 Basics | ||||
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| Overview | The first spawn was on Monday 17th of June 2013. The breeding group consisted of 2 males and 4 females. | |||
| Feeding |
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| Water Parameters (at time of spawning) | ||||
| pH | 7.60 to 7.60 | |||
| Temperature | 25.5°C to 25.5°C | |||
| Current | Strong | |||
| Aquarium | ||||
| Dimensions | The aquarium dimensions were 1219mm x 330mm x 533mm (48" x 13" x 21") all Length x Width x Height. | |||
| Furniture | White aquarium sand and many small pieces of mango wood for cover and climbing areas. various sizes of pleco caves and pvc pipes are provided for the fish to choose territory and breeding cave. | |||
| Filtration | Powered by Fluval F5 with very strong current piped into tank with pvc so there is strong river current. | |||
| Lighting | 48" flour aquarium lighting on a timer. | |||
| Heating | 300W heater is in tank but fish room remains about 78f in the summer and the heater does not seem to come on until the temp drops in the late fall. | |||
| Breeding | ||||
| Behaviour | Males choose a tube and do not allow any others near it, a female will begin to hover near the tube when interested and after not being run off she will enter the tube with the male. | |||
| Fry sizes | 7 days: 0mm 14 days: 0mm 21 days: 0mm | |||
| Juvenile sizes | 1 month: 0mm 3 months: 0mm 6 months: 0mm | |||
