How I Bred Aspidoras Spilotus (Raimundi) at Home

[@MakeMoreFish]

Thanks for watching! Feel free to leave questions in the comments if you have them, and If you enjoyed this video, consider subscribing to see future projects. For more info on the fry tray shown in this video, see the "about" section of this KZbin channel.

[@19andthe16]

How on earth you DON'T HAVE A MILLION SUBCRIBERS? The best fish breeding channel in the world. Period.

[@MakeMoreFish]

but I have ~14,000 of the best subscribers and that makes me happy

[@SueMyChin]

This is such a good resource! Probably the best breeding guides on KZbin, particularly from a production standpoint.

[@poppyhannam1395]

Favourite series on fishbreeding; such high quality work across the board. Thank you for all of it.

[@Ashers_Art]

This was a great video! I enjoy the way you present the information without wasting time. I'm looking forward to the Chili rasbora breeding video if you ever make it work. Good luck and keep up the good work!

[@FatherFish]

Thank you for an excellent presentation. I am sold on aspidorus. Your techniques are well designed and effective.

[@yashtapase3821]

The way you put your enthusiasm in breeding your fishes ❤ First time I saw corydoras escaping ,so hilarious to watch them escaping 😂❤ ❤from india 🇮🇳

[@GrowMoreVeggies]

Watching them climb over the lid was just too much! Ahaha They're as cunning as velociraptors. Great video! Thank you for sharing.

[@MakeMoreFish]

Clever girls...

[@audrameyer9558]

I have about 30 Aspidoras and they are so awesome! Always jamming around and out in the open 😊

[@GG-mu4wg]

Absolute top quality vid - subscribed.

[@PotooBurd]

Boosting for the algorithm 🙌 Love your work, keep it up! 🌻🐝

[@lukenyanti]

Amazing as always. I wish you posted more frequently. 😊

[@MakeMoreFish]

Me too. Too much is up to the fish. I've tried just asking them to breed and it never works

[@yungtree1082]

aint it crazy how raising the fry in a very similar environment to there natural one works out to be the ideal method ! Great video 👍

[@MakeMoreFish]

It's so crazy it just might work

[@Claya94]

I was so excited to get this notification!

[@AquaticMoose]

Another smash hit! Thanks Lowell. I love these. Also thanks for getting footage of them learning how to get into the tank below 😂

[@MakeMoreFish]

I had to know. I really get a kick out of the weird behaviors like that

[@DylanFH15]

These videos are so good !! Love the content

[@markfranklin8831]

Again a very awesome video. Thanks for sharing

[@adrianorossi4849]

Very cinematic as usual, I can't wait for the rainbow fish video!

[@IvansGuppies]

I always enjoy watching your videos! Well done!

[@Fishkeeper-e8d]

Really enjoying your channel, very informative and great to watch.

[@lemonlizard1]

Great video! Maybe you could try black/white sand to make it easier to see brown fry

[@MakeMoreFish]

I've thought about white sand. I might give that a try

[@lmathews61]

I ❤️Aspidoras ‼️

[@TheRealTMar]

Love these little ones! Yes, Rainbows are slow growers apparently. I've had surprise fry in a batch of plants last year. One survived and turned out to be a painted rainbow (I suspect because I've brought it to my lfs after just over 4 months) sort of grew one cm per month. I didn't keep it because it's requirements are so different from my South American tetras.

[@MakeMoreFish]

So slow! But worth it.

[@pelhamsaquatics]

Thanks so much for this video Lowell! They are beautiful little corys, id love to give them a try🙂👍🏻

[@foxfair]

I love corydoras, so please bring us more corydoras breeding videos please!

[@MakeMoreFish]

Can do

[@MikeKriztanBagaporo]

Cool i love corydoras/aspidors!!

[@thorial1]

Amazing footage!

[@qjzarno]

Awesome video, I’m halfway through. I would say next time there is a story time, I would put like a video of the fish or something so we have something to watch. :)

[@ToolTeardowns]

Any update on your fry trays, or any good sources for people printing them? I dont know anyone with a 3d printer.

[@MakeMoreFish]

I'm working on that. Stay tuned.

