Had the funniest thing happen. I've been feeding conditioning foods to
the fish to get them ready for missed feedings while I'm on vacation.
Also been changing a lot of water so that tank conditions will stay very
good.

Well, you guessed it, my T. espei (lambchop rasboras) were spawning this
morning. The males changed color from orange to reddish, and all three
of the females were doing upside-down runs, slowly shuddering along the
undersides of the leaves of my broad-leaf sag and Telantheria.
Sometimes, one of the males came in right next to the female, laid a
tail over the female, and fertilized the eggs.

Thing is, I can't see any eggs, unless maybe they're incredibly tiny.
I've found a site describing egg-less fake spawning runs before the eggs
are laid and I'm wondering if that's what is happening. Has anyone seen
T. espei or even T. heteromorpha eggs, and what did they look like?

I'll have to try to get these fish to spawn again after I'm back and can
try raising the fry. I've never bred characins before.

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