 Basics | |
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| Overview | The first spawn was on Saturday 28th of July 2012. The breeding group consisted of 4 males and 3 females. The smallest male was at least 20mm SL and the smallest female was at least 30mm SL. The youngest adult was approximately 3 months old. The individuals were obtained from Wild caught, acquired from club member. |
| Feeding | No foods recorded |
| Water Parameters (at time of spawning) | |
| Current | Air (vertical) |
| Other Water Params | Large water changes, using 50% or more rain water. |
| Aquarium | |
| Furniture | Has happened in 3 different tanks over the last month: a 30 gallon, a 12 gallon, and a 10 gallon. |
| Filtration | Eheim canisters |
| Breeding | |
| Behaviour | Each of three spawnings occurred after the fish were moved into a new tank, followed by large water changes, using 50% rain water. Surprisingly, the fish spawned three times in months, with a total of at least 300 eggs. In each case, I removed all the adult fish from the tank. In each case, some fry have survived, but it's not clear how many. |
| Fry sizes | 7 days: 0mm 14 days: 0mm 21 days: 0mm |
| Juvenile sizes | 1 month: 0mm 3 months: 0mm 6 months: 0mm |
| Fry and juvenile feeding | Microworms and Golden Pearls. |