[@Vlac73]

Thanks for your videos. You make the best content👍👍 I'm breeding panda Cory. For their first weeks I use a ziss breeding box, with some leaves but no sand. I have no fins deformation, but a small part of the very young dies. Do you think with sand it's doing to be better? And do you ever clean it and how?

[@huntermclaren322]

Excellent video, as we have come to expect from your channel! Where do you source your fish? Also, where do you source your brine shrimp eggs?

[@MakeMoreFish]

I get most of my fish from the wet spot in oregon. Normal brine shrimp eggs from aquarium co-op and san francisco strain from brine shrimp direct

[@xces81]

Your videos are a joy to watch! Please do rainbows next :)

[@lukehammock8766]

hell yeah another Lowell's video

[@joeyfu866]

Great video. Just got a question. What’s your opinion on feeding green water as a fish fry food? Thanks

[@MakeMoreFish]

I don't have one yet but I'm trying to form one. Let's just say without personal experience, I'm a bit dubious.

[@joeyfu866]

@@MakeMoreFishThanks for the response!

[@duongnhac6974]

Great work! Have you ever thought of breeding kuhli loach? I think it's a lot more trickier and I can't find any video about it

[@MakeMoreFish]

I think it's very difficult. I've never seen it done either.

[@AguabonitaAquatics]

Great story-telling. Love the kindergarten savages comment... that's aspidoras. They are seriously busy fish! Aquatic nano bugs.

[@-AndrewR]

👍🏻👍🏻

[@janluptak3854]

@MakeMoreFish could you please tell us, what's the dry food you introduced in this case? I mean the nano pellets... Thank you for all your videos, they are just amazing!

[@MakeMoreFish]

Xtreme Nano Pellets

[@jj680l]

Cool fish!

[@AndreasKiefer-cv6rh]

Just picked up 10 purely because of this video. What sand did you use? Really like the colour.

[@MakeMoreFish]

I think it's CaribSea sunset gold

[@BenlshTracker]

YESSSS THANK YOU FOR THE VIDEO

[@karasrk83]

Great video! How big is this breeding tank please?

[@MakeMoreFish]

The adults were in a 10 gallon

[@adrianorossi4849]

Hey Lowell, apologies if thats not you real name.., i'm a university student, too broke to afford an RO water filtration system, and i'm currently trying to breed fish that require water parameters far more acidic than my tap water. The internet seems to suggest white vinegar is a safe alternative, however I'd like to get your input on the matter. I don't want to kill my fish and your oppinion would mean a great deal to me considering your interest and experience in the hobby. Thanks, all the best, keep up the great content!

[@MakeMoreFish]

Without a filter unit I would check with your local fish stores and see if they sell RODI water. Any shop that sells salt water stuff likely sells it. Just be sure to test the water with at least a TDS meter to make sure the shop is maintaining their filter units. Some don't change the media and will sell you RODI that's basically tap water. Maybe also look into distilled water as a substitute. I know it's prepared in a different way but if it ends up without buffering minerals, I personally don't know why it wouldn't work. You could buy that by the gallon from a grocery store. Maybe google that and make sure I'm not crazy. As for acidifying water, there are a number of acids that could be "safely" added to lower pH and I've done so myself; however I'm extremely hesitant to make recommendations because it's so easy to screw up. You need to be able to accurately measure the pH of the water and my guess is, if a RODI filter is out of your price range, an accurate meter would also be too pricy. I've been there. What I would do is get your water soft in one way or another and then let it acidify naturally. Fish waste will do it, peat products, catappa leaves, alder cones, anything that might release tannic/humic/fulvic acid. Soft water on its own will easily acidify down into the 5s and for all but some really extreme cases, that should be plenty low enough.

[@adrianorossi4849]

@@MakeMoreFish Thanks for the tip, I'm thinking of leaning towards the distilled water plan. I only know of one good saltwater shop in Montreal... kindof a dead market here so I expect I'll likely get ripped off for tap water.

[@matteo6481]

Hi do you have any experience with A. Baenschi inka? I am setting up a 60lt tank for a pair and any tip is welcome

[@MakeMoreFish]

I do, I've been keeping some for the last year or so. I can't say they are any different from other, more common species I have kept and bred. The overall game plan is exactly the same. All the variability in pair forming and aggression comes down to individual temperaments. Nothing special to account for in my opinion.

