Eggs of Austrolebias alexandri "Los Lapachitos"

David Baker SAA037

The parents :

I obtained a reverse trio of Austrolebias alexandri "Los Lapachitos" in the auction of show fish at the BKA Convention 2002 (Alberto Reis). Almost 6 months later they are still looking in fine health and breeding well. I have two 5 litre clear plastic containers in which I keep them. I rotate the males every two weeks for breeding. The breeding container has 2cm of peat lining the bottom and has a generous clump of java moss and floating plants. I feed them some occasional flake food, live and frozen bloodworm and daphnia but they are fed daily on white worms gut-loaded with flake food.

Incubating the eggs :

I tried incubating batches of eggs at 21ºC, 24ºC and 27ºC :-

At 21ºC they took 16 to 20 weeks

At 24ºC they took 14 - 16 weeks

At 27ºC the eggs disintegrated

Eggs a few days after collection at 3rd November 2002.

Eggs on 2nd February 2003 after first wetting.

Eggs on 6th March 2003 just before hatching.
	See the fry's heart beating...
See the fry's heart beating...
All images magnification x30 and movies x60.