In spawning, usualy broodstocks indirect spawn, but will adaft in two days before, sometimes more. Male or female go around pond, both of them hold plant water. The movement refeatedly, then male near female. Male will chase, catch, embrance, and climb female.
It done refeat, sometimes until two days. Finished, male will strip stomach female, so that female ovulation eggs. In that time, male ovulation sperms. Remember, spawning wiil occurt in silent, out of peoples activities.
Broodstock are stocked after pond ready. Pond preparation is like with pond preparation in maturation. But spawning pond is deeper than maturation pond. Spawning pond watered 30 cm.
It’s one of conditions in spawning, where back legs of broodstock mayn’t touch bottom. Exceptly, in spawning must be given 3 – 5 pieces Echornia crasipes (a kind of water plant) to the pond as holder, or protector there. Also as for placing eggs.
Stocking is in the morning. Male and female are stocked at the same time. A spawning pond only a couple of broodstock. During spawning, water irrigate continuously, deep still in 30 cm, so that back legs don’t touch bottom. Also during spawning, broodstocks don’t fed, because it can disturb spawning process. Spawning usually occur in thirth days.
The eggs in the water, near, below of Echornia crasipes. The best of eggs signed by black in colour, and distributed in the water. Whereas ugly eggs signed by white in colour, and crowned. If in 7 days, they don’t spawn, the both of them substituted by the others. Whereas, the broodstocks rebacked to ponds maturation.