 Basics | ||||
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| Overview | The first spawn was on Saturday 1st of June 2013. The breeding group consisted of 2 males and 2 females. The smallest male was at least 75mm SL and the smallest female was at least 75mm SL. The individuals were obtained from Rare Aquatics. | |||
| Feeding |
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| Water Parameters (at time of spawning) | ||||
| pH | 7.20 to 7.30 | |||
| Conductivity | 200µs to 200µs | |||
| Temperature | 28.5°C to 29.5°C | |||
| Current | Medium | |||
| Other Water Params | Left tank uncleaned for 2 weeks. 3 days of 30% water changes Then left again, found fry by chance looking for sub-adults to sell on! | |||
| Aquarium | ||||
| Furniture | Fluval Roma 125. Thermo filter, slate caves, and clay caves, few plants, black caribsea sand. Slate positioned hanging over clay caves for extra shelter | |||
| Filtration | Eheim 2324 thermo filter. Eheim 200 bio power , pointed across the front of the caves. | |||
| Lighting | Standard twin T8, although tank does get natural light from window next to tank | |||
| Heating | As above | |||
| Breeding | ||||
| Behaviour | Unfortunately, they spawned when I wasn't watching! So didn't see anything unusual.. However on reflection, the male didn't come out of the cave for a while. | |||
| Time to hatch | 0 days Number: 0 Free swimming: 3 days | |||
| Segregation | Found in the tank | |||
| 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 | As adults | |||
