Aquarist: Kayfishyee

Aquarist Notes

Photo of aquarist's species:

Genetic Line:   Aquarium Strain

Year Acquired:   2026

My 20 gallon planted tank was full of snails but it was good for keeping my female full and occupied. My female never ate any of her babies and not a single fry died. Depending on their personality they might just eat their eggs immediately (my first female did that). My current female was an amazing mom and she did an amazing job raising her fry. I highly recommend feeding the parents as often as possible and loading up on brine shrimp for the fry.

Spawning notes:

Species Spawned:   Yes

I’ve learned that A. Nanolutea lay very small clutches of eggs and are extremely aggressive towards each other and sensitive to environmental stress.
My first attempt: My female laid eggs but ate them within a day and died a few days after from domestic violence from her mate🥀. I had them in a bare bottom 10 gallon. The male was 3 inches while the female was 2.5 inches.

Second attempt: Used my brother’s tank with a reverse trio of A. Nanolutea from another breeder from the fish club. They were showing signs of spawning with their color changes and behavior towards one another, but the color of their belly started purple but slowly turned white and they stopped eating.

Third attempt: I got another pair from the original breeder. After talking to my mentor, she mentioned how my tank was bare so I introduced my new pair into a 20 gallon planted tank. My tank is a 20 gallon, 3 layer substrated tank with miracle grow soil, aqua soil, and silica sand. In the back it’s planted with a combination of jungle vallisneria and corkscrew vallisneria. I also gave the pair two caves to lay eggs in.

Have Reared Fry?   Yes

Once free swimming I fed the fry brine shrimp. It's high in protein so it's good for fattening them up. They won't eat any floating food until later, they usually just peak at the plants and whatever they find at the bottom of the tank. Once they got bigger then 1/2 of an inch they fully just at floating food (flake food, crushed pellets).

Young fish available?   Yes