45-gallon; another 10–12 lost; none in preceding five days; daily 30% changes.

Twelve dead or dying found; flakes introduced.

Deliberately culled about 20–30 short-gill fish; estimated 100+ remained.

Twenty remaining offered; inventory, not cumulative survival.

Repeated parental broods disappeared; a later rock-spawn brood survived free swimming then was eaten within four days. Removed slate in a 5-gallon hatch tank produced growing fry.

One parent-raised swarm of roughly 100 fell to four after two days. Another brood yielded about 50 removed fry. Complete brood removal coincided with parental fighting; two-stage removal did not in one attempt.

Red-extract MIC 187.5–375 ppm and MBC 375–750 ppm. Reported 96-h LC50: green 1765.69 ppm, red 1651.21 ppm.

Authors report higher survival above 375 ppm and pH 5.05 at 625 ppm; no significant temperature/DO differences reported.

More than 15–20 failed spawns in 7–8 months; most eggs disappeared on day one, all by day two or three.

ButtNekkid reported spawning cacatuoides and other apistos over mulm. Mike Wise described females emerging with fry in a mulm-rich setup. gerald suggested fresh decay could increase oxygen demand.

A spawn followed a tap-water pH drop; later spawning occurred at normal tank pH.

Fry apparently accepted brine shrimp immediately; author cautioned smaller fry might not survive. Final yield unreported.

Moenkhausia pittieri transferred to Makunaima pittieri (Eigenmann, 1920), in Megalamphodinae/Acestrorhamphidae.

FinBIF accepts Makunaima pittieri and lists Moenkhausia pittieri as another name.

About 35 survived two months in the first tank; maximum 16 in the smaller setup across 5–6 spawns. Smallest female was bullied. A later follow-up described grandchildren.

Approximately 20 fry raised in the first setup versus ten or fewer in the community setup.

Roughly 40 eggs yielded 30 free-swimming fry; grown cohort sexed as 26 males and four females; two pairs continued the line.

P. diffusa and P. bridgesii are treated as distinct species. P. diffusa egg masses are initially white, later tan–salmon; raised spire and unchanneled suture described.