CREDITED KEEPER / HISTORY
Hoplisoma panda
Ann Whitman
35 eggs; 28 hatched in about five days; microworms then young brine shrimp.
BREEDING / HUSBANDRY
Reported spawns.
Reproducible questions.
Eleven sourced keeper reports show real variation in egg placement, water observations and fry diets. The observations are not universal care targets, and credited keepers are not necessarily the founders of selective strains.
Original breeding reports
CREDITED KEEPER / HISTORY
Hoplisoma sterbai
Don Kinyon; additional hobby account
Different first-person reports describe successful spawning around 68–74 °F and at 84 °F; neither is a universal optimum.
CREDITED KEEPER / HISTORY
Hoplisoma adolfoi
Mona Opland
Eleven eggs collected and nine hatchlings raised in a keeper report.
CREDITED KEEPER / HISTORY
Hoplisoma duplicareum
Adrian Payne
About 40 eggs, hatching in four to five days; old fish identification was 'broad-banded adolfoi'.
CREDITED KEEPER / HISTORY
Hoplisoma burgessi
Adrian Payne
105 eggs collected in one batch, about 70 fertile; survival differed across subsequent rearing attempts.
CREDITED KEEPER / HISTORY
Hoplisoma davidsandsi
Allan James
Reported 20–50 eggs per spawn, repeated about every 6–10 days.
CREDITED KEEPER / HISTORY
Hoplisoma metae
Jim Makin
Eggs on plants and roots; early fry losses and a suspected feed/salinity association—not proved causation.
CREDITED KEEPER / HISTORY
Hoplisoma nattereri
Mark Bryson
Cooler fishroom observations; routine cool-water changes alone did not initially induce spawning.
CREDITED KEEPER / HISTORY
Hoplisoma xinguense
Mark Bryson
Dry/rainy-season simulation; 40+ eggs reported and a First Time Bred & Shown certificate, not a designer-strain show win.
CREDITED KEEPER / HISTORY
Brochis splendens
Adrian W. Taylor
About 160 eggs and a hatch in under four days in one fishroom report.
CREDITED KEEPER / HISTORY
Hoplisoma weitzmani
ScotCat, attributing Ian Fuller
First known 2004 captive-spawning attribution, not a complete public breeder pedigree.
Egg and fry food progression
- Eggs: placement varies by species and parent pair; a clean, oxygenated nursery and careful egg handling matter.
- Yolk stage: avoid overfeeding while newly hatched larvae rely on yolk reserves.
- First prey: appropriately sized Walter worms or microworms may precede Artemia nauplii for tiny mouths.
- Growth: progress toward suitable Artemia, daphnia, Grindal worms, fine flakes and other prepared foods as size permits; promptly remove leftovers.
Ian Fuller documents multiple tray, nursery and live-food techniques. His narrative is practical experience, not a controlled feeding trial. Original first-feeds and egg-care report ↗
Moisture, age, diet and enrichment affect live-prey nutrition. No laboratory protein/fat percentages are assigned to these foods without a specific product or analysis.