[@matteo6481]

Ok thanks it's just that I had read that they are usually better parents and easier to breed

[@matteo6481]

​@@MakeMoreFishSorry for bothering you but considering that I would love to breed dwarf chiclids to see parental care do you think Ramirezis would be a better choice? I am really undecided...

[@limvirak5713]

Hey man ! Love your videos, but can you do a video about discus fish if possible ?

[@MakeMoreFish]

Some day

[@fidenciociprian6151]

you should check out corydora habrosus they look more like regular corys in my opinion than aspidoras

[@fireball7677]

I being waiting ages for a new video

[@vraqua1411]

can u do a lemon tetra breeding video as there is no video about it on youtube

[@MakeMoreFish]

I'll look into it. If they are regularly bred in captivity I can see doing that.

[@tigercow]

This species looks like an elongated Corydoras paleatus, it's kind of funny. I wonder what a tank of both of them would look like.

[@FishTank-r7j]

Hi Lowell, I purchased 5 Aspidoras Raimundi/spilotus online to hopefully breed about a month ago from Dan's fish. How will I know when they are full size? They are about 1.5 in in length, but no chungus ones (so maybe I have only males?). Do you think I should be able to tell if I have females at this point? Thanks!!!

[@MakeMoreFish]

Depends how mature they were when you bought them but within a couple of months with consistent feeding, you should be able to spot some females standing out. Not always. I've been surprised on occasion by large males and small females.

[@FishTank-r7j]

Got it! Thanks for the knowledge!!!

[@Blakrex]

Do you have a trick at getting the eggs off of your finger? My cory eggs are so sticky it's always a mess trying to relocate them all. You make moving the eggs look so easy, I'm jealous. It's probably your vastly superior amount of experience

[@Blakrex]

Oh also are you using Hikari first bite as the first food powder or egg yolk?

[@MakeMoreFish]

It takes a little practice. The key I think is to do it in a rolling motion while applying very light pressure. You want more surface area contact between the egg and the hard surface than between the egg and your finger. It's tough when the eggs are first laid but some hours later the adhesiveness declines a bit and it gets easier. Then 12+ hours after that they will hardly be adhesive at all and will be very difficult to re-adhere to something.

[@MakeMoreFish]

New life spectrum's fry powder in this case. I also like Sera Micron

[@doc_ds]

Shit yeah new vid! Everyone comment to get this guy the subs he deserves

[@MakeMoreFish]

You hero

[@Native_ichthyology]

How alll your vids are soo good?

[@MakeMoreFish]

Because you wonderful people watch them.

[@Native_ichthyology]

@@MakeMoreFish which camera n lens you're using?

[@flare1185]

Where do you get your sand? Thank you.

[@MakeMoreFish]

It's a Carib Sea sand, I think it's the golden sunset or something like that. Petsmart has it, of all places.

[@sunshinepet]

Have you ever bred L181 or L183 plecos?

[@MakeMoreFish]

Nope, not yet. I have very little experience with plecos at this point.

[@abrahambarkhordar5572]

hi Lowell do you sell your fish

[@MakeMoreFish]

Locally

[@healthfitness7974]

Next video: How I Bred Great Whites at Home! Anyways, your camera work is 😘

[@MikeKriztanBagaporo]

Man make a video about how to breed bronze corydoras?

[@MakeMoreFish]

I have one on gold lasers that are pretty closely related. Honestly, the process for all the corydoras I've bred has been almost identical.

[@shackleDev]

honestly, bronze corydoras whenever you have enough flow in your tank, are basically like guppies. you can raise them the same way as explained in the video

[@vasili1207]

Amazing how they got out ... almost like salmon

[@MakeMoreFish]

It was really cool to watch. I went from annoyed to impressed. They must have a need to hop between bodies of water from time to time.

[@arman_2215]

Do you have a discord?

[@MakeMoreFish]

I do not

[@MHTA74]

I need mooooooreeeee

[@MakeMoreFish]

More on the way!

[@MARKET_GARDNERI]

Corydoras on budget

[@MakeMoreFish]

Corydoras from wish dot com

[@MARKET_GARDNERI]

@@MakeMoreFish indeed 😂👍