Apisto Borelli's Not Spawning

[wild-tiger]

Well I'll give this a go here and see what you all have to say. I accquired a pair of apisto. borelli's about Oct. 2003, they proceeded to spawn and raise the fry, I moved them out and about 6 months later they spawned again. Only 2 out of that batch survived. They have never to my knowledge spawned since then. They are in their own 10 gal tank, planted w/ driftwood and there are mts in there. Is it possible that the snails are eating the eggs?

Any help would be much appreciated. They are such wonderful fish and I would love to have more babies.

 

[Mike Wise]

I doubt that the snails are a problem, unless they are really out of control. I would really need to know what the water conditions of your tank are before I could make a guess why they are not breeding.